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Psychology is a scientific discipline concerned with the mind, brain and behaviour. It has broad applications in areas such as healthcare, education, industry, public policy and everyday life.
Psychology graduates find work in a wide range of organisations that seek to understand, predict, explain or change people’s behaviour. Students gain a unique combination of:
- scientific methods
- computational skills
- critical analysis and communication.
Psychologists seek to understand:
- our sensations, actions and the processes that underline behaviour (cognitive psychology)
- how we develop over the course of a lifespan (developmental psychology)
- interactions between people (social psychology)
- what makes humans unique and what makes us similar to other animals (comparative psychology).
Many psychologists are involved in applications of the science, for example to work (occupational psychology), to criminal justice (forensic psychology), to teaching and learning (educational psychology) and to mental and physical health (clinical psychology and psychology of health). A degree in Psychology provides an excellent background from which to pursue a career in wide variety of areas including research, counseling, teaching, marketing, data analysis, and health care.