Overview

The Psychology program at the Smith College aims to develop skills that will serve students well in psychology but that can also be applied in other important arenas, including writing and communication skills, hands-on training and multicultural fluency. We emphasize student participation in research; faculty-student collaboration and mentoring; and preparation and guidance for future studies in psychology and related fields.

Psychology Learning Goals

Psychology department faculty affirmed the following learning goals for our majors. Students will:

Develop a knowledge base of psychology, becoming familiar with the important theories, findings and historical perspectives in the field.

Become critical consumers of research and learn to think critically about behavior, brain and mental processes; understand the relations among theories, observations and conclusions; and weigh evidence in evaluating particular theories or approaches.

Develop research and quantitative fluency, including the ability to develop hypotheses, design studies, and understand, analyze and represent data.

Develop requisite writing and communication skills within the discipline.

Understand the ethics and philosophy of science.

Develop multicultural fluency, including the ability to view issues from different cultural perspectives and to ask pertinent questions about cultural influences.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Brain States

Learning and Behavior Change

Brain, Behavior, and Emotion

Psycholinguistics

Foundations in Behavior: Cognition in Film

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Seminar in Biopsychology

Seminar in Mind and Brain

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-04 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Northampton, United States

Disciplines

Psychology View 1638 other Bachelors in Psychology in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Common Application or Coalition Application
Smith Writing Supplement
Secondary School Report, including official high school transcript
Counselor Recommendation
Two Teacher Evaluation Forms
Official SAT I, ACT, TOEFL, IELTS, PTE or the Duolingo English Test/*DET*
Early Decision Agreement (if applicable)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

67140 USD / year

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Out-of-State

67140 USD / year

≈ 67140 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

67140 USD / year

≈ 67140 USD / year

Living costs

Northampton

United States

1156 - 2393 USD / month

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