Psychology The University of the West Indies

Overview

The Psychology program offered by The University of the West Indies  recognizes that people’s thoughts, feelings and actions both shape and are shaped by their surroundings and so we include various areas of psychological study that cover these different viewpoints. By understanding the person both from within and as influenced by external factors, we are better able to analyze, explain, and predict behaviour. Psychology therefore, is extremely applicable to helping alleviate social problems.

Graduates with B.S. in Psychology from The University of the West Indies will be able to:

• demonstrate critical thinking and analysis

• demonstrate familiarity with knowledge on a wide range of theories, major concepts, findings of empirical studies and historical developments in Psychology and research methods

• understand and apply research methods and statistics to the scientific study of Psychology.

• understand the relevance of Psychology to Caribbean issues and problems.

• demonstrate appreciation for values central to the scientific enterprise of Psychology including acting ethically, protecting human dignitu, maintaining integrity in academic endeavours and exercising personal and social responsibility.

Careers

Graduates with a Psychology major from the University of the West Indies are employed in a wide range of fields given the relevance of psychology to all areas of work. While further training in psychology is needed before being able to work independently as a psychologist, our graduates are often able to shape careers related to psychology. Typical careers paths that psychology graduates follow are psychologists in academia and/or in private practice, Human Resource managers, Statisticians, Researchers in the public and private sectors, Marketers, and careers in the Justice system.