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Department Office: 5401 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5601

Full-Time Faculty

Professor(s)s: Brauner, Carmichael, Crump, Delamater, Drake, Gao, Hardin, Kozbelt, Kuhlman, Rabin, Reigada, Snadowsky, Walder
Associate Professor(s): Chanowitz, Chua, Gantman, Grasso, Kacinik, Krishnan, Kuchirko, Kurylo, Miles, Niwa, Shane, Weston
Assistant Professor(s): Derman, Nam, Seidman
Lecturer(s): Volz

The Department of Psychology is one of the largest departments of Brooklyn College. We encourage our students to understand psychology as a science, to promote human welfare and to serve society at large. The department offers a bachelor of science and a bachelor of arts degree, a minor in psychology, an interdisciplinary minor in cognitive science, an interdisciplinary minor in neuroscience, and a concentration for education majors in the following programs: early childhood education teacher (birth-grade 2); childhood education teacher (grades 1-6).

The department adheres to the guidelines of the American Psychological Association. Our students learn the major concepts, theories, findings, and historical trends in psychology as well as basic research methods, including research design, data analysis, and interpretation. Students learn to apply psychological principles to personal, social, and organizational issues, with an appreciation of sociocultural and economic diversity. Psychology students acquire the ability to weigh evidence, tolerate ambiguity, act ethically, and communicate effectively.

Fieldwork courses and internships help prepare students for employment and graduate work in the field. The department encourages students who are planning graduate studies to take honors courses, which afford them the opportunity to work closely with professors who are active in experimental and applied research. We maintain many excellent laboratories.

Graduates of the program work throughout the fields of clinical and research-oriented psychology and education. Our students frequently choose to continue their training in order to pursue professional careers. The Brooklyn College Department of Psychology ranks among the top programs nationwide for graduates earning doctorates in psychology. Students who wish to pursue graduate studies may apply to the master's and doctoral degree programs offered by this department and the CUNY Graduate Center.

Graduate Studies

The Psychology Department offers several master of arts degree programs. For information, students should consult the department’s deputy chairperson for graduate studies. A Graduate Bulletin is available online at the Brooklyn College website.

Departmental Policies

  • The department chairperson or designee may allow substitutions consistent with the educational goals of the program for one or more requirements in any concentration.

    • Psychology BA

    • Psychology BS

Courses

Only courses numbered 3000 and above count as advanced courses for major or minor requirements in this department.

Independent work means not less than three additional hours each week of conference, research, independent reading, and writing as assigned by the instructor. The student's grade is determined in part by the successful completion of this independent work.

Students may register for up to (but no more than) six credits in honors courses in one term and may not receive credit for more than four honors courses (5000-level) in total.

The following inactive course(s) will only be offered if there is sufficient demand:

  • PSYC. 3111 Interpersonal Perception

  • PSYC. 3173 Psychological Issues in Organizational Theory

  • PSYC. 3181 Human Factors and Technology

  • PSYC. 3305 Psychology of Individual Differences

  • PSYC. 4140 Practicum in Group Processes

  • PSYC. 4191 Field Experience in the Social Psychology fo the Courtroom

  • PSYC. 4390 Special Topics in Personality and Psychopathology