• 專業概況
• 所屬院系
• 中國學生入學要求
• 課程信息

專業概況

在這里學什么？

Why do people commit crimes? What characteristics or traits do criminals exhibit? Is there a way to prevent them from committing a crime in the first place? These questions have consumed professional psychologists for decades in their quest to understand and treat the criminal mind and protect society.

One of the primary jobs of a forensic psychologist within the legal system is to determine competency to stand trial. This requires the forensic psychologist to understand mental competency not just in a psychological sense but also in a legal sense and present the determination of sanity or insanity in a way that the court can understand. Trial lawyers, law enforcement agencies, and crime victims are some of the people that forensic psychologists come into contact with, besides criminal and juvenile offenders.

Police and Investigative Psychology

This course focuses on the functions of the police psychologist such as candidate screening, stress management and counseling, hostage negotiations, critical incident debriefing, and fitness for duty evaluations. Application of psychological principles to investigation strategies such as profiling and hypnosis will also be explored.

Theories of Personality

This course is intended to provide an overview of the various theoretical perspectives in personality psychology. A number of important psychological theories will be used to understand personality, including psychoanalytic, biological, learning, socio-cultural, and trait approaches. Students will be asked to apply their understanding of theory.

Drugs and Behavior

This course introduces the student to the relationship between drugs (legal and illegal) and human behavior. The main topics will include the role of drugs in today’s society, drug abuse and addiction, the treatment of addiction, and the use of psychoactive drugs in treating psychological disorders.

Cognitive Neuroscience

This course explores the neurological underpinnings related to cognitive processes and their associated behaviors. Specifically, the course will focus on the brain’s role in complex human behaviors such as attention, body movement, consciousness, emotions, decision making, formation and retrieval of memories, and the production and understanding of language.

所屬院系

進入哪個院系學習？ College of Arts and Sciences

中國學生入學要求

為來自中國的學生設計 Applicants must have official certified copies of senior secondary/high school records. English Language Requirement: TOEFL score (below 75 IBT) or a low IELTS score (below 6.0) or a low PTE score (below 53).

課程信息

學制：全日制(122 學分)

學費：US$40,170.00 (￥ 260,057) /年

開學時間：預計在八月 2022

申請截止日期：1-Jun-22

留學地點：College of Arts and SciencesWest Haven Campus,300 Boston Post Road,WEST HAVEN,Connecticut,6516, United States