Multicultural Psychology

Catalog description

Prerequisite: PSY 101. Closed to freshmen and non-degree students. The study of all aspects of human psychology (cognitive, affective, behavioral) as it occurs in settings where people of different backgrounds encounter one another. The emphasis will be on the diversity of the USA, and the aspects of social identity we sill study include those based on race/ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, socioeconomic class, religion, and other salient, socially constructed differences.