Cross-Cultural Psychology

Catalog description

This course is designed to increase awareness and appreciation of cultural, historical, contextual, and systemic factors that influence human development, personality structure, mental health, illness, and interventions. Students are expected to develop their ability to critically examine the intersectional impact of psychosocial constructs (such as, race, gender, culture, religion, class, ability, sexual orientation, etc.) on the way people think, feel, and act. This course emphasizes multiple narratives and the way diverse worldviews (entrenched in systems of power and privilege) influence mental health, health management, and help-seeking pathways. This course relies heavily on experiential opportunities that encourage students to begin to explore their own social identities and utilize a social justice lens.