Introduction to International Psychology

Catalog description

This graduate-level course entails reading, discussing, and writing about a variety of contemporary topics in the relatively new specialty of international psychology. You will examine mainstream as well as alternative theoretical, methodological, and applied approaches that are relevant to the study and practice of international psychology. The topics selected offer a broad and deep understanding of this field, specifically, an appreciation of psychology’s relevance to the understanding and solution of global problems, as well as of how psychology itself is affected by worldwide events and forces. There will be a final exam based the concepts covered in the textbook and on the application of the key concept covered