Psychology is concerned with all aspects of the study of behavioral, developmental and cognitive processess, and employs a broad spectrum of approaches, from the social to the biological, to understand them. The Hunter College psychology program reflects the diversity of psychology as a science and and a profession. Its course offerings span this spectrum, from clinical, social and developmental psychology to experimental psychology, ethology, biopsychology and behavioral neuroscience.

Dept. Office: Room 611 North Building
Phone No.: (212) 772-5550
Fax No.: (212) 772-5620

Department Chair: Jeffrey T. Parsons
Undergraduate Advisors: Lynne Kemen & Jean Ryan
MA Program Director (Acting): Sheila Chase
MA Program Phone No.: (212) 772-5432
Lab Technician: Naitram Baboolal
Click here for information on the Psych100 Research Requirement

Click here for a list of required textbooks for Fall 2008 Courses (The list is in progress and will be updated periodically.)

About the Department

Students have personal contact with faculty through an extensive advisement system, involvement in departmental activities and committees, supervised field placement, and participation in research laboratories under the guidance of faculty mentors as part of our independent study, honors, and COR (Career Opportunities in Research and Education) programs.

A broad range of applied and research opportunities are available within the department in developmental psychology, social psychology, human adjustment, animal behavior, physiological psychology, and abnormal psychology. Departmental affiliations with mental health and community organizations make it possible for students to integrate their academic studies of personality, abnormal, and child psychology with supervised practical experience by means of field placements and opportunities for applied research.

The faculty and facilities of the CUNY doctoral program in biopsychology are an integral part of the Hunter College psychology program. Our doctoral program in biopsychology and our master's program in general psychology provide course concentrations in a number of different areas within psychology, and offer our undergraduate students research and other opportunities to interact with graduate students. Qualified students in their senior year may be admitted to graduate courses with the approval of the instructor and the department's graduate advisor.