Bachelors in Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of emotion, thought and behaviour, often with a specific emphasis on the study of human beings but with significant references to animal behaviour as well. As such, psychology addresses issues such as how our brains function, why we do the things we do, how we become the persons that we are, and why it is that sometimes people may behave in seemingly unusual or even bizarre ways. Psychology is relevant to everything that humans do and has strong links to other disciplines in the liberal arts, including social sciences, natural sciences and humanities. The Psychology major at Yale-NUS is designed both to provide an overview of the discipline as well as to encourage students to delve more deeply into specific aspects of psychology such as human development, social behaviour, how our brains work and the application of psychology to questions of mental and physical health.