Psychology

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Why Study Psychology?

We want you to be more than a just well-versed talking head on psychology, we make sure you acquire skills that truly enable you to connect and communicate.

A psychology graduate of Sunway will develop skills in:
  • Administering basic psychological tests
  • Running basic group programmes
  • Understanding the principles of child behaviour control
  • Designing and carrying out investigation to understand problems
  • Analysing and interpreting data
  • Being able to develop structured lesson plans and instruct a group
  • Being able to critically examine ethical problems from various psychological orientations

Our students learn practical skills in a community, health and corporate settigns through:
  • Community and clinical work where students get hands-on experience working with children and families
  • Internships
  • Local and international research collaborations

At Sunway, psychology students are trained using the most professional facilities for pratical learning. A specialised psychology laboratory is used to teach science-based psychology subjects along with:
  • Computing facilities with statistical software, psychology experiments and stimulations
  • Observation rooms to conduct child development assessments, interviewing techniques and small group work
  • Unlimited access to online Electronic Psychology Journal Database