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Contact Information
(315) 859-4367
PSYCHOLOGY IS THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. If the human brain is the most complex and fascinating organ on the planet, the human mind is even more remarkable. It makes us unique as a species, but it also links us to the animal world. It is capable of staggering creativity, yet it behaves in predictable ways. Students who pursue psychology at Hamilton College build a body of knowledge about the forces and influences great and small that shape mind, brain and behavior. In addition, through laboratory work and field studies they learn the scientific method, perhaps the most important means we have of acquiring knowledge. More ...
Academic Program
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Research is a constant in the life of a psychology major, but it can come in many forms: regular coursework, independent study, the senior project, the Senior Fellowship Program or collaborative summer research with a faculty member. Students and faculty members often co-author papers that are presented at national conferences and published in leading scholarly journals. Such opportunities are available only to graduate students at many other colleges and universities.
Majors interested in applied psychology or the education of students with special needs can spend a semester at the Boston-area New England Center for Children. Here students have the opportunity to work with children with autism under expert supervision. The facility also offers courses in applied behavior analysis. Majors who primary interest is in clinical psychology can choose practical or field placements at local mental health facilities such as the Utica-Marcy Psychiatric Center.
THE SENIOR PROGRAM
Each psychology major completes a two-semester research project that culminates in a written thesis and an oral presentation. Working closely with a faculty advisor, the student uses the senior project to synthesize and focus previous coursework. Each project is an original work of scholarship that provides an in-depth examination of a particular empirical or theoretical issue.
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RESOURCES
The Department of Psychology provides a sophisticated array of
equipment for teaching and research purposes. Facilities include
computerized laboratories for cognitive psychology, statistical
analysis and animal learning studies; a studio for videotaping
small-group interactions; and lab apparatus for neuroanatomical
research, intracellular and extracellular single-neuron recording,
voltage and patch clamping, eye-movement tracking, evoked-potential
recording and tactile psychophysics.
Psychology students at Hamilton begin doing laboratory work in their very first course and continue through the senior project. This hands-on approach gives all students an early grounding in the scientific method and makes the full psychology curriculum interactive.
Outside the Classroom
Hamilton's psychology program has dimensions far beyond the conventional classroom. Students often collaborate with faculty members on research and publication; majors interested in applied psychology and the education of students with special needs may study at the New England Center for Children.
Hi-Tech Equipment
When you collect and analyze experimental data, you'll use sophisticated new technology such as motor movement and eye-tracking apparatus as well as physiological recording equipment.
Interdisciplinary Focus
In addition to providing courses on all major facets of psychology, the department plays a key role in the interdisciplinary neuroscience major at Hamilton. Neuroscience seeks to explain the biological basis of behavior through the study of the nervous system.
Psychology students at Hamilton begin doing laboratory work in their very first course and continue through the senior project. This hands-on approach gives all students an early grounding in the scientific method and makes the full psychology curriculum interactive.
Outside the Classroom
Hamilton's psychology program has dimensions far beyond the conventional classroom. Students often collaborate with faculty members on research and publication; majors interested in applied psychology and the education of students with special needs may study at the New England Center for Children.
Hi-Tech Equipment
When you collect and analyze experimental data, you'll use sophisticated new technology such as motor movement and eye-tracking apparatus as well as physiological recording equipment.
Interdisciplinary Focus
In addition to providing courses on all major facets of psychology, the department plays a key role in the interdisciplinary neuroscience major at Hamilton. Neuroscience seeks to explain the biological basis of behavior through the study of the nervous system.
Psychology students at Hamilton begin doing laboratory work in their very first course and continue through the senior project. This hands-on approach gives all students an early grounding in the scientific method and makes the full psychology curriculum interactive.
Outside the Classroom
Hamilton's psychology program has dimensions far beyond the conventional classroom. Students often collaborate with faculty members on research and publication; majors interested in applied psychology and the education of students with special needs may study at the New England Center for Children.
Hi-Tech Equipment
When you collect and analyze experimental data, you'll use sophisticated new technology such as motor movement and eye-tracking apparatus as well as physiological recording equipment.
Interdisciplinary Focus
In addition to providing courses on all major facets of psychology, the department plays a key role in the interdisciplinary neuroscience major at Hamilton. Neuroscience seeks to explain the biological basis of behavior through the study of the nervous system.
Psychology students at Hamilton begin doing laboratory work in their very first course and continue through the senior project. This hands-on approach gives all students an early grounding in the scientific method and makes the full psychology curriculum interactive.
Outside the Classroom
Hamilton's psychology program has dimensions far beyond the conventional classroom. Students often collaborate with faculty members on research and publication; majors interested in applied psychology and the education of students with special needs may study at the New England Center for Children.
Hi-Tech Equipment
When you collect and analyze experimental data, you'll use sophisticated new technology such as motor movement and eye-tracking apparatus as well as physiological recording equipment.
Interdisciplinary Focus
In addition to providing courses on all major facets of psychology, the department plays a key role in the interdisciplinary neuroscience major at Hamilton. Neuroscience seeks to explain the biological basis of behavior through the study of the nervous system.
After Hamilton
Hamilton graduates who majored in psychology are pursuing careers in a variety of fields, including:
Pediatric Dentist, Salem Pediatric Dental & Orthodontic Association
Chief Architect, Port Authority of NY & NJ
Behavior Analyst, The New England Center for Children
School Psychologist, Cambridge Public Schools
Director, Animal Sheltering Issues, The Humane Society of the U.S.
Pediatric HIV/AIDS Physician, National Institutes of Health
Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service
President/Psychologist, Center for Stress and Coping, P.C.
Engineer, Xerox Corp.
Neuroscientist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
