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PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology
415 Milbank
Hall
854-2069
www.barnard.edu/psych
Professors: Peter Balsam (Samuel R. Milbank Professor), Larry B. Heuer (Ann Whitney Olin Professor), Robert E. Remez, Susan Riemer Sacks, Rae Silver (Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor), Steven Stroessner
Professor Emerita and Senior Scholar: Lila Ghent Braine
Associate Professors: Barbara Woike (Chair), Ann Senghas
Assistant Professors: Eshkol Rafaeli, Russell Romeo, Lisa K. Son (Department Representative)
Adjunct Professors: William Fifer
Adjunct Associate Professors: E’mett McCaskill, Wendy McKenna, Patricia Stokes, Tovah P. Klein (Director of the Toddler Center)
Adjunct Assistant Professors: Josh Davis, Hannah Hoch, Deborah Lawrence, Karen Seeley, Sandra F. Stingle, Kathleen Taylor, Doris Zahner
Term Assistant Professor: Alexandra Horowitz, Jennifer S. Pardo, Kara Pham
For a complete list of
faculty on leave see:
http://www.barnard.edu/provost/facleavelist.html
Psychology is the study of behavior and experience, from love to aggression, from the first babbling of infants to intellectual creativity, from sexuality to the physiology of taste. Faculty members in Psychology have a wide range of interests, including social and cognitive development, memory, language, animal learning, social stereotyping, the self-concept, the resolution of conflict, and behavior neuroscience.
Common to all areas of psychology is a concern with adequate and appropriate method. The student will encounter many perspectives on psychological evidence and technique through lecture, laboratory, field courses, and other offerings.
Opportunities are available for supervised research, teaching, and field experience. Individual Projects and the Senior Research Seminar involve participation in research with a faculty member. The Toddler Center and a course in Field Work in Psychological Services provide first-hand contact with the study of psychology. The Department also sponsors a Psychology Club.
Psychology as a major concentration is good preparation for many careers. Many students enter graduate school in psychology, neuroscience, education, and professional schools, including medical, law, and business schools. There is no set sequence for a given career goal, but the Department recommends a balance between courses that are directly preparatory and those that establish a broad intellectual foundation.
Science requirement: Students desiring to fulfill the science requirement through Psychology are encouraged to take their lab courses in their early years at Barnard, because seniors do not receive priority in lab placements. To ensure exposure to different methods in psychology, the two lab courses must be drawn from different groups. See the description of lab groups under Requirements.
Students should request Department permission for lab courses by entering the lottery in April and November for the following semester. Information about Department permission is available in Room 415A Milbank.
A laboratory fee of $30 is charged for each laboratory course: BC 1105, BC 1108, BC 1113, BC 1117, BC 1123, BC 1127 and BC 1136.
Students interested in the Neuroscience and Behavior major should consult the Neuroscience and Behavior section of the course catalogue.