Complementing core courses such as Introductory Psychology, Social Psychology, and Psychopathology, St. Jerome's University Psychology students can take advantage of faculty members’ expertise in topics such as educational psychology, adolescence and emerging adulthood, learning disabilities, human sexuality, the psychology of evil, death and dying, close relationships, psychology and the law, criminal profiling, and the psychology of good.
Students can also explore opportunities for gaining first-hand research experience, as well as developing their observational and analytical skills for addressing complex individual, relational, and societal issues.
Psychology undergraduate studies
St. Jerome's University's Department of Psychology features undergraduate core courses such as Introductory Psychology, Social Psychology, and Psychopathology. St. Jerome's University Psychology students can also take advantage of faculty members’ expertise in topics such as educational psychology, adolescence and emerging adulthood, learning disabilities, human sexuality, the psychology of evil, death and dying, close relationships, psychology and the law, criminal profiling, and the psychology of good.
Our academically registered students are co-registered in the Faculty of Arts and obtain their degree from the University of Waterloo.
The courses offered by the St. Jerome's University Psychology department are listed below.
For information on academic plans please visit Psychology on the Programs and Plans section of the Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar.
Instructors
Chris Burris, Professor
Maureen Drysdale, Professor
BJ Rye, Associate Professor
Siobhan Sutherland, Assistant Professor
Contract academic staff
Courses
The following courses are offered at St. Jerome's University in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Fall 2024
Course | Course title | Campus | Instructor |
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PSYCH 101 | Introductory Psychology | STJ | Serafini |
PSYCH 212 | Educational Psychology | ONLNJ | Drysdale |
PSYCH 230/LS 272 | Psychology and Law | STJ | Rempel |
PSYCH 253 | Social Psychology | STJ | Sutherland |
PSYCH 253 | Social Psychology | ONLNJ | Smith |
PSYCH 312 | Learning Disabilities | ONLNJ | Drusdale |
PSYCH 336 | Introduction to Clinical Psychology | STJ | Sutherland |
PSYCH 363 | Special Subjects: The Dark Side of Sex | STJ | Rempel |
Winter 2025
Course | Course Title | Campus | Instructor |
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PSYCH 101 | Introductory Psychology | STJ | Pister |
PSYCH 218/GERON 218/HLTH 218 | Psychology of Death and Dying | STJ | Burris |
PSYCH 232 | Psychology of Evil | STJ | Burris |
PSYCH 236/SMF 204 | A Psychological Analysis of Human Sexuality | STJ | Rodrigue |
PSYCH 257 | Psychopathology | STJ | Sutherland |
PSYCH 315 | Psychology of Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood | STJ | Drysdale |
PSYCH 354/SMF 306 | Interpersonal Relations | STJ | Rempel |
PSYCH 357 | Psychology of Good | STJ | Burris and Rempel |
View the complete listing of PSYCH courses in the Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar