Psychology

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.

Departmental Awards

The following student was the recipient of the Psychology departmental award:

Departmental Award for Highest Average in the Major

Julia Renner

Faculty

Maureen Drysdale, Professor

Jennifer McArthur, Instructor

John Rempel, Professor (on sabbatical)

BJ Rye, Professor

Siobhan Sutherland, Assistant Professor

Contract academic staff

Courses

The following courses are offered at St. Jerome's University in the 2026-2027 academic year.

Fall 2026

Course Course title Campus Instructor
PSYCH 101 Introductory Psychology STJ Pister
PSYCH 212 Educational Psychology ONLNJ Drysdale
PSYCH 218/GERON 218/HLTH 218 Psychology of Death and Dying STJ Burris
PSYCH 230/LS 272 Psychology and Law STJ McArthur
PSYCH 231/RCS 265 The Psychology of Religious Experience STJ Burris
PSYCH 257 Psychopathology STJ Sutherland
PSYCH 312 Learning Disabilities ONLNJ Drysdale

View the complete listing of PSYCH courses in the Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar