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

Megan Hughes

Faculty

Chris Burris, Professor

Maureen Drysdale, Professor

BJ Rye, Associate Professor (on sabbatical)

Siobhan Sutherland, Assistant Professor

Contract academic staff

Courses

The following courses are offered at St. Jerome's University in the 2025-2026 academic year.

Winter 2026

Course Course title Campus Instructor
PSYCH 101 Introductory Psychology STJ Pister
PSYCH 231 The Psychology of Religious Experience STJ Burris
PSYCH 232 Psychology of Evil STJ Burris
PSYCH 257 Psychopathology STJ Sutherland
PSYCH 315 Psychology of Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood STJ Callaghan
PSYCH 354 Interpersonal Relations STJ Rempel
PSYCH 357 Psychology of Good STJ Burris and Rempel

Fall 2025

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