The Psychology major provides students with comprehensive training in psychology with an emphasis on experimental and research competencies, and prepares students for professional development in human service careers and advanced training in professional psychology and related fields.

Our programme provides:

• Strong theoretical & scientific training in psychological studies to equip all graduates essential skills and knowledge to conduct research and to apply learning to daily life
• Individual research project in the final year to work with a faculty
• Lab-based training in eye-tracking system, EEG system, tDCS and TMS system
• Opportunities for summer local and oversea internships to explore career interests and develop future careers
• Opportunities for oversea exchanges to enhance cross-cultural understanding
• Opportunities to work on empirical research under academic staff (e.g., voluntary research schemes)

Within this programme, students can: 

• Opt for either stream of specialization in Health & Development or Mind & Brain    
• Apply for obtaining a joint degree with Columbia University for Psychology. Since 2015, 15 psychology students have joined the joint-degree Programme.      

After graduation, students are eligible: 

• To apply for graduate membership of professional associations in Hong Kong Psychological Society (HKPS), British Psychological Society (BPS), and American Psychological Association (APA)
• To pursue advanced training in Master’s or Doctoral level degrees in research & applied psychology, Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, Counselling Psychology, and Industrial & Organizational Psychology in local and oversea universities.

During their first year, students will study a broad range of Gateway Education (GE), College core and Departmental requirement courses. 

For details of the programme’s curriculum structure, please visit the ‘Undergraduate Catalogue’.

Core Courses:

• Basic Psychology 
• Basic Psychology II 
• Research Methods for Behavioural Sciences 
• Developmental Psychology 
• Personality and Individual Differences 
• Design and Analysis for Psychological Research I and II 
• Biological Psychology 
• Cognitive Psychology 
• Learning and Behaviour 
• Social Psychology 
• Final-Year Research Project

Electives:

• Psychology of Interpersonal Relations 
• Psychological Testing 
• Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence 
• Multivariate Analysis for Psychological Research 
• Cultural Psychology 
• Neuropsychology 
• Abnormal Psychology 
• Psychology of Ageing 
• Psychology of Language 
• Positive Psychology 
• Cognitive Neuroscience 
• Designing Experiments in Psychology 
• Counselling & Therapeutic Psychology 
• Introduction to Health Psychology 
• Introduction to Educational Psychology 
• Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology 
• Psychology Internship

(Note: The list of elective courses offered may vary from year to year.)

For details, please click here.

Our graduates are particularly suited for people-oriented jobs, such as human resources, public relations, customer services, children and youth services, education and training, counselling and guidance, health-related services, family and community work, etc. Students are also well-prepared for jobs that require strong research skills and competence, critical analysis and communication abilities, such as scientific or applied research, research and development, project management and so on. Students who aspire to practise as professional psychologists will be able to pursue advanced education at the Master's or doctoral level in Hong Kong or overseas with training in pursuing scientific research or applied psychological training such as health, forensic, clinical, educational, counselling and occupational psychology.

Graduates who satisfy the requirements stipulated by the Hong Kong Psychological Society (HKPS) can apply for Graduate Membership of the Society (Note: Graduate Membership of the HKPS is normally regarded as an entrance requirement for advanced training in professional psychology).

• Practical learning in psychology laboratories.
• Opportunities to engage in summer internships in or outside Hong Kong.
• Individual supervision for the Final Year Project.
• Interdisciplinary learning in other social sciences, such as sociology, social work, counselling, and criminology.
• Exchange programmes with overseas universities.
• Opportunity to study at Columbia University, New York (The Joint Bachelor’s Degree Program)

Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences 
Undergraduate Catalogue 
CityU Scholarships for Hong Kong Talents 
CityU Talents Programme