About the Department

Psychology tries to understand human behavior, thinking and feeling by using scientifically rigorous methods. Since it is both the art and science of understanding the human, a psychology education requires strong theoretical knowledge as well as practice and apprenticeships. Our department aims to equip its students with excellent theoretical background with skills that they acquire through active involvement in their undergraduate work. The Psychology Department at Atılım University gives students flexibility and offers a variety of elective courses so that students can tailor their studies to fit their interests and career goals.

Through close contact with faculty members and other student development services, we can establish one to one relationship with each student so that they have a supportive environment for their personal and professional development.

During their first two years students take basic core courses in different areas of psychology, such as developmental, learning, cognitive, social, industrial/organizational and clinical psychology. The last two years of their undergraduate work, for those who wish to work in the field after graduation, we provide wide range of courses that they can concentrate on in one of the three tracks, industrial/organizational, clinical/counseling or cognitive/experimental psychology. During their third and fourth years, these students will have the opportunity to involve in the practice of psychology through internship courses and volunteer community work. For those students who want to pursue further education in psychology and concentrate on research, we encourage them to be involved in ongoing research and, design and conduct their own research project in their final year.

We aim to have graduates who strive for the best, who are aware of the diversities and realities of the country and the world, live in close contact with the community, have broad and flexible understanding of the world, approach events critically, analytically and creatively and contribute to the scientific knowledge in global standards.

We are committed to the mission of excellence in teaching, research and apprenticeship by providing:

• innovative courses with high level of active involvement in research and application
• undergraduate research opportunities
• internship and volunteer community work opportunities