Psychology Syllabus – Department of English

Teaching
Unit Discovery
Coefficient: 1
Credit: 1

Level: Master I

Weekly time: 1h30 (course)

Aims and Objectives:

This course is designed for master students to give them the opportunity to get knowledge and practical skills in social and cultural interactions.
As the world develops, it is necessary to make students aware of the acceptance of diversity and international cultural exchange.
To understand the different fields of psychology and its evolution
To expand students’ knowledge about society and human behavior.
To increase students’ respect to human diversity (race, gender, language, religion, orientations etc).
To understand and tolerate the behavior of the other without being judgmental
To develop students’ cultural awareness about diversity and to increase their interest and motivation and skills when dealing with cases from real life situations.
To develop their writing skills through different practical tasks and to increase their critical thinking through the various analyses of situations.

Learning Outcomes:

Students will profound their knowledge in the field of psychology.
Students can develop their cognitive competencies while reading about different cultures and societies.
Students will be able to use different techniques and methods to solve problems in different organizations (social, business, administrations etc).

References

Bourdieu, P. The Logic of Practice. Polity Press, 1990.
Cohen, D. (2001). Cultural Variation: Considerations and Imlications. Psychological Bulletin, V. 12.
Triandis, HC. Culture and Social Behaviour. McGraw-Hill, 1994.

Course Content

First Semester

Social Psychology:

End of Semester I

First Examination

Second Semester

Cultural Psychology:

Case studies: Cultural/ Cross- Cultural situations to analyse

End of Semester II

Second Examination

Assessment and Evaluation

Final Assessment