Psychology

Planning

Planning your Program:

The best time for a Psychology major to go abroad will be a combination of their concentration, credits they have transferred in, whether they have a dual major or a minor, whether they plan on taking any summer classes, and obviously their personal situation. Listed below are some suggested time frames for each concentration. Students looking to go abroad during a different period are encouraged to work closely with their department advisor and the Education Abroad Office.

For all concentrations short-term study abroad opportunities are normally fairly easy to fit into a student’s degree plan. Students are able to start participating on short-term programs (winter break, spring break, and summer) as early as their first year. Students participating on short-term faculty-led programs often fulfill General Education, Major Free Electives, Major Concentration courses, Language requirements, or 2nd Major/Minor requirements. Students participating on partner summer programs may be able to fulfill Psychology requirements in addition to the above options. Some students will also engage in research or complete an international internship.

First Year
Students in their first year are not able to apply for a semester program but may be eligible for short-term faculty-led or partner program either during the spring or summer semesters. The first year is also a great time to start planning for a semester abroad by making sure that you take the required core courses early on (PSY 1200, STT 2810 or 2820, and PSY 2200). PSY 3100 is a 2nd year course

Second Year
It is possible to study abroad for a semester during your 2nd year and fulfill General Education, Language, Minor, and Psychology requirements. However it is also important to keep in mind that PSY 3100 is a prerequisite for many upper level courses and it isn’t always possible to find an equivalent for this course abroad so please consider this when planning for your time abroad. Students should also plan on taking RC 2000 at Appalachian. The summer after your second year is a great time to participate on a short-term faculty-led or partner program to fulfill Psychology Concentration, Minor, General Ed, or language requirements.

Third Year
Third Year is perhaps the best time to go abroad. By now, you’ve probably taken your intro-level Psychology courses, so you’ve got a good foundation to build on. Look for programs with courses that fit into your academic plan. Examples of Psychology courses that students are normally able to find equivalents to abroad are: (Abnormal Psychology/Psychopathology, Personality Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Social Psychology, Health Psychology, Cognitive Psy, Biological Psychology, Neuroscience, etc.). Many students also receive Selected Topics equivalencies for Psychology courses. The summer after your 3rd year is also a perfect time to participate on a summer faculty-led or partner program or complete an international internship.

Fourth Year
Fourth Year is another great time to study abroad. As a senior, you can pick a program that is geared toward your academic and professional interests, as well as enriching your understanding of psychology by looking for classes that are unique to foreign environments and universities. It does require careful planning to make sure all of your course requirements are in order, especially your Capstone requirement.

Course Considerations:

Psychology majors may not able to complete Capstone requirements abroad, although some programs may offer History of Psychology. Other courses that students may want to plan to take before or after their abroad experience are 3100, 2200, STAT, Doing Psychology labs. Outside of these requirements students may be able to take other Psychology courses abroad, but often electives are often the easiest requirements to fulfill.

Students also can look to satisfy General Education and/or Minor requirements. It is suggested that students save 1 or 2 LSE requirements for their study abroad program. It may be possible to satisfy an ILE, Science Inquiry, or Quantitative Literacy course but this requires more advanced planning. BA Psychology students can also participate in a summer or semester language program to satisfy their Intermediate language requirements.

Advising:

Students should email Dr. Zrull to schedule an advising appointment.

Key questions to ask?

What are my remaining degree requirements?
How many upper-division credits do I still need to complete for my degree?
How many elective credits (lower vs. upper division) do I have left to complete my major?
What remaining prerequisites must I fulfill, and how will study abroad impact my progress?
Which of my remaining degree requirements could I complete abroad? Are there any that I cannot take abroad?
Can I receive academic credit for an internship abroad?
Are there any in-residence requirements I need to be aware of before I go abroad?

Programs

Psychology majors are able to participate on department faculty-led programs, summer partner programs, and on semester programs. Listed below are some possible options.

Program Type Information

Faculty-led

All faculty-led programs for fall 2021 have been suspended due to the ongoing pandemic. Please check back beginning in summer 2021 for updates about faculty-led programs for Spring Break and Summer I & II 2022.

Below are examples of previous faculty-led programs.

Human Development and Creative Writing

Available Terms: Summer
Country: Croatia
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: This four-week study abroad experience (6 credits) offers students an opportunity to experience the culture of another country while pursuing interdisciplinary academic credit for a Psychology course and an English course. Students will based in the ancient city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. where they will attend classes taught by the program leaders and make local excursions to get to know the city and other nearby sites. The city of Dubrovnik is located along the southern end of the magnificent Dalmatian coast of Croatia and will be a perfect spot for making longer expeditions to neighboring islands and other historical sites. Students will take PSY 2210 and ENG 3652 for a total of 6 credits.

Short-term

Veritas

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Costa Rica
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers the option of taking an English-taught course as well as Spanish language. Past Psychology offerings have included Health Psychology and Cultural Psychology. Veritas also offers courses in Health Sciences, Biology and Environmental Studies, Business, amongst other areas.

CIEE Prague Psychology

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Czech Republic
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Past course offerings have included Psychology of Social Insights, Psychology of Transition and Transformation, and Psychoanalysis and Society.

Lorenzo de’ Medici

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Italy
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a wide range of courses during their summer program. Past Psychology offerings have included Social Psychology, Love and Natural Selection, Psychology of Crime, and Child Psychology.

USAC Maastricht

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Netherlands
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: The Maastricht program is broken up into two 3 week blocks. During the first 3 weeks students will have the option of taking a 3 credit course focusing on Health Sciences, Politics, Art History, or Business or they can take the Western Europe Study Tour for 2 credits where they will learn about Doing Business in the EU. During the second 3 weeks students will enroll in an additional 3 credit class which normally includes 1-2 Psychology offerings. Past Psychology offerings have included Positive Psychology and Intro to Developmental Neuropsychology.

CEA Seville

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Spain
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers the option of taking 1-2 courses during the summer. Past offerings have included Sport Psychology and Sports Nutrition & Mediterranean Diet, along with other electives in Cultural Studies, Sociology, an and Spanish (Intermediate only).

USAC Chiang Mai

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Thailand
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Students will enroll in one or two 4 week sessions. Relevant course offerings have included Global Health Issues, International Business Management, Environmental Security, and Global Health Psychology.

Roehampton Summer School

Program Type: Partner
Available Terms: Summer
Country: United Kingdom
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Normally offers one Psychology elective per summer term along with other course options. Past offerings have included Psychology of Murder and Art Psychotherapy.

Semester

La Trobe University

Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Australia
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers coursework across a full range of disciplines including a substantial list of Psychology courses (6-9 per semester). Some examples are Abnormal Clinical and Health Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychology of Culture Communities and Global Citizenship, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Clinical Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, Psychology of Human-Animal Relationships, Neural Bases of Consciousness, and others.

Southern Cross University

Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Australia
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers coursework across a full range of disciplines including a few Psychology courses each semester.

University of Canberra

Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Australia
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Canberra also offers coursework in Business, Public Health and Exercise Science, Arts and Design, and Science and Technology. They normally offer 3-5 Psychology courses per term: Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Psychopathology, Personality and Individual Differences, Motivation and Emotion, Sport and Performance Psychology, Health Psychology and Behavior, and more.

Veritas Universidad

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Costa Rica
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Notes: Students can also study Spanish language.
Unique Feature: Offers the option of taking an English-taught course as well as Spanish language. Past Psychology offerings have included Health Psychology and Cultural Psychology. Veritas also offers courses in Health Sciences, Biology and Environmental Studies, Business, amongst other areas.

CIEE Copenhagen Open Campus

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Fall, Spring
Country: Denmark
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Notes: Students can participate on 2 or 3 blocks for a total of 12-18 credits (1 block is 6 weeks)
Unique Feature: Offers coursework in Business, Communication, Global Health, Political Science, Language and Culture, and Sustainability. Psychology offerings have included Environmental Psychology and Psychology of Health and Illness.

ISEP University of Turku

Program Type: ISEP Exchange
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Finland
Standing: Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a few Psychology courses taught in English each semester. Course offerings have included: Consciousness and Brain, Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology, Affective Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology of Language, and Introduction to Bilingualism.

University of Bamberg

Program Type: Basic Exchange
Available Terms: Academic Year, Spring
Country: Germany
Standing: 2nd Semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a few 1.5 credit Psychology courses taught in English each semester. Students can also take a pre-semester and semester German language course along with choosing from English-taught electives in departments such as Business and American Studies.

USAC Ghana

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Ghana
Standing: 2nd Semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Students can take the special international program courses, courses within UG departments, or a combination of both. Past offerings have included Health Psychology, Political Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Neuropsychology, Environmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Community Psychology, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Psychology of Personality, Motivation and Emotion, Biological Psychology, and more.

ISEP The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Program Type: ISEP Exchange
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Hong Kong
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Features: Offers coursework across a full range of disciplines including Psychology taught in English. Past offerings have included Sensation and Perception, Memory and Cognition, Social Psychology, Psychology of Gender, Emotion and Motivation, Physiological Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology, and more.

USAC Cork

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Ireland
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Concentrations: Offers coursework across a full range of disciplines including Psychology. Past offerings have included Developmental Psychology, Individual Differences, Psychology of Aging, Forensic Psychology, Work Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Health Psychology, Intro to Neuroscience, History and Philosophy of Psychology, Social Psychology, Applied Biological Psychology, and more.

Lorenzo de’ Medici Florence

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Italy
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Notes: Offers courses across a wide range of disciplines including a few Psychology courses. Past offerings have included Intro to Psychology, Social Psychology, Child Psychology, Love and Natural Selection, Adolescent Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Psychology of Crime, Forensic Psychology.

Universidad de las Americas Puebla

Program Type: Full Exchange
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Mexico
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Normally offers one or two Psychology courses taught in English each semester. Past offerings have included Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Leadership/Decision Making. Students can also take Spanish language courses in addition to additional electives taught in English.

ISEP Al Akhawayn

Program Type: ISEP Exchange
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Morocco
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Students are able to select from a range of subjects including some offerings in Psychology. Past offerings have included Clinical Psychology & Psychopathology, Developmental Psychology, Social/Organizational Psychology.

Radboud University

Program Type: Basic Exchange
Available Terms: Academic Year, Spring
Country: Netherlands
Standing: Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers several Psychology courses each semester. Past offerings have included Behaviour and Environment, Development and Mental Health, Philosophy of Mind Brain and Behaviour, and Research Methods. Many courses are only worth 2 credits.

USAC Maastricht

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Netherlands
Standing: Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a range of Psychology courses each semester. Maastricht offers a Psychology and Neuroscience in Europe themed semester. Students will take Developmental Psychology, Medical Ethics, and Positive Psychology. They will then be able to choose additional options in Applied Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Forensic Psychology, and Work and Organisational Psychology.

ISEP Massey and USAC Massey

Program Type: ISEP Exchange, ISEP Direct, Affiliate
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: New Zealand
Unique Feature: Offers quite a few Psychology courses each semester including Organizational Psychology, Health Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Social Psychology, and Abnormal Psychology.

University of Johannesburg

Program Type: Full Exchange
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: South Africa
Standing: 2nd semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Good option for students with course flexibility looking for electives in Psychology. Past offerings have included Positive Psychology, Contemporary Psychology, Personality Psychology, Sport Psychology, Psychopathology, Psychotherapy, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Research Psychology, Community Psychology, Child and Family Psychology, Cognitive Psychology.

AIFS Stellenbosch

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Fall, Spring
Country: South Africa
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Notes: May offer some General Education Requirements. Also offers coursework in Business, Sciences, and Physical Education amongst others.
Unique Feature: In addition to Psychology offers coursework in Business, Sciences, Physical Education, and others. Normally offers Intro to Psychology as a Science, Psychology in Context, Approaches to Psychological Theories of the Person, Human Development in Context, Research Design in Psychology, Data Analysis in Psychology, Psychopathology, Social Psychology, Psychological Interventions.

Universidad Europea de Madrid

Program Type: Basic Exchange
Available Terms: Academic Year, Spring
Country: Spain
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: The UEM Psychology degree is taught almost entirely in English. Students will need to take courses all of their courses within the Psychology major. Past course offerings have included Sensation Perception and Attention, Social Psychology, Physiology, Memory and Learning Processes, Applied Statistics in Psychology, Motivation and Emotion, Psychodiagnosis, Research Methods in Psychology, Psychopathology, Thought and Language, Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Personality and Intelligence, Life Psychology, and more.

Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Program Type: Basic Exchange
Available Terms: Fall, Spring
Country: Spain
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Students can study Spanish language at various levels along with English-taught courses in Business, Biology, Chemistry, Communication, History, Literature, Political Science, and Psychology. Normally offers Cultural Psychology, Social Psychology, and Sports Psychology.

ISA Mahidol

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Fall, Spring
Country: Thailand
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: In addition to Psychology also offers coursework in Business, Sciences, and Physical Education amongst others. Normally offers Intro to Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Personality Psychology, Developmental Psychology I & II, Intro to Cross Cultural Psychology, Intro to Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Organizational Psychology, and Abnormal Psychology.

Bilkent

Program Type: Full Exchange
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: Turkey
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Features: Past course offerings have included Intro to Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Intro to Statistics, Brain and Behaviour, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Perception Attention and Action, Cognitive Neuroscience, Applied Social Psychology, Individual Differences and Personality, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Aging, Abnormal Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Interpersonal Relationships, and more.

Keele University

Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: United Kingdom
Standing: 2nd semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a range of Psychology courses each semester. Offerings include Health Psychology, Statistics for Psychology, Psychopathology, Social and Developmental Psychology, Intro to Statistics for Psychology, Biological and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology and Education, Psychology of Deviance, Everyday Memory and Amnesia, and more.

Kingston University

Program Type: Fee Paying
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: United Kingdom
Standing: 2nd Semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a range of Psychology courses each semester. Offerings include Foundations of Psychology, Historical and Philosophical Concepts in Psychology, Brain Behavior Cognition (Cognitive Processes), Mental Health and Brain Function, Neuropsychology and Neuro-rehabilitation, Critical Social Psychology, Psychology of Art and Film, Psychotherapeutic and Mental Health.

University of Lincoln

Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: United Kingdom
Standing: 2nd Semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a range of Psychology courses each semester. Students will only be able to take courses in the Psychology department. Offerings include Brain Behavior and Cognition, Conceptual & Historical Issues in Psychology, Developing Individual in Society, Research Skills I & II, Cognition, Comparative Social Behaviour and Cognition, Developmental Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Learning and Conditioning, Mental Health & Disorder, Social Psychology, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Cross-cultural Psychology, Patterns of Action, Perception and Visual Art, Psychopharmacology, Vision, Sleep Emotion and Cognition, and more.

University of Roehampton

Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: United Kingdom
Standing: 2nd Semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a range of Psychology courses each semester. Past offerings have included Developmental Psychology, Perspectives on Consciousness, Communication and Social Interaction, Criminal and Forensic Psychology, Health Psychology, Adult Psychopathology, Social Psychology, Mind Body and Brain, Developmental Psychology, Perspectives on Consciousness, Criminal and Forensic Psychology, Health Psychology, Adult Psychopathology, Organisational Psychology.

University of Sunderland

Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: United Kingdom
Standing: 2nd Semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a range of Psychology courses each semester. Offerings include Psychology in the Media, Intro to Mental Health, Psychology Health and Wellbeing, Intro to Forensic Psychology, Cradle to Grave, Psychological Research, Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Behaviour, Mental Health and Illness, Environmental Psychology, Psychology of Art, Health Psychology and Behaviour Change.

Swansea University

Program Type: Basic Exchange, Fee Paying
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: United Kingdom
Standing: 2nd Semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a range of Psychology courses each semester.

ISEP Plymouth

Program Type: ISEP Exchange
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: United Kingdom
Standing: 2nd Semester Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a range of Psychology courses each semester. Offerings have included Cognitive and Biological Psychology, Health and Wellbeing, Relationships, Topics in Psychology, Connecting Psychology, Research Skills in Practice II, Individual Differences Social and Developmental Psychology, Applied Psychology.

USAC Reading

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Country: United Kingdom
Standing: Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Offers a full range of Psychology courses each semester. Offerings have included Personality and Social Psychology I, Typical and Atypical Development, Developmental Neuroscience, Health and Cognition, Health Psychology, Memory and the Self, Reward Dysfunction in Clinical Disorders, Self Control, Methods in Developmental Psychology, Methods in Neuroscience, Applied Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Intro to Psychology II, Cognition II, Personality and Social Psychology II, Typical and Atypical Development II, Adaptive Control of Thought, Autism Spectrum Conditions, Contemporary Issues, Cognitive Neuropsychology of Aging, Emotion Empathy and their Disorders, Brain Mechanisms of Learning and Decision Making, Neuropsychology of Frontostriatal Disorders, Topics in Social Psychology, Virtual Reality and the Brain, Clinical Neuropsychology, Principles of Neurobiology, Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience.

Internships

CEA Prague Study + Internship

Program Type: Affiliate/Internship
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Czech Republic
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Students will complete a 3 credit internship placement related to Psychology and an additional 3 credit course over an 8 week period.

CEA Dublin Study + Internship

Program Type: Affiliate/Internship
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Ireland
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Students will complete a 3 credit internship placement related to Psychology and an additional 3 credit course over an 8 week period.

CEA Barcelona Study + Internship

Program Type: Affiliate/Internship
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Spain
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Students will complete a 3 credit internship placement related to Psychology and an additional 3 credit course over an 8 week period. Past offerings have included Sport Psychology, in addition to other elective options and Spanish language.

CEA Seville Study + Internship

Program Type: Affiliate/Internship
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Spain
Standing: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Unique Feature: Students will complete a 3 credit internship placement related to Psychology and an additional 3 credit course over an 8 week period. Past offerings have included Sport Psychology and Sports Nutrition & Mediterranean Diet, along with other electives in Cultural Studies, Sociology, an and Spanish (Intermediate only).

Additional information about international internships can be found on the OIED website.

Research

ISA Universidad del Norte

Program Type: Affiliate
Available Terms: Summer
Country: Colombia
Standing: Junior, Senior
Language Requirement: High Beginner Spanish for Research Project.
Unique Features: Offers the option of completing a 4 credit summer research project. Students with advanced Spanish may take content courses taught in Spanish.

ISA Euroscholars

Available Terms: Fall, Spring
Country: Europe
Standing: Junior, Senior
Unique Features: EuroScholars is a unique research abroad programme designed for advanced and talented undergraduate students from US and Canadian institutions looking for an international research experience. In this programme, students have the opportunity to undertake one course in the classroom and then work under the direct supervision of professors and other academic staff on a specific academic research project chosen by both the student and the faculty.

Office of International Programs