Program Overview

The B.S. in Psychology at RIT Dubai offers students a degree that opens up a world of exciting career opportunities in a market that is in dire need for specialists in the field of human behavior, as well as other related fields. Highly qualified scholars will ensure providing the highest level of education and delivering the guidance and knowledge to students using highly equipped classrooms and laboratories. Graduates should be able to apply the four main goals in Psychology to describe, explain, predict and change behavior.

Program Educational Objectives

The program educational objectives of the B.S. in Psychology are broad statements that describe what graduates are expected to attain within a few years of graduation. These are based on the needs of the program’s constituencies. The Psychology faculty, in conjunction with its constituents, have established the following program educational objectives:

• PEO 1: Demonstrate ability to apply areas of psychology to benefit organizations, institutions, and society at large.
• PEO 2: Succeed in advancing the field or related fields through research and innovation either professionally or through graduate studies.
• PEO 3: Advance their career by successfully demonstrating strong presentation skills and ability to gain new knowledge.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate knowledge of key historical material, central theories, and empirical practice, with sensitivity to ethical concerns.
2. Examine and contrast ideas from different topics in Psychology.
3. Develop a hypothesis driven research project including a thorough review of relevant literature.
4. Formulate both short papers and longer research reports.
5. Explain topics in Psychology through oral presentations.
6. Compare and contrast individual behavior and identify how group or organization membership can affect behavior.
7. Identify basic quantitative methods to measure group and individual differences, and be able to describe a sample.
8. Construct the results of their research succinctly in verbal/signed, visual, and written form to a general audience.
9. Apply knowledge obtained to real-world applications in a psychology-related field.