School of Psychology Department of Psychology At the first School of Psychology in Japan, the School of Psychology in Chukyo University was founded as a result of reformation of the Department of Psycology in the School of Letters in 2000. The reasons for having one department is to give students the opportunity to study the various aspects of Psychology, while at the some time designing a curriculum based on the individual students interests as they advance. The School of Psychology has continuously responded to the demands of modern society, which is referred to as the "age of the mind", by adhering to comprehensive education and research in the four main fields of Psychology: basic, applied, clinical as well as developmental which was added at the launch of this School. [A solid foundation through the overall study of psychology during the first and second years] Education in the fundamentals of psychology, as well as liberal arts and language education, is emphasized for the first two years. Education in the fundamentals of psychology is to lay the groundwork for his or her understanding of psychology as a whole, so that each student may proceed into the most desired field. Psychology students should choose basic education curriculum that builds the fundamentals for an interest in psychology and for future learning for the first two years. These include "Various Areas of Modern Psychology", "Statistics for Psychology", "Basic Statistics", "Computer Seminar" and so on. [A specialized curriculum made up of 78 diversified courses] Since the founding of the School, a majority of the courses have been converted to two-credit half-semester courses.This was implemented in respond to the conversion into the semester system. In addition to the previous curriculum, courses that have been assigned to the first and second year students, include Reading Seminars , Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Seminar on Psychology Data Processing. Second and third year students are also required to take each of the following introductory courses: Experimental Psychology, Applied Psychology and Clinical Psychology. In addition to classes specific to each of the basic, applied, clinical and developmental fields for third and fouth year students, the school provides opportunities to learn not only through books but also through experience. Furthermore, we let students learn the methods for further research by offering courses such as "Psychology Measurements", "Psycho Examination" and "Psychological Data Analysis". In the field of developmental psychology that was added at the founding of this School, the present-day issues of "Family Developmental Psychology" and "Psychogeriatrics" are included in the curriculum. Fieldwork training, that was not included in undergraduate school up to this point, covers the areas of Clinical Psychology Fieldwork Training to provide counseling to compel truant students to return to school and Applied Psychology Training during study trips to factories. [Venture overseas] This School supports highly motivated students wishing to study abroad through several academic student exchange agreements with overseas universities. We now have a new program that students can study psychology for three weeks in the University of Canberra in Australia. The number of students who take advantage of this program by passing the test for exchange study is increasing every year. Professors Takayuki Mori Introduction to Experimental Psychology Yorio Kosawa Introduction to Developmental Psychology Hiroshi Kansaku Introduction to Applied Psychology Tenji Wake Psychology of Illumination and Color Yoshihiro Kuno Mental Hygienics Motomichi Kagawa Lecture on Behavior and Motivation Akitsugu Hirata Statistical Method for Psychology Kanao Yahiro Introduction to Clinical Psychology Mutsuo Suzuki Interviewing Methods for Clinical Psychology Yoshitaka Makino Special Lecture in Cognitive Psychology Marehiro Mukai Industrial Psychology Associate Professors Kazuo Bingushi Special Lecture on Sensation and Perception Noriko Nagata Clinical Psychology in Adolescence Eiji Kamiya Interviewing Methods for Clinical Psychology Sizu Baba Personality Psychology Yasuo Kojima Developmental Psycology in Infancy Assistants Kenichiro Kawamoto Fundamental Experiment Practice in Psychology Sawako Nagaya Practice of Psychological Assessment Michiru Tsukada Fundamental Experiment Practice in Psychology Tadamasa Narimoto Fundamental Experiment Practice in Psychology Mitsunobu Myogan Practice of Psychological Assessment Click here for curriculum << Back