Psychology
Welcome to Psychology
The Department of Psychology offers a balanced and comprehensive set of courses covering the major aspects of the subject. We also offer excellent opportunities to undertake work in experimental psychology and we have nationally and internationally recognised graduate applied programmes in Clinical Psychology and in Industrial and Organisational Psychology, leading to professional registration.
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Psychology, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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Jacinta Cording, studying towards a BSc in Psychology ‘Learning about what makes people behave the way they do has always intrigued me...’ |
Seminars
2010 Seminars to be advised.
News and Features
PSYC POSTGRADUATE TIMETABLE 2010 (pdf, 60 kb) - updated 22 Jan - may still be subject to change. Note that due to unforseen circumstances APSY631 has been cancelled & replaced with APSY 613s1 & APSY 617s2. Also Psyc 451s2 has moved from Tuesday 9-11am to Friday 1-3pm and Psyc 437 times are 11-1pm in semester one and 10-12 in semester two, both in room 213.
Congratulations to Assoc.Prof. Julia Rucklidge who has discovered compelling evidence that taking a micronutrient supplement may have big benefits for sufferers of some mental illness (Jan 2010). more
Fullbright New Zealand Travel Award
Congratulations to Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Audrey McKinlay who will present her research on childhood brain injury to an international audience in March after receiving a Fulbright New Zealand Travel Award. (Jan 2010) more
The New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour - a multidisciplinary centre dedicated to the study of human language. Dept staff participating in research are Prof. Lucy Johnston, Assoc. Prof. John Dalrymple- Alford and Dr Ewald Neumann. (Dec 2009)
Assoc.Prof. John Dalrymple-Alford has been awarded a Lottery Health Board grant for his project entitled “Combating dementia with cognitive enrichment.” (Dec.09)
James Cook Research Fellowship - staff member Assoc. Prof. Lianne Woodward has been awarded this Fellowship which is recognized as one of the premier awards for scientific and technological research (Nov 2009) more
www.christchurchpsychology.co.nz - developed by Dr Fran Vertue to try and address the concerns she has had about the reliability of clinical psychological information and services available online. (Sept 09)