Your learning experience in psychology will take you beyond the traditional classroom by providing you with many opportunities to apply the knowledge you’ve gained. Our faculty are engaged teachers, sound scientists and role models of the intellectually involved person that support and advance intellectual inquiry.
Apply your knowledge
Both undergraduate and graduate students work as junior colleagues with our dedicated faculty to investigate a wide variety of topics including:
basic brain processes
drug effects
social cognitive factors underlying prejudice
ways to reduce school violence
the evaluation of psychological treatments.
Students also have opportunities to apply the knowledge they have gained in the classroom in practicum experiences or community research projects. The study of psychology gives them the chance to use technology, learn to communicate and be able to analyze ideas critically.
UNCW College of Science and Engineering (great resource for academic procedures, scholarships, organizations, contact names, etc., as well as commonly used academic forms).
The UNCW GPAC is a non-profit training clinic and treatment center that offers affordable and accessible mental health services.
We offer psychotherapy and psychological assessment services to adults in New Hanover County and the surrounding community. These services are discounted to increase accessibility for behavioral health services.
Dr. Kate Nooner was awarded a $379,503 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study adolescent binge drinking. The project, “Biomarkers of Binge Drinking in Maltreated Adolescents,” will examine resilience to teenage binge drinking following childhood stress and adversity.
UNCW's accreditation has been reaffirmed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. This decision comes with no additional reporting requirements, recognizing UNCW’s continued commitment to high academic standards at all degree levels.
Dr. Ronald J. Vetter, founding dean of the College of Science and Engineering and professor of computer science, is the recipient of the 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Award for Distinguished Service.
