Barnard College is a private college located in New York, NY. It is a women’s liberal art collage and it is an official institution of the Columbia University. Barnard was established in 1889 to make available education for women equivalent to that of Columbia and other Ivy League colleges, most of which admitted only men for undergraduate study into the 1960s. Above one hundred and twenty years ago, Barnard College was the first college in New York City—and one of the few in the world—where women could get the similar liberal arts education available to men. Today, it is the most popular liberal arts college for women in the United States.
Students, who come here, take advantage of a wide range of facilities. These include:
- A great library that owns a collection of over 300.000 volumes, and they can also have right to use to the 10,000,000 volumes of Columbia University;
- There are more than 80 students clubs and organizations there at Barnard;
- The college offers the opportunities to join above 2,500 internship programs in different areas like, economics, psychology, finance, and media, healthcare and so on;
- Here at Barnard they can get financial aid, in grant form, directly from college (40% of all students) or from other sources that supports 51% of all the students.
- There are about 50 fields in which to major. The top degrees are: English, Psychology, Political Science, Economics, History, and Biology.
As one of the most popular major, the psychology department at Barnard College is designed to offer the best environment for students who want to develop a successful career in psychology area. Entering the psychology degree you will take part of courses held by experienced teachers. The lectures include:
- Introduction to Psychology
- Psychology Science and Scientists
- Psychology and Statistics
- Psychology of Learning
- Cognitive Psychology
- Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience
- Psychology of Personality
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Abnormal Psychology
- Organizational Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Human Learning and Memory
- Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality
- Psychology and Women
- Psychology and Law
- Human Motivation
- Introduction to Cultural Psychology
- Perception and Language
- Introduction to Psychoanalysis
… And the list can be continued, but the fact is that, as you can see, by choosing psychology degree from Barnard College, you gain a large variety of possibilities to make a career in different branches of this amazing science. You can get a job in government structures, business organizations, healthcare services, or counseling people with family and social problems. Here you have the chance to make the choice.
Barnard College Psychology Department Website
Contacts and Location
Barnard Psychology Department
415 Milbank Hall
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Department Administrator
T. 212 854 2069
F. 212 854 3601
