Course Description

Program Description Gain the diversity of knowledge today's employers are looking for by studying and specializing in not one, but two academic disciplines. Child & Youth Studies Offered exclusively at Trent's Durham GTA campus, the Child & Youth Studies program focuses on how children learn through play and creativity. Complete a full-year community placement, working with local school boards, health centres, museums, cultural centres, community agencies, group homes, or youth programs and get a head start on a teaching career with a direct pathway into Trent's Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) program. A number of guaranteed spaces are reserved for Child & Youth Studies graduates. Psychology Psychology at Trent Durham is the perfect fit for students who wish to develop a better understanding of how and why people act, think, and feel the way they do. You'll study the principles of psychology and a variety of specialized subjects ranging from personality, human development and abnormal psychology in your first two years, to advanced subjects such as gender, health, memory, dreams and dreaming, and atypical development studied in the latter half of your degree. Here, you can participate in research with leading experts in areas such as cognitive neuroscience, sexuality, dreams and dreaming, anxiety, health, development, mental health, language impairment, perception, and memory. Resume Boosters: Complete a full-year community placement, working with local school boards, health centres, museums, cultural centres, community agencies, group homes, or youth programs Expand your learning through courses that encompass a wide range of disciplines – this breadth of knowledge will help land you a meaningful and impactful career Benefit from a personalized learning environment (what Trent Durham is known for) – this translates to great references for grad school or your first job Undertake an undergraduate independent research thesis or research practicum and work one-on-one with award-winning faculty Apply the skills you learn in the classroom to a real-world healthcare setting through unique new research placement on aging Get excellent reference letters from your profs for grad school or your first job thanks to our highly-personalized learning environment

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