{"id":3158,"date":"2021-04-16T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/open-day\/?post_type=exhibitions&#038;p=3158"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:47:19","slug":"psychology","status":"publish","type":"exhibitions","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/open-day\/exhibitions\/psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_5,3_5,1_5&#8243; 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We are committed to conducting excellent research, teaching, practice, and social impact initiatives. Our staff and students have published in the highest-ranking international academic journals and several former students have taken up positions at prestigious institutions in South Africa and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Our department offers undergraduate modules in psychology, leading to a major in the discipline, and postgraduate training leading to registration as a clinical psychologist. We also offer thesis-based research training leading towards the masters and doctoral degree. Our teaching and research programmes focus on key psychosocial issues affecting South Africa and the African continent. We are committed to contributing to the social relevance of psychology as a discipline and a profession in an academically rigorous and critical manner.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cta-component__heading\">Undergraduate programme<\/h3>\n<p>The University of Stellenbosch (SU) does not offer an undergraduate degree specifically in psychology. 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It is a field of study that seeks to understand the human mind and behavior through the application of scientific methods and theories. Psychology encompasses a broad range of topics, including cognition, perception, emotion, motivation, personality, development, social behavior, and mental health. 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