The Mind, Culture, and Society specialization track is ideal for students interested in social or cultural psychology, education, media, business, or law. The track focuses on the mutual constitution of mind, culture, and society, aiming to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of how psychological experience is afforded and shaped by the meanings and practices of the significant sociocultural contexts of people's lives. Considerable attention will also be given to how psychological experience perpetuates and reinforces these contexts. The primary emphasis is on contexts created by culture, social structure, race, ethnicity, and gender.
FACULTY ADVISORS: Professors Hazel Markus, Jennifer Eberhardt, and Jeanne Tsai
Track Requirements
Required Courses
- PSYCH 75* Introduction to Cultural Psychology
- PSYCH 155: Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
- Research Lab: 1st quarter**
- Research Lab: 2nd quarter**
*If PSYCH 75 is not offered during a reasonable timeframe before graduation, students may substitute EDUC 367 (formerly 292) or PSYCH 217 for this required course. If the substitution is needed, the substitute course may not be double-counted as an elective or approved outside course.
**Students whose faculty advisors are Professor Markus or Professor Eberhardt should register for Psych 183 (Mind, Culture, and Society Research Lab) to fulfill the Research Lab course. Students whose faculty advisor is Professor Tsai should register for Psych 195 (Special Laboratory Projects).
Elective Psychology Courses
Students must take at least 4 of the following courses:
- PSYCH 8N The New Longevity
- PSYCH 70 Self and Society: Introduction to Social Psychology
- PSYCH 101 Community Health Psychology
- PSYCH 102 Longevity
- PSYCH 138 Wise Interventions
- PSYCH 150 Race & Crime
- PSYCH 171 Research Seminar on Aging
- PSYCH 180 Social Psychological Approaches to Stereotyping and Prejudice
- PSYCH 216 Public Policy and Social Psychology: Implications and Applications
- PSYCH 217 Topics and Methods Related to Culture and Emotion
Approved Outside Courses*
Students must take at least 3 of the following courses:
- AFRICAAM 105 Introduction to African and African American Studies
- AMSTUD 160 Perspectives on American Identity
- AMSTUD 261W Introduction to Asian American History
- ANTHRO 16 Native Americans in the 21st Century: Encounters, Identity, & Sovereignty
- CHILATST 180E Introduction to Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies
- CSRE 32 Theories in Race and Ethnicity: A Comparative Perspective
- CSRE 45Q Understanding Race and Ethnicity in American Society
- EDUC 112X Urban Education
- EDUC 173 Gender and Higher Education: National and International Perspectives
- EDUC 245 Understanding Racial and Ethnic Identity
- EDUC 367 Cultural Psychology
- FEMGEN 101 Introduction to Feminist Studies
- FEMGEN 10SC LGBT History and Culture
- HISTORY 64 Introduction to Race and Ethnicity in the American Experience
- HUMBIO 122S Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health
- HUMBIO 143 Adolescent Sexuality
- HUMBIO 172B Children, Youth, and the Law
- LINGUIST 156 Language and Gender
- NATIVEAM 115 Introduction to Native American History
- PHIL 80 Mind, Matter, and Meaning
- POLISCI 121L Racial-Ethnic Plitics in US
- SOC 142 Sociology of Gender
- SOC 149 The Urban Underclass
- SOC 155 The Changing American Family
To declare Mind, Culture, and Society as your specialization track, please fill out the declaration form, obtain signature approval from a track faculty advisor, and submit the signed form to the Student Services Office (Jordan Hall, room 100).
*The list of outside courses is by no means exhaustive. Students who feel a course falls within the domain of the Mind, Culture, and Society Track should consult a faculty track advisor for approval.
