In May 2020, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences conferred awards to graduating seniors for their outstanding contributions to CLAS departments. The department faculty selected the awards that would be given to the students. In the Psychology Department, the following awards were given to our graduating seniors:
Welcome to Psychology, the science of human and animal behavior! It’s like solving fascinating puzzles about our minds and actions. Our program helps you explore various areas of Psychology through core courses in research and discussions.
Psychology graduates apply their knowledge in business, industry, government and education.
Nearly half go on to earn advanced degrees and become researchers, clinical psychologists, counselors, case managers, administrators, grant coordinators, probation officers, and more.
At the University of Illinois at Springfield, the Psychology Department’s primary mission is to assist its majors in developing the knowledge, skills, and values that define psychology, academically, as a contemporary social science discipline and, professionally, as the foundation for a variety of post-baccalaureate career paths.
Psychology Department
University Hall Building, MS 3144
University of Illinois Springfield
One University Plaza
Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407
The UIS Psychology Department has its own newsletter, Eye on Psy.
Our newsletter announces department news as well as announcements about the ongoing accomplishments of our psychology majors and instructors.
Send us a brief email just to tell us a little about your career or current job or the graduate degree you’re working on.
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Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in psychology. Its purpose is to encourage excellence in scholarship and advance the science of psychology. Psi Chi serves two major goals:
Faculty members of the UIS Department of Psychology are expected to be active scholars and mentor undergraduates in the generation of new scientific knowledge by means of scholarship. In an attempt to facilitate such scholarship the Department has established a participant pool of available research participants.
