The Department of Psychology and Communicative Disorders offers students a representative and balanced expo sure to the theories, methods, findings, and issues in the major content areas of psychology and communicative disorders. Through their coursework in psychology, students are introduced to the major perspectives that predominate in psychology today, including the biological, learning, cognitive, developmental, sociocultural, and psychodynamic perspectives. Through their coursework in communicative disorders, students study the causes and appropriate therapies for various disorders of communication, along with the anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing. Students have the opportunity to work with faculty on their research, to conduct their own independent research projects and to complete supervised field experiences and internships.
• to expose students to psychology and communicative disorders as a liberal arts discipline
• to support the varying interests and goals of students
• to promote understanding of oneself and others
• to think scientifically and creatively about human behavior
• to acquire competency in quantitative and problem-solving skills
• to provide students with a firm basis for graduate study in psychology and speech- language pathology or
audiology, and other, related areas, e.g., physical and occupational therapy, school psychology, social
work, etc.
Cathy Baumgartner, Administrative Assistant
Email: cbaumgar@saintmarys.edu
