Psychology Department

The psychology program at RIC offers broad representation of specialty areas of psychology including comparative, developmental, educational, experimental, health, personality, physiological, quantitative, social, and abnormal psychology. An Honors Program in Psychology provides individualized academic experiences under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Active student organizations such as PSI-CHI, the national honor society in psychology and the Psychological Society, a student organization housed within the department, are offered, as well as a program in Addiction Studies that will lead to substance abuse counselor certification in the State of Rhode Island.