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The Department of Psychology was founded in 1978, and began to offer a master’s degree program in 1984 and Ph.D. program in 1996. In 2013, there are 9 full-time faculty members and 9 part-time instructors, and over 70 graduate and 130 undergraduate students in the Psychology Department. As the only department that offers extensive psychology courses in the region of Gwangju and Jeonnam province, excellent education and research programs are offered in various areas of psychology including cognitive, developmental, biological/learning, social, clinical, counseling/personality, health, and industrial/organizational psychology. The Department houses one of the best research facilities among all the social and humanities departments at CNU.
The department has several labs for psychological testing, cognitive, and clinical neuropsychology experiments (including EEG, EMG, SCR, and HR acquisition systems), behavioral observation and monitoring, and other various kinds of psychological experiments. The students and the faculty members in the Department have been working closely together to build a healthy research environment and to provide community services needed in the Gwangju and Jeonnam region.
Every semester faculty members and students meet for career guidance and counseling. Students are encouraged to pursue professional certificates in psychology. Special lectures and colloquia are offered to aid career goals. Major field settings for professional careers include counseling centers in the community, mental hospitals, social welfare institutions, schools, social survey and research sectors, corporations for human resource development/management and organizational development, and the public sector (courts, police stations, rehabilitation centers, armies, etc.)
