Psychology

Psychology students in the Faculty of Arts, learn about the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes. The department of psychology has many opportunities to explore, with two main areas of study:

1. Social sciences: the study of human behaviour, society, and social relationships, personality differences, knowledge of how to predict, explain, and alter human behaviour and child development.
2. Natural Sciences: the study of psychological biological processes, neuroscience, and cognitive science, which explores areas such as sensation and perception, learning and memory, emotion and motivation, and thinking and language.

In Psychology, human behaviour and cognition are studied to explore the ways people act as individuals and in groups. Students participate in core areas of research methodology, development, social psychology, learning, perception, cognition, neuropsychology, physiological psychology, personality, psychopathology, and organizational behaviour.

Political Studies

Political Studies (also known as Political Science) examines the dynamics of human interaction in which individuals and groups compete to achieve their goals. The study of politics involves a consideration of the interactions between the individual, the state, government, public affairs, and public policy.

Political studies students in the Faculty of Arts, explore the dynamics of these interactions in the context of competing visions, values, and interests, particularly in the pursuit of varying public goals, including the quest for political power and the control of the government. The department of political studies has many opportunities to explore, with the ability to specialize in one of the following areas: political theory, Canadian politics, international relations, comparative politics, or public administration.

Labour Studies

Labour Studies provides a broad interdisciplinary learning experience with real-life applications. Labour studies students examine the social, economic, and political realities of work and explore the past, present, and future of the labor movement and the wide-ranging effects of globalization on our daily lives. They examine many aspects of work and society, including how job markets work, how workplaces are changing, laws and regulations, unions, sexism, and racism.

Students develop an understanding of the political economy of labor, social justice, and fundamental rights, and the dynamics of power in the workplace.

Labour Studies has an agreement with the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR) Manitoba to apply to waive the CPHR National Knowledge Exam for students who do an advance major or major in Labour Studies.