加拿大本科心理学专业怎么选？-新东方前途出国

很多同学在选择专业时都对心理学很感兴趣，但是又不清楚加拿大的心理学专业为什么在文科和理科下面都有开设，普通学士学位与荣誉学学士学位又有什么区别？今天我们就以西安大略大学为例，来带大家看一看加拿大本科的心理学专业怎么选择。

西安大略大学的心理学系提供了几种不同的本科项目。

Psychology Honors Specialization, BA ——心理学荣誉学士，文学士
Psychology Honors Specialization, BSc——心理学荣誉学士，理学士
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Honors BA——发展认知神经科学，荣誉文学士
Animal Behavior, Honors BSc——动物行为学，荣誉理学士
Psychology Major, BA——心理学专业，文学士
Psychology Minor——心理学辅修

Which Program is For Me? 哪个项目更适合我？

Honors Specializations in Psychology 心理学荣誉专业

If you wish to pursue graduate training in Psychology, the Honors Specialization Programs are for you. These programs are highly research-focused, and aim to teach students how to apply the concepts, content, research methods, and data analytic procedures of the discipline to create new knowledge. You will learn how to think critically, to write research reports using the writing conventions of the discipline, and to communicate your ideas orally to faculty and other students.

如果想继续学习心理学的研究生课程，那么荣誉专业课程更适合你。这些课程高度注重研究，旨在教给学生如何运用该学科的概念，内容，研究方法和数据分析程序来创造新知识。你将学习如何进行批判性思考，如何使用该学科的写作方式来撰写研究报告，以及如何与老师和其他学生进行学术交流研讨。

The four Honors Specialization Programs differ in content and breadth of specialization. All modules involve lecture, lab and research courses.

四个荣誉专业课程的专业内容和广度各有不同。所有项目都包括讲座，实验室和研究课程。

1. The Honors Specialization BA focuses broadly on biological, social, and psychological foundations of behavior. 

荣誉专业学士学位广泛关注行为的生物学，社会和心理基础。

2.    The Honors Specialization BSc focuses on biological foundations of behavior, with courses primarily in the areas of neuroscience, cognition, sensation, and perception. 

荣誉专业BSc专注于行为的生物学基础，课程主要涉及神经科学，认知，感觉和知觉。

3.    The Honors BSc in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience aims to understand the development of skills such as language, mathematics, and self-regulation from infancy through childhood. The science combines analyses of cognitive and behavioral development with modern neuro-imaging methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and genetic and hormonal analyses. Researchers in this area hope to understand how the mind and its disorders evolve out of an interaction of biology and experience. 

发展认知神经科学荣誉理学士学位旨在了解从婴儿期到儿童期的语言，数学和自我调节等技能的发展。这门学科将对认知和行为发展的分析与现代神经成像方法（例如功能磁共振成像（fMRI）以及遗传和激素分析）结合起来。该领域的研究人员希望了解大脑及其疾病如何从生物学和经验的相互作用中演化而来。

4. The Honors BSc in Animal Behavior is a joint program of Biology and Psychology. In this program, students study the contributions of nature and nurture to animal behavior. Behaviors are explored at both the proximate and ultimate levels of analysis. Proximate analysis involves the mechanism underlying a behavior such as hormonal controls and gene expression, whereas ultimate analysis involves understanding the evolutionary origin and reproductive consequences of a behavior. 

动物行为荣誉学士学位是生物学和心理学的联合课程。在该项目中，学生学习自然和养育对动物行为的影响。行为分析是在近似水平和最终水平两个维度进行的。近似分析涉及诸如激素控制和基因表达等行为的潜在机制，而最终分析则涉及了解行为的进化起源和生殖结果。

Major or Double Major in Psychology心理学专业或心理学双修

If you wish to learn the content, theories, and research methods of the discipline and be able to understand and critically evaluate research in Psychology, the Psychology Major Program is for students you. You will learn to communicate your ideas in oral and written form using the conventions of the discipline. You may earn an Honors degree by combining a Psychology Major with a Major in another Discipline (minimum 70% average required in each discipline). The Honors Double Major is a valuable stepping stone to other professional programs such as Education, Law, Business, and Medicine. 

如果想学习心理学的内容，理论和研究方法，并且能够理解和批判性地评估心理学方面的研究，心理学专业更适合你。你将学习使用该学科的方法以口头和书面形式交流你的想法。可以通过将心理学专业与另一个学科的专业相结合来获得荣誉学位（每个学科平均要求最低70％）。荣誉双修学位是其他专业（如教育，法律，商业和医学）的跳板。

Minor in Psychology 辅修心理学

If you wish to study Psychology as part of your general education or as a complement to your training in another discipline or professional program, the Psychology Minor Program is for you. You will learn the content of the discipline and how Psychology is applied in various professional domains. .
如果想把学习心理学作为普通教育的一部分，或者作为对另一门学科或专业课程的补充，那么辅修心理学更适合你。辅修心理学将学习心理学的内容以及如何将心理学应用于各个专业领域。