UGA Bulletin

Course Description

This course immerses students into the world of organizational psychology abroad through a variety of experiences including center tours, workshops, company visits, lectures at top universities, meetings with alumni, and sightseeing in major tourist attractions. Through these engaging, on-location experiences, this immersive study abroad is designed to offer students a unique opportunity to explore the rich history and cutting-edge advancements of organizational psychology abroad.

Athena Title

Connect Abroad Psychology

Non-Traditional Format

This course will use an “Active Learning” approach where there is significant diversity of content delivery and assessment. Our AL content is delivered via a mix of instructor-led, student-led, student-to-student, and multi-level interactions including presentations, group exercises, individual responses, and reflective exercises. Learning is to take place both cognitively and behaviorally. Active cognition is a process whereby you may be passive in receiving information, yet your learning process is activated by reflecting on prior knowledge and combining new information to create new knowledge. Behavioral learning is an active process whereby you learn from actively engaging with content and people often using self-expression, self-explanation, spatializing, and mapping/drawing to create new knowledge. Active Learning Assessments will be designed around individual and group assignments where both instructor feedback and peer assessment will be utilized.

Semester Course Offered

Offered spring

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will develop relationships with fellow students, a faculty member, and a staff member at UGA.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the historical significance of the destination country's contributions to psychology.
Students will expand awareness of organizational psychology through the destination country's lens.
Students will connect academic knowledge with industry practices and network with professionals in the field.
Students will evaluate the role of organizational psychology in modern society.

Topical Outline

1. Seminar – Formal faculty and practitioner-led sessions rich in content and heavy on active engagement.
2. Lab Session – Individual and Group working sessions applying content to required coursework.
3. Field Work – Exploration of and engagement with relevant cultural, historical, and academic sites of interest.

Institutional Competencies

Social Awareness & Responsibility

The capacity to understand the interdependence of people, communities, and self in a global society.

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