Program Overview

Child Psychology

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @ UWindsor

Program Overview & Highlights

• General 3-Year Program
• B.A.

Love working with kids? In this three-year General program you will learn how they grow and build skills to help them tackle life’s challenges. You’ll have the unique opportunity to make a real impact through research and community placements throughout your undergrad. Begin your journey towards diverse career paths. Shape the future, one child at a time.

Exclusive first-year course for psych majors only where you'll get support from upper-year mentors.

Gain practical experience in community placements to prepare you for a successful career.

Learn More About Our Program

• $2.53M in scholarship and award money
• 1 in FAHSS
• 95.4% employment rate of graduates
• 200+ undergraduate students have published or presented original research in FAHSS
• 139K hours of service contributed by FAHSS students in the community.

Faculty & Staff

• Student Recruitment Officer: Selena Randhawa
• Recruitment & Outreach Coordinator: Sheri Lowrie

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

• Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)
• Minimum Average: 70%
• Mean Average: 79%

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

• Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)
• Minimum Average: 70%
• Mean Average: 79%

Career Tracks

• Child Psychologist
• Teacher
• Community Worker
• Child and Youth Worker
• Child Life Specialist
• Researcher
• Speech Language Pathologist
• Professor

Related Programs

• Psychology
• Consecutive Education

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

1. ENGL-1010 is required for all FAHSS Majors. Students with 80% or higher in Grade 12 ENG4U (or equivalent) are exempt from this course requirement and will substitute it with an additional course from any area of study.
2. All FAHSS programs require students to take one course with Indigenous content, perspectives, or materials. This can be done at any time during the student’s undergraduate education. It is recommended that co-op students fulfill this requirement in the summer term.
3. Language courses count as Arts or Science courses.

Required Course Notes

• Major Courses: PSYC 1150
• Other Required Courses: ENGL 1010
• Recommended Electives: GART 1210, One Non-Psychology course, One Arts (or Language), One Science (or Language)

Required Courses

ENGL 1010: Academic Writing

An introduction to the fundamentals of effective writing in academic contexts. Topics may include language, essay writing conventions, critical thinking, research, editing and revising, and academic integrity.

PSYC 1150: Introduction to Psychology as a Behavioural Science

Introduction to selected areas in psychology including learning, perception, physiological psychology, emotion, and motivation.

Recommended Courses

GART 1210: An Introduction into Indigenous Topics

This course introduces students to Indigenous histories, perspectives, and modern realities through an Indigenous lens. The role of colonization is introduced as Indigenous relationships on Turtle Island changed as a result of contact and colonization. This survey course provides a learning opportunity for students to engage in Indigenous pedagogy and worldview as they learn how history impacts the contemporary lives of Indigenous people. Through exploring relationships, this course engages critical reading, writing and thinking skills through course lectures and seminar activities. The history of relations assists in understanding how colonization’s policies and statutory documents thereafter affected Indigenous peoples, such as the Royal Proclamation, Treaties, the Indian Act, the British North America Act (1867), and the Constitution Act (1982). Today, these colonial-state governance documents are a significant part of Indigenous-Crown and Indigenous-settler relations.