This major equips students with foundational counselling theoretical orientations and helping skills. It fosters students’ ability to understand interpersonal processes in communication across settings and navigate ethical considerations in counselling relationships. Students are prepared for further training and development as mental health professionals in counselling and psychology-related fields.

Criminology seeks to enhance students’ critical understanding of crime and the criminal justice system. Phenomena such as corruption, courts, cybercrime, drug use, fraud, policing and prisons are investigated. This allows students to understand the causes of, and solutions for, crime and social control issues both locally and globally.

Within geography, the Geospatial Data Science programme focuses on understanding and utilising the exponential and transformational changes in data that have arisen in the 21st century. An estimated 80% of data contains geographic information; harnessing this data within a spatial context using geographic information science and machine learning can help generate new insights to solve the most pressing problems facing our world. Students of this programme would be equipped with foundational knowledge of geographic techniques and also a diverse toolbox of skills that they can take with them along a variety of career paths. Graduates will also be well prepared for careers in GIS and related technologies, which will enable them to pursue relevant certifications and professional accreditations.

This major allows students to understand the impact of the media and culture on society. Phenomena such as cinema, creative industries, cultural hubs, gender/sexualities, social media and subcultures are examined through a social lens. Students gain knowledge and approaches for positively influencing social life through enhancing media and culture.

Neuroscience is the interdisciplinary study of the structure and function of the nervous system, with focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying behaviour cognition and perception in humans. Students are given rigorous academic training to prepare them for academic careers in related fields as well as further medical training.

This major allows students to acquire basic knowledge about all areas of psychology, including the biological and cognitive bases of behaviour, developmental changes, social influences and psychopathology. Students may pursue professional training in applied aspects of psychology (e.g., Clinical Psychology, Education Psychology) and advanced research training after completing this programme.

Within geography, the Urban Governance programme focuses on understanding the development and maintenance of cities and other urban places, as well as the human beings and other creatures that call these places home. The rapid urbanization of our planet has generated a wealth of challenges and opportunities with which students in this programme will learn to contend, across diverse arenas from transportation planning, environmental management, and leisure travel to public safety, civic participation, and the pursuit of justice. Graduates of this programme should be well prepared to immediately embark upon meaningful careers in urban planning, public policy, spatial analysis, and many other academic and professional fields.

The Minor in Journalism, Media and Artificial Intelligence seeks to introduce students to the evolving intersections of journalism, media and technology. Designed for students from a wide range of disciplines, the minor provides foundational knowledge and experience for interpreting, creating and engaging with media in a digital and AI driven world.