GLOBAL BEHAVORIAL SCIENCE

PSYC1991OC, Global Behavioral Science, 4 credits. Instructor: Dr. Sarah Ashcroft-Jones .Eligibility: This course is open to undergraduates, graduate students, and visiting students.

Students will participate in a practicum hosted at the University of Cambridge (UCAM). They will work with 20 to 30 psychology students on the Junior Research Programme from multiple universities and countries who will join the practicum, along with over 100 other research collaborators. The objective is for students to get hands-on experience in carrying out behavioral science research, from study development to dissemination, while participating in a large, international collaboration. Specific skills to be acquired include multicultural teamwork, research design, data collection (internationally), data analysis, scientific writing, and academic presentation. Students are encouraged to engage in the publication and revision process, subject to feasibility. All contributors will receive authorship credit.

Examples of previous publications:  

• Summer 2022 Cohort
• Summer 2023 Cohort (Pre-print)

Academic Schedule: Students will be expected to complete some assignments prior to the program start. This pre-work will take a maximum of 3 total working days, and will need to be completed by July 10th. Students will occasionally be expected to be available outside of the regularly schedule course times in to support collaborators who are in different time zones.  Outside of course meetings, students will be expected to complete independent task, training, group work, and maintain some flexibility in their schedulesas needed.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the Columbia Summer Research Practice in Global Behavioral Science​​​​​ Program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE). ). Global Learning ScholarshipsVergil