Environmental Psychology

This course is about the study of transactions between individuals and their physical settings. In these transactions, individuals change the environment, and their behavior and experiences are changed by the environment. Environmental psychology includes theory, research, and practice aimed at improving your relationship with the natural environment. Proper understanding of the interaction between mind and natural environment is crucial for those of you who desire to work not only at environmental agencies but also at engineering, city planning, or policymaking. The goal of this course is to provide the foundations to understand environmental psychology ? the understanding of person-environment transactions and the application of that understanding to solve real-world problems that most or even all people face. To achieve this goal, you will be exposed to a thorough understanding of the internal characteristics that filter or digest external factors. Working in an area that is so critical to almost every human activity brings a high degree of excitement and a justifiable sense of importance.