In the Summer Course in The Beautiful Mind: Global Perceptions of Mental Health, participants will engage in discussions about the concept of culture and its significance, encouraging them to explore beyond mere diagnostic criteria for mental health illnesses.

Are any of us really ‘normal’? Understand what it means to be ‘neurotypical’ and feed your curiosity of the mind on our fascinating Psychology course at Oxford Summer Courses. We’ll explore a wide range of topics from the basic functioning of our brains to disordered thought processes and conflicting behaviours.

This course provides an introduction to understanding how emerging media technologies like social media, smartphones, algorithms, and artificial intelligence affect our world. Specifically, we will explore how our experiences with technology affect our psychological well-being and mental health, and the informational well-being of our communities.

The IEEE-EMBS International Summer School on Advanced Data Analytics in Physiology is organized by the IEEE EMBS Technical Community on Biomedical Signal Processing and the IEEE EMBS Technical Community on Cardiopulmonary Systems and Physiology-based Engineering.

Critical review of research and theories pertaining to intellectual and social development of infants and children. Role of early experiences and biological factors in later formation of personality, and intellectual and motivational behaviors; includes theories of Erikson, Piaget, and Freud.

Undergraduate Prerequisites: high school algebra. - Fundamentals of logic (the laws of logic, rules of inferences, quantifiers, proofs of theorems). Fundamental principles of counting (permutations, combinations), set theory, relations and functions, graphs, trees, and sorting. 

Provides an understanding of how behavior, feelings, and thoughts of individuals are influenced and determined by characteristics of the situation. Topics: attraction, attitudes, prejudice, social roles, aggression, person perception, and groups. Readings cover theories, experimental research, and application.

This Summer Course in Dealing With Your Feelings: The Art and Science of Emotion Regulation offers the latest scientific insights into how people can manage their emotions. These scientific insights have a wealth of applications in psychotherapy and work settings and can also be used to foster personal growth.

Focuses on the scientific study of psychological aspects of living a fulfilling and flourishing life. Topics include happiness, empathy, optimism, friendship, goal setting, achievement, emotion, creativity, humor, and mindfulness. Students become familiar with theory and research in this relatively new subfield and critically consider application to their teaching, coaching, leadership, and/or counseling

The enigma of Consciousness is perhaps the most fascinating mystery in the Universe. There are many hypotheses, on the basis of which we try to give an answer to the most difficult problems but, wanting to schematize, all can be traced back to two broad categories: those who consider Consciousness entirely reducible to the electro-chemical-physical processes that take place in the brain, and those who acknowledge that Consciousness has an intrinsic existence, independent, at least in part, from its physical substratum.

This course offers an examination of virtual reality (VR) and digital human representations, focusing on creation, interaction, and applications. Students will explore the multidisciplinary landscape of VR including psychology, computer science, and communication.

This introductory course will provide you with a roadmap of modern psychotherapy approaches. No prerequisites are required for this class. By the end of the course, you will be able to describe multiple therapy approaches, including the philosophy and techniques that characterize and differentiate the approaches.

How are we able to focus on one thing rather than something else? Why do we remember some things and forget others? What makes human beings intelligent? This course offers the opportunity to explore these questions and more through an introduction to Cognitive Psychology, a key area within Psychology that examines how the brain works.

What is the secret to a life well lived? People may accumulate wealth and success, and yet find themselves feeling lonely and unfulfilled – what’s missing? The empirical evidence is unusually clear: the most significant determinant in how happy, healthy, and long a life we lead is our social connection, that is, how connected we feel to other human beings. In many societies, however, loneliness has been on the rise, attributed variously to pandemic restrictions, an increasing reliance on digital interactions, or an emphasis on individualism over community.