Created by decree of Peter the Great, St. Petersburg University since 1724 occupies a special place in the history of Russian psychology, since it was here that the first lectures on this subject were held in secular educational institutions of Russia. It was here, at St. Petersburg State University, that the faculty of psychology began teaching this science. Much later they graduated from this university and the famous I.P. Pavlov and I.M. Sechenov, more than others influenced the development of both domestic and world psychology. Although as an independent part of the structure of St. Petersburg State University, the faculty of psychology met the first students only in 1966, the scientific glory of this domestic science has thundered for about a hundred years.
Becoming
Modern psychology in Russia began with the formation of the field of practical psychology and the development of all its industry disciplines. First, at the St. Petersburg State University, the Department of Psychology was engaged in engineering, and then social psychology. The centers of academic psychology quickly found their practical role, which helped the university to shine in research and prepare excellent staff.
Scientific potential quickly accumulated, external conditions were ripening to expand the field of professional tasks, since psychological problems in society were growing and multiplying. Separate and often new directions and areas were differentiated within science in order to adequately reflect the processes of public life in the training of specialists who are called upon to remove these problems. New departments and specializations appeared so that the faculty of psychology at St. Petersburg State University could continue the glorious traditions of alma mater.
Present
Psychology as a science has entered new areas of human knowledge. In fact, this is reflected in the fact that the department of psychological support prof. activities and the department of political psychology were opened by the beginning of the 90s of the twentieth century.
In addition to these completely new disciplines in science, many others appeared: at the St. Petersburg State University, the Faculty of Psychology receives feedback on trained specialists in social adaptation, personality correction, and psychophysiology. We study here and such changes in the human soul as behavioral anomalies, the psychology of crisis situations, ontopsychology.
Achievements
Now here is not just the Faculty of Psychology of St. Petersburg State University. This is an educational and scientific center, the tasks of which include many conditions. The need for basic training of highly qualified psychologists for pedagogical, research and practical work. Mandatory continuous training, training and retraining of scientific personnel for research in all major areas of Russian psychology.
And, of course, the coordination of scientific work on the psychology of the pedagogical profile among the country's universities. The work takes into account not only domestic experience, but also widely uses information on achievements in the field of psychology of universities in the USA, England, and Germany.
Undergraduate
The professional activity of bachelors combines practical and research. The field of psychology is revealed in institutions and health care, and education, in business structures, public and social organizations, in government, consulting firms and research, and very often in private practice. Graduates will receive a bachelor's degree (qualification) by mastering the corresponding program, and the quality of education is guaranteed by the Faculty of Psychology of St. Petersburg State University.
A passing grade for admission to undergraduate programs (as, incidentally, for training a specialist) is not set, therefore only a successfully passed competition can guarantee admission. On the basis of the USE result, a ranking list of applicants is compiled, and for admission, an applicant who wishes to participate in the competition must have at least a minimum score set for each subject. The bachelor's program at this faculty has two profiles: psychology and conflictology, with a full-time, four-year form of study.
Minimum points
According to the profile of psychology in 2016, the enrollment is planned in the amount of fifty people, plus twenty-five will be accepted under a special quota. The minimum scores of future psychologists: biology - 55, mathematics - 50, Russian language - 65. Future conflictologists: social studies - 65, history - 65, Russian language - 65. The faculty of psychology will wait for successful applicants to compete. Entrance exams are the same, but only certain categories of applicants pass them - all in writing, and these tests are conducted by the university on its own.
The level of professionalism of the teaching staff for the lucky ones was exceptionally high: twenty-nine professors and one academician, ninety-four associate professors. Teach students using the latest educational technologies: business games, trainings, case methods. Teachers and students work closely, conferences, scientific schools, and master classes are held. There is an international student exchange program. The audiences are well equipped with multimedia and computer installations, there is a video class.
results
Students in the process of learning receive theoretical knowledge about the methods of studying and describing the laws of development and functioning of the psyche, about psychological categories and phenomena, about the main programs and approaches to psychological intervention at the community, group, and individual levels. Favorable feedback on the work of faculty graduates comes from both employers and a grateful clientele.
Certified psychologists firmly learn the principles of organization of educational and educational processes, learn about the basic principles and standards of psychodiagnostic techniques, their design and application. Purely practical skills also appear: characterization of the mental process for various types of activities, psychological diagnostics and counseling, correction of the mental state, prevention, and many others.
Training disciplines and practices
The student reviews gratefully list the names of professors who easily and fascinatingly made their wards imbued with psychological subtleties. In addition to general psychology, students study experimental and social, clinical, and in addition, interesting classes are devoted to psycho-diagnostics, counseling, developmental psychology and education. In total, the program has more than twenty subjects relating only to psychology.
Students also pass interesting internships; during four years of study, they come in three types: pedagogical, industrial, and educational. It takes place on the basis of such enterprises as Gazprom, VTB 24 CJSC, St. Isaac's Cathedral Museum, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Petersburg Real Estate Agency and many more interesting places await experienced psychologists. At St. Petersburg State University, the faculty of psychology, the address of which is worth remembering for any entrant, knows how to interest applicants with studies, practitioners with work, and graduates with employment. So, the address: the city of St. Petersburg, house number 6 on Makarov Embankment, one of the most beautiful places in the city on the Neva.
Employment
The opportunities for choosing a job, each graduate of the faculty is completely unique, where professional self-realization and career growth most quickly occur. For a psychologist, absolutely any field of activity is suitable - where there is a person and the relationship of people, there should be an active observer of this process of development of relations. Who, if not a psychologist, is more suitable for this purpose?
Former students of St. Petersburg State University work in PR and advertising agencies, in law enforcement agencies (Federal Penitentiary Service, Ministry of Emergencies, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Federal Security Service), naturally - in healthcare, in the field of education at all levels, in publishing houses, in large business companies such as Coca-Cola "," Megaphone "," Ford Motor Company "and many, many others.
Master
There is no clinical psychology faculty at St. Petersburg State University, but there is such a specialization at the psychological faculty - a broad profile that solves the problems of diagnosing diseases, their prevention, risky behavior, social and individual mental health, helping even healthy people in crisis, harmonizing the development of children in mental balance.
Specialists of this profile are engaged in research, psychodiagnostic, advisory, psychotherapeutic, expert, and teaching activities. Master's studies last two years. Together with the bachelor's program, six years are obtained. They are employed in medical and research medical institutions, in counseling, rehabilitation and crisis centers, in departmental psychological services of the FSIN, FSB, Ministry of Emergencies, ATC, in sports teams and clubs of various levels and in social services.