Psychology Overview
The department of psychology was one of the oldest departments in Debre Markos university which was launched with the foundation of the university. it was merged with the department of education till 2006 and was formally launched as an independent department is 2007. the department of psychology started its activity by training of undergraduate students in educational psychology minoring either English or biology in the regular, extension and summer programs.
However training of students in educational psychology terminated out soon due to changes of training modality at national level. this was due to the government’s need to have graduates in different fields of applied science. as a result, the department of psychology began to admit students in applied psychology since 2008.
The department of psychology had been functioning under the college of social science and humanities till 2015. however, together with the department of education, the department of psychology was made to from the institute of education and behavioral sciences.
