Scotland Summer Program

Study abroad in beautiful Edinburgh, Scotland! Edinburgh is a northern, English speaking city with a population of about 500,000. It is Scotland’s capital and regularly voted as one of the most desirable places to live in the world — a superb blend of history, natural beauty, and modern city life. The University is at the heart of the city. North of Edinburgh are the Scottish Highlands. The Highlands are an amazing concoction of culture, history, architecture, and unparalleled scenery: big skies, jaw-dropping landscapes, superb food, and hospitable people.

Program Facts

- Application Deadline: February 15
- Deposit ($500) towards the Program Charge is due February 15
- Remainder ($4100) of Program Charge is due April 1

- 2025 Program Dates
  - Check-in Date at residence hall: Monday, June 9
  - First day of class: Wednesday, Wednesday, June 11
  - Last day of class: Wednesday, July 23
  - Reading day: Thursday, July 24
  - Final exams: Friday, July 25
  - Check-out date from residence hall: Saturday, July 26

- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland; on the campus of the University of Edinburgh

- Housing:
  - Pollock Halls of Residence

- Program Charge
  - The program charge covers housing (w/ breakfast) and insurance.
  - The program charge does NOT cover airfare; students arrange their travel and pay their own airfare and other travel costs.
  - Program deposits for GT study abroad program are typically non-refundable.
  - Payments towards the Program Charge are partially refundable based on a schedule described on the Office of International Education’s (OIE) web site. The amount of the refund depends on various factors such as whether GT canceled the program, whether world events made it necessary to cancel the program, etc.

- Tuition: See OIE web site for Georgia Tech tuition

- Courses to be offered

- - Psyc 2020 (Psychological Statistics, 4 credit hours)
    - Introduction to probability and statistics as applied to psychological data. You will also learn about tests for means, variances, correlation, ANVOA, and regression.
    - Includes a lab component.
    - Instructor: Zack Tidler

- - Psyc 3005 (Mindfulness: Science and Practice, 3 credit hours)
    - This experiential course is an introduction to mindfulness where students will study the theory of mind-body awareness and apply principles to daily life.
    - Instructor: Paul Verhaeghen

- - Psyc 3012 / 4011 (Cognitive Psychology, 3 or 4 credit hours)
    - Exploration of the central aspects of human cognition including pattern recognition, attention, memory, language, categorization, problem solving, and decision making; phenomena and methods are stressed.
    - 4011 includes a lab component, 3012 does not.
    - 4011 has statistics and research methods as pre-requisites.
    - Psyc 3012 provides social science credit; Psyc 4011 does not.
    - Instructors: Richard Catrambone and Maugan Lloyd

- - Psyc 4020 / Neuro 3003 (Biopsychology / Neuroscience of Behavior, 3 credit hours)
    - Neuropsychological, endocrinological, and biochemical bases of sensory and motor functioning, motivation, learning, memory, and behavior dysfunction.
    - Instructor: Elyse Carlson

- - LMC 3520 (Contemporary Issues in Literature and Culture, 3 credit hours)
    - Provides humanities credit.
    - Instructor: JC Reilly

- Credit Hours: 6-8 (YOU WOULD TAKE 2 OF THE 4 COURSES ABOVE)

- Schedule: Classes will meet Monday-Thursday (with final exams on a Friday), thus leaving time for travel and exploration

- Program Director: Richard Catrambone (richard.catrambone@psych.gatech.edu)