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Intro to Psychology

  • • Earn 3 transferable credits
  • • 100% online and Zoom-free
  • • Includes everything you need

Available through dual enrollment at partner high schools

Benefits

  • College Credits

    Earn 3 credits to save time + money on your degree

  • ENGAGING EXPERIENCE

    Top-rated instructors, interactive textbooks + cinematic lectures

  • IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL

    The support + structure to thrive in your first college experience

  • Course
    overview

    From the co-founder of MasterClass, embark on a journey into the most complex system in the known universe: the human mind.

    Covering topics from Consciousness to Happiness to Serial Killers, this course offers real-world case studies and the latest tools to understand what makes us… us.

    Experience 12 world-class instructors available on-demand in cinematic video. A gorgeous interactive textbook based on evidence-based active learning principles will help you go deeper, and competency-based retakable quizzes will etch these lessons into your long-term memory.

  • Brilliant
    instructors

    We’ve hand-selected a dream-team of 12 renowned instructors from schools like Yale, NYU, and Columbia to take you deep inside the human psyche.

  • How it
    works

    Enjoy cinematic video lessons (our CEO co-founded MasterClass).

    Enhance your learning with gorgeous interactive textbooks based on evidence-based active learning principles.

    When it is time for exams, open windows are designed to fit around your schedule.

  • Dedicated
    support

    Hit a snag on the site? Have a burning question? We’ve got you covered.

    Our dedicated Student Success team is available to assist you—and push you—to help you pass with flying colors.

Transferable credits from a top 50 school

You'll earn college credits from the University of Pittsburgh upon course completion.

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Traditional course Outlier Intro to Psychology

Credits

Usually 3-4 credits from your school

Credits

Earn 3 transferable credits from the University of Pittsburgh

Format

In-person or Zoom

Format

Interactive and 100% online (Zoom-free)

Instructors

1 per class

Instructors

Multiple per class

Lectures

Specific time and place

Lectures

On-demand, anywhere

Exams

Specific hour

Exams

Flexible window

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What you’ll learn

This course covers all the basic principles and latest Psych topics you’ll need for college credit, like Research & Methods, Neurobiology, Emotions, Learning + Memory, Abnormal Psych, and more (see the syllabus for a complete list), plus:

  • How to strengthen personal relationships using social psychology

  • How recreational and prescription drugs affect brain functioning

  • The psychological profiles of serial killers (and other criminals)

  • Why Carl Jung was great at guessing, but terrible at science

  • Evidence-based techniques for improving memory and study habits

Other key concepts covered

See the syllabus for a complete list

RESEARCH + METHODS

ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

CULTURE

THE BRAIN

NEUROBIOLOGY

SENSATION + PERCEPTION

LEARNING + MEMORY

CONSCIOUSNESS

MORAL PSYCHOLOGY

HUMOR

PERSONALITY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

HAPPINESS + WELL-BEING

LANGUAGE

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

THINKING + INTELLIGENCE

EMOTION + MOTIVATION

CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY

ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

TREATMENTS

Hear from our alumni

  • “I’ve taken so many intro to psych courses in my college career and this one’s by far my favorite AND it’s online.”

    Taija L.

    Taija L.

    Intro to Psychology

  • “I found the class very detailed for an intro class (my husband took Intro to Psych in college and said he didn’t learn nearly as much as I did). I really enjoyed the course and I look forward to taking yet another Outlier course.”

    Catherine P.

    Catherine P.

    Intro to Psychology

  • “I did not know an online course could be so intense and captivating as though it were a physical class. Kudos to the entire team!!!”

    Daniel J.

    Daniel J.

    Intro to Psychology

Frequently asked questions

  • Outlier by Savvas courses are offered through US highschools

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