17/08/2026
๐ฃ ANNOUNCEMENT FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
For Term 1, A.Y. 2026-2027, Dr. Guadalupe Salanga is offering a new course elective on PSYHARI or Psychology of Human-Animal Relations:
This course investigates humanโanimal relations through the lens of social psychology, emphasizing how intergroup processes such as empathy, prejudice, stereotyping, and moral exclusion shape human attitudes and behaviors toward non-human animals. Students will critically examine how psychological theories of identity, intergroup contact, persuasion, and social influence can explain and transform humanโanimal interactions.
The course also highlights the public health and advocacy applications of these psychological insights. Topics include the role of companion animals in wellbeing, farmed animal welfare and food systems, zoonotic disease and risk perception, conservation psychology, and advocacy strategies for social change. Students will engage with case studies that connect psychological theory to pressing health and societal challenges, with attention to justice, sustainability, and marginalized communities.
As per CSO-PNP Approved: OPA-00184