Cohen agrees.
"It's impressive that when they sit down to write a thesis, they actually know what they're doing," she says.
The psychology department, like history, revamped its tutorial program about a decade ago.
Its program consists of just a single-term sophomore tutorial designed to introduce students to the field's method of analysis.
"When somebody gets out of the tutorial here, they really can understand psychological phenomena," says head tutor Kosslyn.
While the old program covered material that was mostly unrelated to the department's course offerings, Kosslyn emphasizes that the current tutorial teaches skills students can use in their departmental work.
The psychology program is also unique in that students are assigned to tutorials in their Houses.
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