Environmental Psychology includes the following thematic areas: goals and scope of Environmental Psychology, definition of basic terms; historical roots and relations with other disciplines; methodological issues; structural and dynamic properties of behavior settings; environmental perception, description and evaluation; cognitive maps; proxemics and social interaction: personal space, territoriality, privacy; environmental stress: noise, crowding, pollution; psychological consequences of natural and technological disasters; built environment and behavior: school, work, and health settings.

Grading is based on (a) a 3-hour written exam, or alternatively (b) a written assignment, i.e. a long essay comprising literature review or a research project on a specific topic. A 10-point scale is used (where 10='excellent', 5='pass', 1-4='fail').

Basic text
Bechtel, R. B., & Churchman, A. (Eds.). (2002). Handbook of Environmental Psychology. New York: Wiley.