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Welcome
to our website for the undergraduate program of the Department of Psychology.
Our program is dedicated
not only to disseminating knowledge to students, but also to
leading them to create and
apply new findings in psychology.
As a department, we focus
on the science of psychology in three sub-domains:
Cognitive Psychology, including
Cognitive Neuroscience; Developmental Psychology;
and Social/Personality/Health
Psychology. Cutting across these areas are many common
interests, including the
biological basis of psychological processes, cognitive change
and the role of instruction,
computational modeling of cognitive systems, individual
differences and special
populations, language learning, and psychosocial effects on health.
The faculty actively pursue
research in these areas with rigorous methodology, a concern
for underlying processes
and biological foundations, and precise, often quantitative,
description. They select
specific topics with an eye for both theoretical importance and
potential for eventual application.
This approach has led the department to honors such as
being placed first in scientific
impact by a major national report.
Our undergraduate program
offers a major in Psychology awarding both the B.S. and the
B.A. degree and a major
in Cognitive Science that awards a B.S degree. There is also a
unified Biology/ Psychology
major. A minor in Psychology is available for students
majoring in other departments.
Of course, many students who do not pursue a major or
minor in psychology enjoy
our courses as well.
A key feature of our undergraduate
program is student research. Majors take two classes
in research methods. Many
students perform research by working in a faculty lab, taking
an independent course for
credit, doing a senior honors project, or volunteering to work
with a graduate student.
The department also actively participates in a nationally funded
undergraduate research program
that supports students working for a year in a faculty lab
as a way of recruiting them
for mental-health related research careers. To fund their
research efforts, our students
frequently receive university undergraduate research
grants, and they are major
contributors to the spring undergraduate presentation day
("Meeting of the Minds")
for grant recipients. In addition, our undergraduates have been
very active in attending
professional conferences and presenting research there.
Our scientific orientation
serves students with broad interests, including clinical
psychology - for which a
science education is outstanding preparation. We also offer
some clinically oriented
courses, and interested students have opportunities for
internships in clinical
settings.
We're proud of our undergraduate
program and welcome your interest in it.
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