UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS, MINORS, AND ASSOCIATED AREAS OF STUDY
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY, AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR The Department of Psychology and Social Behavior is concerned with human behavior in social contexts. A major objective is to investigate how different social environments (e.g., the family, school, workplace, culture) affect health and human behavior across the life span. The Department's faculty share a strong commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship and research that has the potential for application to important societal problems. Students begin with basic course work in developmental psychology, health and preclinical (abnormal) psychology, and social and environmental psychology. Subsequent courses cover such topics as social, emotional, and cognitive development in children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly; behavior disorders and developmental psychopathology; cultural, social, and personality influences on behavior; attitude formation and change; health psychology; cognition and emotion; stress and coping; psychology and the law; and counseling and therapy. Opportunities are available to work with faculty members on research in these and other areas. Obtaining research experience as an undergraduate also provides a valuable background for entry into many graduate programs. The Department offers a B.A. degree program in Psychology and Social Behavior. Students are given a foundation that will enable them to pursue graduate work in psychology, public health, health services, social work, counseling, or education, or to work after graduation from UCI in both the private and public sectors. Field study opportunities include hospital settings, social service agencies, educational institutions, and community health clinics and counseling centers, among others. Students should be aware that psychology courses are offered in several different departments and programs at UCI. Students interested in developmental, clinical, social, emotional, health, cross-cultural, or environmental psychology, or in psychology and the law, are advised to consult the course listings here in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior section. These courses offer students a solid foundation in general psychology. Students interested in language, perception, sensorimotor integration, memory, learning, mathematical psychology, and neuroscience are advised to consult the course listings in the Department of Cognitive Sciences and the School of Biological Sciences sections of the Catalogue. - From the 2007-2008 UCI General Catalogue |
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