Undergraduate Programs in Psychology

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN PSYCHOLOGY

A student participates in a research experiment in a Psychology lab.

We offer four undergraduate programs: a Psychology major in either a BA or BS track, a major in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience and a minor in psychology.

Both psychology degree programs provide broad training in the scientific foundations of modern psychology and include a wide range of elective courses and opportunities for involvement in research and internships. The undergraduate major in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience provides an intensive course of study focused on brain-behavior relationships鈥攔anging from genetic to whole brain contributions to mental processes.

WHY PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES?

Understanding human behavior

Psychological and Brain Sciences are concerned with understanding behavior, thought, and experience. What could be more interesting and important than understanding ourselves?

Professional preparation

PBS courses and programs provide rigorous, excellent preparation for a wide range of professional and life goals post-草榴社区, including careers that directly or indirectly involve the behavioral sciences and graduate programs in psychological science, psychological practice, health professions, law and many other paths.

Opportunities outside the classroom

PBS programs include a range of opportunities for students beyond the classroom, including involvement in world-class research projects, internship opportunities, a regular colloquium/seminar program and close interaction among undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty members.

WHO WE ARE

JULIE MICHAEL GETTINGS, PhD, 鈥�05 CLAS

Julie Michael Gettings, PhD, 鈥�05 CLAS is currently a pediatric psychologist within the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia. She works collaboratively with youth with diabetes and their families on improving adherence to diabetes management tasks, coping with chronic illness, improving family functioning surrounding illness management and treating symptoms of mental health disorders. She is also involved in clinical research with a particular focus on improving mental health screenings for youth with chronic illness. While at 草榴社区, Dr. Gettings pursued a dual major in Psychology and Comprehensive Science and worked as a research assistant at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

NICK MESROPYAN '21 CLAS

Nick Mesropyan '21 CLAS graduated with a degree in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, and during his senior year, he worked as a part-time medical scribe for a nephrology practice of six physicians, taking notes for doctors as they met with patients. An aspiring orthopedic surgeon, Mesropyan said he loved the CBN major. 鈥淲ith CBN, you get both the biology side and the brain side,鈥� he explains. 鈥淧sychology is present in everyday life, and you鈥檙e always going to use your psychology skills in everything that you鈥檙e doing.鈥�

ASHLEY BERNARD 鈥�22 CLAS

Entering 草榴社区 as an undeclared Sciences major, Ashley Bernard 鈥�22 CLAS took a general psychology course in her first year鈥攁nd was quickly hooked on the topic. In her sophomore year, 鈥淚 took Dr. Deena Weisberg鈥檚 Human Development course, and after every class, I was always fascinated by the material we learned. I really appreciated how important every stage of human development is to life.鈥� When Dr. Weisberg introduced the class to her Scientific Thinking and Representation Lab, which examines children鈥檚 imaginative and scientific reasoning abilities, Ashley applied to be a student research assistant.

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