Psychology, Minor College of Letters & Science
The Minor Program
The psychology program at UC Davis is broad and includes students and faculty with a variety of interests. The department has developed around five core areas of psychology:
- Perception, Cognition, & Cognitive Neuroscience (PCCN) involves the study of awareness and thought, and includes such topics as perception, learning, memory, language and cognition.
- Biological Psychology covers a broad spectrum of topics including evolutionary, neurobiological, and molecular mechanisms of behavior.
- Social-Personality Psychology involves the study of the individual in their social environment and includes such topics as personality & individual differences, emotions, stereotyping & prejudice, intergroup relations, the psychology of religion and psychological health & dysfunction.
- Developmental Psychology involves the study of changes in behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and social abilities that occur throughout the lifespan. Typical and atypical development is examined using a variety of methods including behavioral, neuroimaging, and physiological assessments.
- Quantitative Psychology involves the study of linear & nonlinear models, psychometrics, mixed-effects models, and dynamic models, including experimental design, analysis of variance, regression, multivariate analysis, latent growth models, time series models, and factor analytic models.
Recommended for All Majors
Students who plan to do graduate work in any area of psychology are strongly encouraged to gain experience through research and internship activities.
Major Advisor
Staff advisors are located in the Blue Ridge Office Building Major Advising.
Graduate Study
The Department offers programs of study and research leading to the Ph.D. degree in psychology. For more detailed information regarding graduate study, see Graduate Students .
Graduate Advisor
See Graduate Students.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PSC 041 | Research Methods in Psychology 1 | 4 |
| or PSC 041V | Research Methods in Psychology | |
| One course from each of the following four groups: | ||
| Core Group A: Perception, Cognition, & Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Choose 4 units: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Cognitive Psychology | ||
or PSC 100Y | Introduction to Cognitive Psychology | |
| Human Learning & Memory | ||
| Perception | ||
| Language & Cognition | ||
| Neuroeconomics/Reinforcement Learning & Decision Making | ||
| Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biological Foundations of the Mind | ||
| Psychology of Music | ||
| Advanced Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Core Group B: Psychobiology | ||
| Choose 3-4 units: | 3-4 | |
| Introduction to Biological Psychology | ||
| Developmental Psychobiology | ||
| Physiological Psychology | ||
| Advanced Animal Behavior | ||
| Hormones & Behavior (3 units) | ||
| Comparative Neuroanatomy (3 units) | ||
| Behavioral Epigenetics | ||
| Health Psychology | ||
| Neurobiology of Learning & Memory | ||
| Gender & Human Reproduction | ||
| Core Group C: Social/Personality | ||
| Choose 4 units: | 4 | |
| Social Psychology | ||
or PSC 151V | Social Psychology | |
| Social Cognition | ||
| Psychology of Emotion | ||
or PSC 154V | Psychology of Emotion | |
| Sexual Orientation & Prejudice | ||
| Psychology of the Self | ||
| Introduction to Personality Psychology | ||
| Introduction to Clinical Psychology | ||
| Mental Health, Mental Illness, & Problems in Living | ||
| Core Group D: Developmental | ||
| Choose 4 units: | 4 | |
| Infancy & Early Childhood | ||
or HDE 100AV | Infancy & Early Childhood | |
| Middle Childhood & Adolescence | ||
| Developmental Psychology | ||
or PSC 140V | Developmental Psychology | |
or PSC 140Y | Developmental Psychology | |
| Cognitive Development | ||
| Social & Personality Development | ||
| Infant Development | ||
| Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| The Development of Memory | ||
| Developmental Disorders | ||
| Psychology Subtotal | 19-20 | |
| Approved Minor Electives | 4-5 | |
| Additional units to achieve a total of 20 units of approved upper division minor coursework. Each course may only be used to satisfy one Psychology minor requirement; the same course cannot be used for multiple Psychology minor requirements. | ||
Approved Psychology Electives | ||
Any course listed in the Core Groups above that you are not using to fulfill a Core Group requirement, plus: | ||
| Statistical Analysis of Psychological Data | ||
| Statistical Analysis of Psychological Data | ||
| Applied Psychometrics: An Introduction to Measurement Theory | ||
| Questionnaire & Survey Research Methods | ||
| Agent-Based Modeling | ||
| Comparative Neuroanatomy Laboratory | ||
| Computational Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Consciousness & Cognition | ||
| Relationship Science: Lust, Love, & Evolution | ||
or PSC 150V | Relationship Science: Lust, Love, & Evolution | |
| Psychology & Law | ||
| The Psychology of Cultural Appropriation | ||
| The Psychology of Diversity in Aging | ||
| Stereotyping, Prejudice, & Stigma | ||
| The Science of Multi-Cultural Psychology | ||
| Psychology of Religion | ||
| Genius, Creativity, & Leadership | ||
| Research in Cognitive & Perceptual Psychology | ||
| Research in Psychobiology | ||
| Research in Personality & Social Psychology | ||
| Research in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Methods in Laboratory Research | ||
| History of Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Psychology | ||
| Fieldwork in Psychology | ||
| Special Study for Honors Students | ||
| Special Study for Honors Students | ||
| Directed Group Study | ||
| Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates | ||
Additional Non-Psychology Elective Options | ||
| Psychology of the African American Experience | ||
| Psychological Anthropology | ||
| Chicana/o Psychology | ||
| Chicana/o Community Mental Health | ||
| Psychology Perspectives Chicana/o & Latina/o Family | ||
| Psychological perspectives on Chicana/o & Latina/o Children & Adolescents | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
or CMN 120V | Interpersonal Communication | |
| Nonverbal Communication | ||
| Consumer Behavior (3 units) | ||
| Educational Psychology: General | ||
| Introduction to Motor Learning & the Psychology of Sport & Exercise | ||
| Infancy & Early Childhood | ||
or HDE 100AV | Infancy & Early Childhood | |
| Middle Childhood & Adolescence | ||
| Adulthood & Aging | ||
| Longevity | ||
| Cognitive Neuropsychology in Adulthood & Aging | ||
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | ||
| Animal Behavior (3 units) | ||
| Neurobiology of Addictive Drugs | ||
| Political Psychology | ||
| Social Interaction | ||
| Social Relationships | ||
| Juvenile Delinquency | ||
| Sociology of Violence & Inequality | ||
| Approved Major Electives Subtotal | 4-5 | |
| Total Units | 23-25 | |
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