Psychology Bachelor's Degree Programs

Stanford University

• Stanford University offers a bachelor of arts in psychology on the northern California campus. Students can choose a major or minor in psychology through the undergraduate program, which also offers four specialization tracks. The available specializations are: cognitive sciences; health and development; mind, body and science; and neuroscience. Courses in the general curriculum include life span development, self theories and introduction to psychology. Stanford University has a senior honors program for students who want to spent a year in supervised research. Students interested in the program should complete a statistics course and familiarize themselves with research as early in their studies as possible.

  Stanford University
  450 Serra Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-2300
  stanford.edu

University of California, Berkeley

• The University of California, Berkeley awards a bachelor's degree in psychology. The degree program is popular, so not all students who want to enter the program can be accommodated; students must apply to be accepted into the major. Courses cover the topics of clinical science, developmental psychology and cognition. Undergraduate students can join a number of organizations, including the Association of Psychology Undergraduates and International Honors Society in Psychology.

  University of California, Berkeley
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-6000
  berkeley.edu

Harvard University

• The undergraduate program in psychology at Harvard University allows students to study general psychology or focus on a specific aspect of the field. Social psychology, abnormal psychology and neurobiology of behavior are among the required topics of study for students who choose the general psychology track. The available degree concentration tracks are in the areas of cognitive sciences and the life sciences. Students who choose a specialized track will be required to take electives specific to their track in addition to general psychology courses. All students are encouraged, though not required, to complete a senior thesis research project.

  Harvard University
  Massachusetts Hall
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-1000
  harvard.edu