Psychology Undergraduate Degrees

Stanford University

• Stanford University offers a Bachelor of Arts degree for undergraduates. The U.S. News & World Report cites Stanford's Department of Psychology as one of the best in the nation. Stanford's degree in psychology allows students considerable leeway in choosing their path to the degree. Much of the general education curriculum emphasizes fields of study in the liberal arts, including courses such as philosophy, religion, history, sociology, and English. Psychology courses place an emphasis on topics such as health and development, neuroscience, abnormal psychology, social psychology and cognitive neuroscience.

  Stanford University
  450 Serra Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-725-2400
  stanford.edu

Regent University

• Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, offers a Bachelor of Science degree in the psychology field. The general education requirements of this program place an emphasis on the hard sciences. Math, chemistry, biology and the other physical sciences make up a greater portion of the undergraduate requirements. The psychology component of the degree requires 45 credit hours in core courses such as developmental psychology, social psychology, data analysis, research methods, theories of personality and cognitive psychology. Beyond these core courses, students must take an additional 26 credit hours in psychology electives.

  Regent University
  1000 Regent University Drive
  Virginia Beach, VA 23464
  800-373-5504
  regent.edu

University of Pennsylvania

• The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) provides a bachelor's degree with honors program in the psychology field. The primary difference between traditional B.S. and B.A. degrees and the honors programs can be seen in the additional components required as part of the honors programs. Penn's program requires students to engage in independent research over two semesters, which culminates in a substantial research paper. Students are also required to take an additional honors seminar as part of the program. Students are introduced to more advanced theory in the psychology field and are given a trial run for graduate school. Students who complete the honors program receive the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with honors.

  Department of Psychology
  University of Pennsylvania
  3720 Walnut Street, Solomon Lab Bldg.
  Philadelphia, PA, 19104
  215-898-7300
  psych.upenn.edu