Stanford University's Department of Psychology constantly ranks near or at the top of most lists, according to U.S. News & World Report's list of top schools. The department boasts 17 psychology research labs and an award-winning faculty. Research conducted in this department includes vision, perception, language, cognition, memory, emotion and culture and society. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology, including a Bachelor of Arts and doctorate, and it has a postdoctoral program. Undergraduate coursework includes introduction to psychology, understanding language, statistical processes and the development of the human mind. Graduate coursework includes counseling, social psychology, neuroscience, cognition, memory and developmental psychology.
Stanford University Department of Psychology
450 Serra Mall, Jordan Hall, Building 01-420
Stanford, CA 94305
650-725-2400
stanford.edu
According to the College Crunch website, the University of Michigan--Ann Arbor has one of the largest and most respected psychology departments in the country. I The department conducts research in a variety of fields including positive, cognitive and social psychology. The school has both a graduate and undergraduate program and it offers a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Science and a doctorate in the psychology field. The bachelor's program has concentrations in psychology, neuroscience and brain, behavior and cognitive science. The graduate program concentrations include women's studies and psychology; social work and psychology; biopsychology; clinical psychology; social psychology; cognition/cognitive neuroscience; developmental psychology; and personality and social contexts.
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
530 Church St., 1012 East Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-764-2580
umich.edu
The University of California--Los Angeles psychology department specializes in the cognitive sciences, psychology and psychobiology. Undergraduate students can pick one of these concentrations as a major, but they can minor in another psychology field. The school offers three bachelor's programs: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science, and Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology. The coursework for the undergraduate program includes behavioral psychology, cognition, neural psychology, social psychology and development psychology. The graduate program offers a doctorate and the coursework includes behavioral neuroscience, developmental, clinical, health, cognitive, quantitative and social.
The University of California--Los Angeles
1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563
Los Angeles, CA 90095
310-825-2961
ucla.edu