Psychology

Subject abbreviation: PSYC College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

B. Glenn Stanley, Ph.D., Chair Department Office, 1111 Psychology Psychology; (951) 827-7792

Undergraduate Advising Office 1200 Psychology

• (951) 827-5386; psych.ucr.edu

Professors G. John Andersen, Ph.D. Curt Burgess, Ph.D. Christine Chiarello, Ph.D. Steven E. Clark, Ph.D. M. Robin DiMatteo, Ph.D. Howard S. Friedman, Ph.D. David C. Funder, Ph.D. Mary Gauvain, Ph.D. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D. Carolyn B. Murray, Ph.D. Daniel J. Ozer, Ph.D. Chandra A. Reynolds-Gebelin, Ph.D. Lawrence D. Rosenblum, Ph.D. Robert Rosenthal, Ph.D. B. Glenn Stanley, Ph.D. (Psychology/Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Professors Emeriti Arlo K. Myers, Ph.D. Marvin Nachman, Ph.D. Lewis Petrinovich, Ph.D. Robert D. Singer, Ph.D. Ovid J-L. Tzeng, Ph.D. David H. Warren, Ph.D. Paul D. Wilson, Ph.D. Associate Professors Peter W. Hickmott, Ph.D. Rebekah Richert, Ph.D. Aaron Seitz, Ph.D. Tuppet M. Yates, Ph.D. Assistant Professors Elizabeth L. Davis, Ph.D. Kelly Huffman, Ph.D. Edward Korzus, Ph.D. Sara Mednick, Ph.D. Misaki N. Natsuaki, Ph.D. Khaleel Razak, Ph.D. Kate Sweeny, Ph.D. Thomas Sy, Ph.D. WeiWei Zhang, Ph.D. ** Cooperating Faculty Robert C. Calfee, Ph.D. Graduate School of Education

The major in Psychology is designed to give students a broad, general exposure to knowledge in the various areas of psychology and to the methods psychologists use to conduct research. The B.A. degree in Psychology is useful to those students seeking careers in probation and parole, corrections, personnel, industrial relations, mental health work, social work, or positions as trainees in a variety of executive training programs. The degree also prepares students for graduate school in psychology in either M.A. or Ph.D. programs. Such graduate programs prepare students for a variety of career possibilities. Careers include teaching and research positions in community and private colleges and state and other universities as well as career positions such as research psychologist, clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist, and industrial psychologist. For more information, see psych.ucr.edu.

The department offers a minor in Psychology and a major in Psychology/Law and Society.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

See College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Colleges and Programs section.

The lower-division biological, physical sciences, and mathematics requirements for the Psychology major also count toward the college’s Natural Sciences and Mathematics breadth requirement. Consult with a departmental advisor.

Psychology Major

Psychology offers B.A. and B.S. degrees. The Psychology major requires completion of the lower-division requirements listed below by the end of the sophomore year, with an average grade of “C” or better with no grade below a “C-”, before upper-division Psychology courses are taken. All courses must be taken for a letter grade.

Change of Major Students Students switching to the Psychology or Psychology/Law and Society must have completed the following courses with grades of C- or better and have been in good academic standing for two quarters or more.

• 1. Lower Division requirements

• a. PSYC 001, PSYC 002 and PSYC 011

Transfer students and others entering the major after achieving sophomore standing must complete the requirements within one year by enrolling in applicable courses every quarter until the requirement is met. Students who do not complete the lower-division requirements in this timely fashion and with at least the minimum required grade average will not be permitted to continue in the Psychology major. Students must check course descriptions for prerequisite requirements.

For the Bachelor of Arts The major requirements for the B.A. degree in Psychology are as follows:

• 1. Lower-division requirements (40 units)

• a) One course in Mathematics chosen from

MATH 004, MATH 005, MATH 008A, or MATH 009A

• b) One course in biological sciences chosen

from BIOL 002 or both BIOL 005A and BIOL 05LA, BIOL 003 or BIOL 005B, BIOL 005C, BIOL 034

• c) One course in physical science chosen

from

• (1) CHEM 001A, CHEM 001B, CHEM 001C (and CHEM 01LA, CHEM 01LB,

CHEM 01LC), CHEM 003

• (2) PHYS 002A, PHYS 002B, PHYS 002C,

PHYS 007, PHYS 008, PHYS 010, PHYS 012, PHYS 016, PHYS 018, PHYS 020, PHYS 021, PHYS 022, PHYS 024, PHYS 040A, PHYS 040B, PHYS 040C

• (3) Any Geosciences courses except for

cultural geography courses

• d) Two additional courses chosen from
• b) or c) above, any Computer Science

course, any Statistics course, any Math course except those listed in a) above.

• e) PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011,

PSYC 012

• 2. Upper-division requirements (37 units)

• a) PSYC 110 or CBNS 106

• b) PSYC 140, PSYC 150

• c) PSYC 132 or PSYC 134

• d) PSYC 160 or PSYC 161 or PSYC 162 or

PSYC 163

• e) Four additional 4-unit, upper-division

Psychology courses. Only one 4- to 5-unit quarter of PSYC 198G, or one 4- to 8-unit quarter of PSYC 198I may be included. No 190-series courses other than PSYC 198G or PSYC 198I may be used.

Students planning for graduate school should take into consideration any specific graduate school requirements when choosing these elective Psychology courses.

Note Students who have taken general or introductory Psychology courses other than PSYC 001 and PSYC 002 must consult with a departmental advisor.

For the Bachelor of Science The major requirements for the B.S. degree in Psychology are as follows:

The B.S. degree is designed to provide a research-intensive curriculum for students who want a deeper understanding of how knowledge is created through research and for students who may be interested in research- based graduate programs in psychology and the biological sciences.

Psychology courses must be taken for a letter grade. Students must check course descriptions for prerequisite requirements.

Admission A limited number of students are accepted into the B.S. degree of the Psychology major. Acceptance is according to overall GPA and acceptable progress towards the Psychology major, including PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011 and PSYC 012 with a B- or better. Students must apply when they have completed between 75 and 100 quarter units of college work.

• 1. Lower-division requirements for the B.S. (40

units)

• a) One course in Mathematics chosen from

MATH 004, MATH 005, MATH 008A, or MATH 009A

• b) One course in biological sciences chosen

from BIOL 002 or both BIOL 005A and BIOL 05LA, BIOL 003 or BIOL 005B, BIOL 005C, BIOL 034 Population Biology / Psychology 388 / Programs and Courses

• c) One course in physical science chosen

from

• (1) CHEM 001A, CHEM 001B, CHEM 001C (and CHEM 01LA, CHEM 01LB,

CHEM 01LC), CHEM 003

• (2) PHYS 002A, PHYS 002B, PHYS 002C,

PHYS 007, PHYS 008, PHYS 010, PHYS 012, PHYS 016, PHYS 18, PHYS 020, PHYS 021, PHYS 022, PHYS 024, PHYS 040A, PHYS 040B, PHYS 040C

• (3) Any Geosciences courses except for

cultural geography courses

• d) Two additional courses chosen from
• b), or c) above, any computer science

course, any statistics course, any math course except those listed in a) above

• e) PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011,

PSYC 012 with no grade below a B-

• 2. Upper-division requirements for the B.S. (37-

43 units)

• a) PSYC 109

• b) PSYC 110 or CBNS 106

• c) PSYC 140, PSYC 150

• d) PSYC 132 or PSYC 134

• e) PSYC 160 or PSYC 161 or PSYC 162 or

PSYC 163

• f) Any two of the following: CBNS/PSYC 120L, PSYC 180, PSYC 181, PSYC 182

(E- Z), PSYC 195, PSYC 197 (for a total of 4 units, letter grade required), PSYC 199H

• g) One of the following: PSYC 136, PSYC 139, PSYC 148, PSYC 169. One of

the following graduate seminars may be substituted, with permission of the instructor: PSYC 251, PSYC 255, PSYC 256, PSYC 257, PSYC 258, PSYC 263

• h) One additional 4-unit, upper-division

Psychology course. No 190- series courses other than PSYC 198G or PSYC 198I may be used.

Psychology/Law and Society Major

• 1. All requirements for the B.A. in Psychology

(39 lower-division units, which includes 16 units that are also used for college breadth requirements; 36 upper-division units)

• 2. Requirements for Law and Society (36 units)

• a) PHIL 007 or PHIL 007H

• b) LWSO 100

• c) One course chosen from ECON 111,

POSC 114, PSYC 012, SOC 004 (or equivalent course in research methods)

• d) Three courses chosen from ANTH 127,

ECON 119, HISE 153, PHIL 165, POSC 167, PSYC 175, SOC 159

• e) Two courses chosen from ENSC 174,

HISA 120A, HISA 120B, HISE 123, LWSO 175 (E-Z), PHIL 164, POSC 111, POSC 166, POSC 168, POSC 186, SOC 147, SOC 149, SOC 180

• f) LWSO 193, Senior Seminar

Note For sections 2.d) and 2.e) combined, not more than two courses may be taken from the same department. In fulfilling requirements of two or more majors, students may not count more than two courses toward both parts of their total requirements. For this major, PSYC 012 fulfills a requirement in both Psychology and Law and Society.

Prerequisites for the minor in Psychology are PSYC 001, PSYC 002, PSYC 011, and PSYC 012, with an average grade of “C” or better, with no grade below a “C-”.

Requirements for the Psychology minor are as follows (21 units):

• 1. Twenty-one (21) upper-division Psychology

units

• a) PSYC 110 or CBNS 106

• b) PSYC 132 or PSYC 134

• c) PSYC 140 and PSYC 150

• d) PSYC 160 or PSYC 161 or PSYC 162 or

PSYC 163

See Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of this catalog for additional information on minors.

The EAP is an excellent opportunity to travel and learn more about another country and its culture while taking courses to earn units toward graduation. Students should plan study abroad well in advance to ensure that the courses taken fit with their overall program at UCR. Consult the departmental student affairs officer for assistance. For further details visit UCR’s International Education Center at internationalcenter.ucr.edu or call (951) 827- 4113.

See Education Abroad Program under International Education Center in the Student Services section of this catalog. A list of participating countries is found under Education Abroad Program in the Programs and Courses section. Search for programs by specific areas at eap.ucop.edu/programwizard.