Undergraduate Program
Welcome to Psychology at UC Merced! Psychology is a scientific discipline that uses scientific methods to study behaviors. Psychologists study the behavior of humans and other animal species. Here at UC Merced, the Psychology major offers a curriculum that allows you to sample broadly across different methods, across both children and adults, across feelings and cognitions, and across the many psychological specialties. We offer courses in all these areas, and more!
We also offer undergraduates the opportunity to work with UC faculty in research. Sometimes this is laboratory research, and sometimes it is in field settings such as schools. Since our faculty specialize in developmental psychology, health psychology, and quantitative psychology, research opportunities are particularly prevalent in those three areas.
In addition, a minor area in Psychology, is available for those whose primary interests are in other majors. Requirements for both the Psychology major and the Psychology minor are available at the UC Merced Registrar’s web site. Go to registrar.ucmerced.edu, click on the Catalogs link, and check out the requirements in the current catalog.
Many undergraduates ask what they can do with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. The answer is, a lot! You can explore graduate training, for example, by following the graduate training link on this web site or those of any other Psychology Department in the UC system. But you would be surprised at how many job opportunities await you with a bachelor’s degree. To find out more, click here.