Psychological Sciences

psychological sciences

WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE?

This major is part of the Health & Medicine Exploration Group and Social & Behavioral Sciences Exploration Group

Psychological Sciences Major Website

Psychological Sciences investigates human development, mentoring roles, organizational structures, therapy techniques, and the connections of the mind to behavior. Research experience begins early where students gain exposure to experiments and serve as participants in actual research projects conducted by faculty and graduate students they not only learn about good experimental design and data analysis techniques, but also put this knowledge to practice by designing their own experiments, collecting and analyzing the data, and preparing research poster presentations for a research event that we conduct each semester. The curriculum prepares students for encountering, evaluating, and interrelating research findings in relation to topical areas covered in our upper-division content courses.

Declaration, Major Requirements, and Courses

HOW TO DECLARE:

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MAJOR REQUIREMENTS:

Major Requirements Overview

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HELPFUL INTRO COURSES:

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PSYC 1100 - General Psychology 1 (Major Requirement) 

PSYC 1101 - General Psychology 2 (Major Requirement) 

PSYC 1103 - General Psychology 2 (Enhanced) (Major Requirement) 

ANTH 1006 - Introduction to Anthropology

SOCI 1001 - Introduction to Sociology 

STAT 1100Q - Elementary Concepts of Statistics  

Possible Career Opportunities

COMMON CAREER PATHS:

UConn students who major in Psychological Sciences often pursue careers with a focus on human behavior, cognitive processes, and social interactions. Common examples include but are not limited to careers in: 

- Advocacy
- Allied health
- Behavior analysis
- Business management or operations
- Case management
- Child development
- Consulting
- Counseling or therapy
- Crisis counseling
- Education
- Health or wellness coaching
- Higher education and student affairs
- Human resources
- Law
- Medicine
- Mental health services
- Marketing or advertising
- Research
- School psychology
- Sales
- Social work 

COMMON AREAS OF GRADUATE STUDY:

Psychological Sciences majors who go on to pursue graduate studies pursue a wide variety of master’s, and/or doctoral degrees based on their interests. Common examples include but are not limited to degrees in: 

- Allied health (ex. occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant)
- Applied behavior analysis
- Counseling or therapy
- Higher education and student affairs
- Industrial and organizational psychology
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Psychological sciences
- Social work 

ADDITIONAL CAREER RESOURCES:

For additional examples of careers and graduate studies that UConn alumni have pursued, visit the UConn alumni search on LinkedIn or the Psychological Sciences department website. 

For further insight beyond the journeys of UConn alumni, visit Zippia or “What Can I do with this Major?”.