Undergraduate Programs
The Scientific Study of Behavior
Psychology as a discipline is an extremely broad field. While consistently focused on the individual, it deals with everything from brain and neurologic functions to social and environmental influences on behavior and thought.
Here at UC Denver, our undergraduate programs cover aspects of all the following:
- Experimental psychology
- Biopsychology
- Animal behavior
- Developmental psychology
- Social psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Personality
- Industrial/organizational psychology
- Abnormal psychology
As a foundation, the programs also include an early exposure to research methods and statistics.
Experiential learning opportunities
Internships
An intership, co-op, or service learning opportunity increases your learning and chances of entering a job or graduate school. These opportnunies, typically completed during the junior or senior year, are available through the Internship and Experiential Learning Center. Interships are recommended for BA majors and are required for BS majors.
- Gain experience
- Get and edge in today's competitive job market
- Develop skills specific to your interests and major
- Advance your professional communication abilities
- Grow professionally - become an experienced asset
Now is the time to start preparing for your future. It generally takes a least one semester to arrange an intership. Please get started as soon as possible.
For an appointment of to find out about drop-in hours, you can call the Center at 303-556-6656.
Student Research
Some interships are reseach experiences off campus. Students also conduct research on this campus with our faculty. For information about student research opportunties, click here.
