According to recent surveys, the UCLA Psychology Department is ranked as one of the top departments of its kind in the country. Beyond basic core courses, students can take many specialized courses in areas such as psychobiology, animal behavior, learning and memory, motivation, perception, cognition, measurement, personality, and clinical, social, developmental, community, and health psychology. The curriculum also provides excellent opportunities for research experience-either in the form of laboratory courses or by participation with faculty and graduate students in a wide variety of research projects. For nonmajors, the department offers many courses that can give them new and valuable insights into the understanding of human behavior, including their own. At the beginning of each Fall quarter, during convocation week, the Psychology Department hosts an open house in conjunction with the College of Letters and Science.
Students have the opportunity to meet professors, graduate students, and student services staff.