We are one of the largest departments at CSUSB, with 35 full-time and 15 part-time faculty, 140 graduate students and over 1200 undergraduates. The department offers three undergraduate majors: Psychology, Biological Psychology, and Human Development, and four master's level programs: Child Development, Clinical/Counseling, General Experimental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
Each of our programs offers first-rate classroom and research education, as well as opportunities to collaborate with faculty on a variety of research projects, many funded locally or federally. Among the research projects currently underway are inquiries into mate selection processes; gender issues in the workplace; emotional intelligence; multicultural issues in mental health; animal and human models of drug addiction; reading acquisition; older worker/retirement issues; domestic violence and victimology; self-concept and identity, implicit social cognition, and health disparities in minority communities. In joint efforts with Biology, Nursing, Education, Business, Kinesiology, and Social Work, many of our faculty and students are involved in transdisciplinary research through campus centers and institutes. In addition, applied work is available through community internships in a variety of city, county, school, and corporate settings.
Our website is designed to help you locate information regarding our undergraduate and graduate programs, and to acquaint you with faculty interests and ongoing research. If you would like additional information after you've had a chance to page through, please send us your questions.
Joanna S. Worthley
Professor & Department Chair
