<p>How prestigious is the psychology department ? How is the cognitive science major? Do freshmen get involved in research? .......It seems that HSS is really overshadowed by the the other colleges, is it really that bad?</p>
<p>Someone told me once that if CMU offers a major in it, then it's going to be a good program. I'd believe in that.</p>
<p>The psychology program is good here, although I can't give any details on it since I'm not a psychology major.</p>
<p>I think the psychology program is strongest in the AI department since they work so closely with the CS and human-computer interaction types of groups at the graduate level. Every professor at the school is willing to have undergrad researchers (freshman it might be harder to get something above data entry, but there's always plenty of studies you can be part of).</p>
<p>Also just realized this thread is a year old, but maybe it'll help someone in the future. :(</p>