<p>Can anyone explain the difference between the two majors? I'm planning on transferring next year. I know that Psych requires a quarter of calculus, but Psych and Social Behavior doesn't. Would PSB be inferior to Psychology, specially to grad schools? </p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>The Department of Cognitive Sciences (Psychology) is geared towards things like perception, vision, memory, learning, probability and statistics in psychology, etc. It’s under the School of Social Sciences.</p>
<p>The Department of Psychology and Social Behavior (PSB) has four core fields which all classes branch from: abnormal, developmental, health, and social psychology. It’s under the School of Social Ecology, which main focus is the relationship between the human and its social environment.</p>
<p>Personally, I got accepted into Cog Sci, switched to PSB before I even began classes t UCI, and am now planning to switch back to Cog Sci. Grad schools care about GPA, GRE, research, and internships. I remember at orientation, one speaker said that they’ve had dance majors to go on to law school - what matters most is what you’ve done outside of the classroom, not what your degree says :]</p>
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<p>randroid is right. </p>
<p>Employers and grad schools care about the big picture.</p>
<p>Major in what you enjoy/what you’re good at. Good a GOOD (3.5+) GPA and be active all around. Do interesting things, be a leader.</p>
<p>If you have it in you, do a mix of majors. A math and english double major with solid work experience at big, well known(think fortune 500) companies is a force to be reckoned with.</p>