Our department offers numerous opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to conduct and present research and gain experience in a research lab.
A graduate degree is often research-intensive and our opportunities for graduate research are extensive. Because we're part of a large university even our undergraduates also have many opportunities for research. Why now? Early research experience makes your applications to graduate school more attractive, you can learn more about your favorite topics and build relationships with professors, graduate students, and mentors, and you'll have hands-on experience, before you even have a degree. Undergraduate research can also be done for academic credit, and you may even have the chance to present your work.
Our research foci include:
With initial Center of Excellence funds, gifts from both the Palmetto Richland and Greenville Hospital systems and matching funds from Peter J. McCausland, a ’71 USC graduate, McCausland Center provides USC faculty, as well as collaborative and externally funded researchers, the ability to perform high-resolution brain imaging studies in the Columbia, SC area.
The Psychological Services Center (PSC) is a service, training, and research facility of the Psychology Department at the University of South Carolina. The PSC is a non-profit facility established in 1965 in order to provide assessment and treatment services to the University of South Carolina community and the Columbia Metropolitan area.
Unlocking the mysteries of the mind-brain connection is one of the great scientific challenges of the 21st century. The University of South Carolina is poised to become a world leader in cognitive neuroscience research with the establishment of the Institute for Mind and Brain.