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Psychology, B.S. Major (Class of 2019 and beyond)

Requirements

The major consists of a minimum of 12 major courses and 5 collateral courses:

PSYC 110Introduction to Psychological Science
PSYC 120Quantitative Methods in Psychology
PSYC 203Design and Analysis I
PSYC 490Capstone Course in Psychology
PSYC Three Laboratory electives
PSYC Five PSYC electives
Five courses in Natural Sciences

Three Psychology Laboratory electives: Selected from 304-328

Five courses in Natural Sciences: Five courses in natural sciences outside the department to be selected on the basis of concentration interest (Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics 200 or above, or Physics).

It is strongly recommended that B.S. students consider taking PSYC 304, PSYC 395-396, or PSYC 495-496.

Five Subdivisions:

All courses from PSYC 211 and above are to be distributed among at least four of the five major subdivisions of psychology to achieve a broad foundation in the major.

Applied

PSYC 211Industrial-Organizational Psychology
PSYC 226Human Factors and Engineering Psychology
PSYC 232Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 334Mood Disorders
PSYC 337Counseling Psychology
PSYC 339Tests and Measurement
PSYC 342-343Practicum in Psychology

Biological

PSYC 225Psychopharmacology
PSYC 322Perception
PSYC 323Physiological Psychology
PSYC 324Comparative Psychology: Animal Behavior

Cognitive/Learning

PSYC 236Applied Behavior Analysis
PSYC 256Cognitive Psychology I
PSYC 321Learning
PSYC 330Cognitive Psychology II

Developmental/Educational

PSYC 230Lifespan Development I
PSYC 242Educational Psychology
PSYC 328Lifespan Development II

Social/Personality

PSYC 219Cross-Cultural Psychology
PSYC 231Personality
PSYC 235Social Psychology I
PSYC 240Health Psychology
PSYC 248Psychology of Gender
PSYC 327Social Psychology II