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Psychology, B.S. Major (Classes of 2016, 2017, and 2018)

Requirements

The program consists of a minimum of 12 major courses and 6 collateral courses:

PSYC 110Introduction to Psychological Science
PSYC 120Quantitative Methods in Psychology
PSYC 203Design and Analysis I
PSYC Three Laboratory electives
PSYC One upper-level elective
PSYC Five PSYC electives
 
MATH 125Modeling and Differential Calculus
Or
MATH 141Differential Calculus and Economic Modeling
Or
MATH 161Calculus I
 
Five courses in Natural Sciences

Three Psychology Laboratory electives: Selected from 304-328

One upper-level Psychology elective: Selected from 335 or higher


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 491-492; or PSYC 495-496.

Seven Subdivisions:

All courses from PSYC 225 and above are to be distributed among at least four of the seven major subdivisions of psychology to achieve a broad foundation in the major.

Biological

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

Clinical

PSYC 231Personality
PSYC 232Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 337Counseling Psychology

Cognitive/Learning

PSYC 236Applied Behavior Analysis
PSYC 242Educational Psychology
PSYC 256Cognitive Psychology I
PSYC 321Learning
PSYC 322Perception
PSYC 330Cognitive Psychology II

Developmental

PSYC 230Lifespan Development I
PSYC 328Lifespan Development II

Industrial/ Organizational

PSYC 211Industrial-Organizational Psychology
PSYC 226Human Factors and Engineering Psychology
PSYC 335Industrial Psychology
PSYC 336Organizational Behavior

Methods

PSYC 304Design and Analysis II
PSYC 339Tests and Measurement
PSYC 340History and Systems of Psychology

Social

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