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Psychology, B.S. Major

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 304-330

Five courses in Natural Sciences: Five courses in natural sciences outside the department to be selected based on concentration interest (for Mathematics must be calculus or 200-level or above.)

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 210 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 232Psychological Diagnoses
PSYC 334Mood Disorders
PSYC 237Psychological Treatments
PSYC 339Tests and Measurement
PSYC 342-343Practicum in Psychology

Biological

PSYC 223Physiological Psychology I
PSYC 225/NUER 225Psychopharmacology
PSYC 322Perception
PSYC 323Physiological Psychology II
PSYC 324Comparative Psychology: Animal Behavior

Cognitive/Learning

PSYC 210/FLL 210Second Language Acquisition
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
This page reflects the requirements for completing this major. General graduation requirements for all students can be found here.