Major
Major requirements for the Classes, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
The major consists of at least 10 credits.
Statistics
Psychology
PSY 202 Quantitative Research Methods
Biological
Two of the following:
PSY 225 Brain, Mind and Behavior
PSY 226 Comparative Animal Behavior
PSY 227 Drugs and Behavior
PSY 235 Human Sexuality
PSY 261 Psychobiology of Sex and Gender
PSY 265 Health Psychology
PSY 341 Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience
PSY 348 Laboratory in Animal Communication and Cognition
PSY 367 Cognitive Neuroscience
Individual
Two of the following:
PSY 203 Developmental Psychology
PSY 211 Learning and Memory
PSY 222 Cognition
PSY 241 Personality: The Study of Lives
PSY 247 Abnormal Psychology
PSY 312 Perception
PSY 315 Social and Emotional Development
PSY 324 Childhood Behavior Disorders
PSY 330 Scientific Approaches to Consciousness
PSY 343 Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology
PSY 344 Laboratory in Qualitative Research
PSY 345 Lab in Child Development
PSY 369 Clinical Psychology
Sociocultural
Two of the following:
PSY 232 Social Psychology
PSY 251 Multicultural Psychology
PSY 270 Adolescent Development
PSY 272 Psychological Anthropology
PSY 290 Psychology of Women
PSY 326 Political Psychology
PSY 334 Practicum in Human Services and Public Health
PSY 340 Laboratory in Social Psychology
Of the six courses in the above three categories, one must be a 300-level course and one must be a laboratory course (i.e., at least two 300-level psychology courses are required).
Seminar or thesis
PSY 400 Psychology Senior Seminar
Honors Work
Students with an overall GPA of 3.4 or higher are encouraged to consider completing an honors thesis in psychology. Proposals for honors theses must be reviewed and approved by the department, generally in the spring of the junior year.
PSY 500 Individual Research
Students who undertake a senior thesis must also take the Senior Seminar in Psychology.
Courses in the following subject areas outside of psychology are also recommended: writing; philosophy, including logic and ethics; other social sciences; computer science; biology and the physical sciences.
Major requirements effective with the Class of 2017 and beyond
The major consists of at least 12 credits:
Two Introductory courses:
PSY 101 Introductory Psychology 1
PSY 202 Quantitative Research Methods
Statistics
MATH 141 Introductory Statistics
or MATH 151 Accelerated Statistics
Biological Perspective
One of the following:
PSY 225 Brain, Mind and Behavior
PSY 226 Comparative Animal Behavior 2,3
PSY 227 Drugs and Behavior 2
PSY 235 Human Sexuality
PSY 265 Health Psychology 2
Developmental and Clinical Perspectives
One of the following:
PSY 203 Developmental Psychology
PSY 241 Personality: The Study of Lives 2
PSY 247 Abnormal Psychology 2
PSY 270 Adolescent Development 2
PSY 298 Lifespan Development
Cognitive Perspective
One of the following:
PSY 211 Learning and Memory
PSY 222 Cognition
PSY 298 The Psychology of Consciousness 2
Sociocultural Perspective
One of the following:
PSY 232 Social Psychology
PSY 251 Multicultural Psychology 2
PSY 290 Psychology of Women 2
One of the following 300-level elective courses:
PSY 312 Perception 2,3
PSY 315 Social and Emotional Development 2,3
PSY 326 Political Psychology 2,3
PSY 334 Practicum in Human Services and Public Health
PSY 360 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PSY 367 Cognitive Neuroscience 2,3
PSY 369 Clinical Psychology 2,3
PSY 398 Behavioral Neuroendocrinology 2,3
PSY 398 Moral Development 2,3
PSY 398 Forensic Psychology 2
One of the following 300-level lab courses:
PSY 337 Practicum in Psychological Research 2
PSY 340 Laboratory in Social Psychology 2,3
PSY 341 Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience 2,3
PSY 343 Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology 2,3
PSY 344 Laboratory in Qualitative Research 2
PSY 345 Lab in Child Development 2,3
PSY 348 Laboratory in Animal Communication and Cognition 2,3
Two Elective Courses:
Two courses selected from any psychology offering listed above that are not already being used towards one of the other psychology major requirements.
Seminar
PSY 400 Psychology Senior Seminar
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1To declare a major in Psychology, a student must have completed or be currently enrolled in PSY 101.
2Requires completion of PSY 202: Quantitative Research Methods.
3Requires completion of additional course prerequisites (See online Course Schedule for details).
