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2024-2025 Catalog

Psychology, A.B. Major (Class of 2024, 2025)

Requirements

The major consists of a minimum of 10 courses:

PSYC 110Introduction to Psychological Science

PSYC 120Quantitative Methods in Psychology

PSYC 203Design and Analysis I

PSYC 490Capstone Course in Psychology

PSYC
Two Laboratory electives

PSYC
Four PSYC electives

Two Psychology Laboratory electives: Selected from PSYC 304-349.

PSYC 099 credit (e.g., from AP or transfer) can be applied toward the electives requirement.

It is recommended that A.B. students consider taking PSYC 304, PSYC 391-392, PSYC 491-492, 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 232Psychological Diagnoses

PSYC 237Psychological Treatments

PSYC 239Tests and Measurement

PSYC 270Sports Psychology

PSYC 329Clinical Psychology

PSYC 331Human Factors and Engineering Psychology

PSYC 334Mood Disorders

PSYC 337Counseling Psychology

PSYC 342-343Practicum in Psychology

Biological

PSYC 223Physiological Psychology I

NEUR 225/PSYC 225Psychopharmacology

PSYC 322Perception

PSYC 323/NEUR 323Physiological Psychology II

Cognitive/Learning

PSYC 210/LLS 210Second Language Acquisition

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

PSYC 349Community Health

This page reflects the requirements for completing this major. General graduation requirements for all students can be found here