Psychology - Requirements for the Major
Psychology Program | Psychology Minor Requirements | Course Descriptions
Supporting Courses, 10 credits
- PSYCH 102 Introduction to Psychology, 3 credits
One of these:
- COMM SCI 205 Social Science Statistics, 4 credits
- MATH 260 Introductory Statistics, 4 credits
One of these:
- BIOLOGY 202 Principles of Biology I, 4 credits
- HUM BIOL 102 Introduction to Human Biology, 3 credits
Upper-Level Courses, 28 credits
Research Methodology, required:
- PSYCH 300 Experimental Psychology, 4 credits
Core Courses, 12 credits:
General/Experimental Psychology, one of these:
- PSYCH 306 Psychology of Perception, 3 credits
- PSYCH 308 Physiological Psychology, 3 credits
- PSYCH 417 Psychology of Cognitive Processes, 3 credits
Social/Personality Psychology, one of these:
- PSYCH 330 Social Psychology, 3 credits
- PSYCH 429 Theories of Personality, 3 credits
Developmental Psychology, one of these:
- HUM DEV 331 Infancy and Early Childhood, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 332 Middle Childhood and Adolescence, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 343 Adulthood and Aging, 3 credits
Clinical/Personality Psychology, one of these:
- PSYCH 435 Abnormal Psychology, 3 credits
- PSYCH 438 Counseling Across the Lifespan, 3 credits
Elective Courses, 12 credits:
Choose from General/Experimental, Social/Personality or Clinicical Psychology core courses (that were not taken to fulfill upper-level core requirement) OR choose from the following:
- PSYCH 310 Drugs and Behavior, 3 credits
- PSYCH 390 Environmental Psychology, 3 credits
- PSYCH 401 Psychology of Women, 3 credits
- PYSCH 415 Organizational and Personnel Psychology, 3 credits
- PSYCH 420 Tests and Measurements, 3 credits
- PSYCH 425 Advanced Physiological Psychology, 4 credits
- PSYCH 430 History and Systems of Psychology, 3 credits
- PSYCH 440 Multicultural Counseling and Mental Health, 3 credits.
- PSYCH 450 Health Psychology, 3 credits
- PSYCH 497 Internship, 3-12 credits
One of these is encouraged, but does not count toward major requirements:
- PYSCH 478 Honors in the Major, 3 credits
- PSYCH 495 Teaching Assistantship, 1-6 credits
- PSYCH 496 Research Assistantship, 1-6 credits
- PSYCH 498 Independent Study, 1-4 credits