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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.