Declaration in or after Fall 2025

Last update: March 2025

 

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Major Overview

The Psychology major provides a modern curriculum covering a breadth of content, ranging from biological bases of cognition and behavior to sociocultural influences on human interactions and psychological disorders. The curriculum is designed to develop students' critical thinking skills through emphasis of the scientific basis of psychology and through courses in statistics and research methodology. The program also emphasizes the integration and synthesis of information across courses and activities through the step-wise progression of the curriculum from the introductory, foundational and advanced classes up to the final capstone course that is taken in the senior year. 

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Major Requirements

 44 credits required

 Students must successfully complete the following courses with a grade of C- or higher

Introductory Courses

  Course Title Credits

Psychology 1001 or 

Psychology 1901

Introduction to Psychology or 

Honors: Introduction to Psychology

 3
Psychology 1002 Careers in Psychology 1
Psychology 1003 Statistics for Psychology 3
Psychology 1004 Critical Thinking in Psychology 3

 

 

Psychology Science Requirement

  Course Title Credits
Select one of the following: 4
Biology 1001 Human Biology  
Biology 1011 General Biology I  
Biology 1012 General Biology II  
Biology 1111 Introduction to Organismal Biology  
Biology 1112 Introduction to Biomolecules, Cells and Genomes  
Botany 1111 General Botany  
Chemistry 1021 & 1023 Introduction to Chemistry I and Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory I  
Chemistry 1022 & 1024 Introduction to Chemistry II and Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory II  
Chemistry 1027 Applications of Chemistry  
Chemistry 1031 & 1033 General Chemistry I and General Chemistry Laboratory I  
Chemistry 1032 & 1034 General Chemistry II and General Chemistry Laboratory II  
EES 2001 Physical Geology  
ENST 2002 Physical Geography  
KINS 1223 Human Anatomy and Physiology I  
KINS 1224 Human Anatomy and Physiology II  
Physics 1021 Introduction to General Physics I  

 

Developmental/Clinical/Social (DCS) Foundation Courses 

  Course Title Credits
Select two of the following: 6
Psychology 2201 Foundations of Psychopathology  
Psychology 2301 Foundations of Developmental Psychology  
Psychology 2401 Foundations of Social Psychology  
Psychology 2402 Foundations of Industrial and Organizational Psychology  
Psychology 2601 Foundations of Health Psychology  

Note: Foundation courses are prerequisites for the advanced (3000-level) areas.

 

Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) Foundation Courses

  Course Title Credits
Select two of the following: 6
Psychology 2101 Foundations of Cognitive Psychology  
Psychology 2103 Foundations of Learning and Behavior Analysis  
Psychology 2104 Foundations of Sensation and Perception  
Psychology 2501 Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience  
Psychology 2502 Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience  

Note: Foundation courses are prerequisites for the advanced (3000-level) areas.

 

Required Methods Course

  Course Title Credits
Psychology 3096 Conducting Psychological Research 3

 

Advanced Courses

Select three from any of the advanced courses (3000-3620) for which you have completed the prerequisite foundation course. These courses cover specialty areas within particular fields of psychology.

Note: PSY 3096 does not count toward the requirement.

  Course Title Credits
Select three of the following: 6
Psychology 3002 Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology  
Psychology 3003 Advanced Undergraduate Statistics  
Psychology 3005 Affective Neuroscience  
Psychology 3100 Topics: Brain, Behavior and Cognition  
Psychology 3151 Direct Applications of Behavioral Principles  
Psychology 3172 The Science of Sleep  
Psychology 3200 Topics: Clinical  
Psychology 3221 Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice  
Psychology 3223 Child Psychopathology and Treatment  
Psychology 3301 Phases of Development: Infancy  
Psychology 3303 Psychological Testing: Measuring IQ, Thoughts, Feelings, and Attitudes  
Psychology 3304 Personality, Social and Emotional Development  
Psychology 3305 Cognitive and Language Development  
Psychology 3306 Neuroscience of Development and Aging  
Psychology 3411 Social Cognition  
Psychology 3413 Psychology of Power, Oppression, and Privilege  
Psychology 3417 Personnel Psychology  
Psychology 3418 Human Performance Improvement  
Psychology 3561 Psychopharmacology  
Psychology 3566 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory  
Psychology 3600 Advanced Topics in Health Psychology  
Psychology 3601 Social Health Psychology  
Psychology 3602 Clinical Neuropsychology  
Psychology 3603 Clinical Applications of Health Psychology  
Psychology 3615 History and Systems of Psychology  
Psychology 3620 Topics in Psychology  
CJ 3408 Forensic Psychology  

 

Psychology Elective

  Credits
One additional course at the Foundation Level or the Advanced Level (2000-3620) 3

 

Capstone Course 

Seniors only - minimum of 90 credits completed and completion of PSY 3096

  Course Title Credits
Select one of the following: 3-4
Psychology 4696 Capstone in Psychology  
Psychology 4996 Honors Capstone  

 

Individual Study Courses

Permission of the instructor is required to register for these courses. For all Psychology majors and minors.

  Course Title Credits
Psychology 4182 & Psychology 4282  Independent Study in Cognitive Neuroscience I and Independent Study in Cognitive Neuroscience II 6
Select one of the following: 1-4
Psychology 3791 Collaborative Research I  
Psychology 3891 Collaborative Research II  
Psychology 4791 Collaborative Research III  
Psychology 4891 Collaborative Research IV  
Psychology 3785 Psychology Internship 3
Psychology 3787 Practicum 3

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