Registrar's Course Listing for Psychology
Requirements for the Major
- PSYC 101: Introductory Psychology
Introductory psychology is a team-taught survey of the field. As part of the course, students can volunteer to participate as subjects in faculty research. - PSYC 201: Experimentation and Statistics
This course prepares students for the science of psychology by teaching fundamentals of deriving hypotheses, design, data collection, analysis and research report writing. We strongly recommend that majors take it in the sophomore year and require that it be completed by the end of the junior year. - Three 200 level courses. As a follow-up to introductory psychology, 200-level courses are offered in each of the core areas. Majors take at least three, with at least one from each of the following groups:
- Three 300-level courses. An array of 300-level lab and seminar courses
enable students to conduct original research, work in applied
settings, and engage in small group discussion of primary source material. Majors take at least three 300-level courses from at
least two of the six areas listed below. At least one of these
300-level courses must be from among those carrying the designation Empirical
Lab Course . (With the approval of the department, students may
substitute two courses in associated fields for one of the required
300-level courses. Students must apply in writing for this approval.)
- Area 1: Behavioral Neuroscience(courses with middle digit 1)
- PSYC 312: Drugs and Behavior
- PSYC 315: Hormones and Behavior
- PSYC 316: Clinical Neuroscience
- PSYC 317T: Nature via Nurture
- Area 2: Cognitive Psychology (courses with middle digit 2)
- PSYC 322: Concepts: Mind, Brain and Culture
- PSYC 325: Psychology of Language
- PSYC 326: Decision Making
- Area 3: Developmental Psychology (courses with middle digit 3)
- PSYC 332: Cognitive Development
- PSYC 333: Children's Lives: Thinking, Feeling and Doing
- PSYC 336: Adolescence
- PSYC 337: Childhood Disorders and Therapy
- Area 4: Social Psychology (courses with middle digit 4)
- PSYC 340: Cultural Psychology
- PSYC 341: Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination
- PSYC 343: The Self
- PSYC 344: Advanced Research in Social Psychology
- PSYC 345: Political Psychology (same as Political Science 310)
- PSYC 346: The Psychology of Self-Esteem
- PSYC 347: Psychology and the Law
- PSYC 348: Evolutionary Psychology
- PSYC 349: Automatic Thoughts, Feelings and Behavior
- Area 5: Clinical Psychology (courses with middle digit 5)
- PSYC 351: Childhood Peer Relations and Clinical Issues
- PSYC 352: Clinical and Community Psychology
- PSYC 354: Social Interaction and Psychopathology
- PSYC 355: Psychotherapy: Theory and Research
- PSYC 356: Depression
- PSYC 358: Mood and Personality
- PSYC 359: Psychological Testing and Measurement
- Area 7: Educational Psychology (courses with a middle digit 7)
- PSYC 372: Advanced Seminar in Teaching and Learning
- PSYC 397/398: Independent Study
Open to upperclass students with permission of the instructor and department. Students interested in doing an independent study should make prior arrangements with the appropriate professor. The student and professor then complete the independent study proposal form available at the Registrars Office.
- PSYC
401: Perspectives on Psychological Issues
This "capstone" course brings all senior majors together for in-depth discussions and debates of current controversial topics.
The Degree with Honors in Psychology
Students who are candidates for Honors need take only two 300-level courses from two different areas, but they must enroll in Psychology 493-W031-494 and write a thesis based on original empirical work. Guidelines for pursuing the degree with Honors are available from the department.