General Experimental Course Requirements
The Natural Science Core
Psychology Majors in the General Psychology Track are required to take one (1) of the following two-semester introductory sequences in the natural sciences:
- BIO 101 and 102 - General Biology
- CHE 101 and 102 - General Chemistry
- PHY 111 and 112 - General Physics
The Psychology Core
All the following psychology courses are required:
- PSY 111 and 112 - General Psychology
- PSY 309 - Statistics (or MAT 109 - Statistics; or ECO 215 - Data Analysis I)
- PSY 390 - Research Design
- PSY 399 and 400 - Senior Seminar (non credit-bearing)
- PSY SCE - Senior Capstone Experience
Laboratory Requirement
Majors must complete four (4) of the following courses, three of these must be laboratory courses, and there must be at least one course from each of the three disciplinary areas; General Experimental, Applied/Clinical, and Biological (* indicates a laboratory course):
General Experimental
- PSY 302 - Life-span Developmental *
- PSY 316 - Cognitive Science *
- PSY 321 - Social Psychology
- PSY 322 - Environmental Psych
- PSY 331 - Personality
- PSY 406 - Experimental Social Psychology *
Applied/Clinical
- PSY 320 - Health Psychology *
- PSY 333 - Tests and Measurements
- PSY 323 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- PSY 332 - Psychopathology
- PSY 403 - Behavior Modification *
- PSY 404 - Theories & Processes of Counseling
- PSY 416 - Human Factors Psychology
Biological
- PSY 310 - Biopsychology *
- PSY 313 - Learning *
- PSY 317 - Sensation and Perception *
- PSY 319 - Comparative Psychology *
- PSY 405 - Psychopharmacology *
- PSY 410 - Neuroscience Research Methods *
Psychology Electives
One (1) additional PSY courses at the 300 or 400 level: Any of the remaining 300 or 400 level courses listed above, or any of the following:
- PSY 000 - Psychology Internship
- PSY 305 - Drugs & Behavior
- PSY 311 - History & Systems of Psychology
- PSY 395 - Summer Research
- PSY 401 - Advanced Problems