The PsychologyMajor

I.  Psychology majors are required to take the following courses:

II.  Students also take a minimum of 5 courses from the following list, at least one from each group.

It is recommended that students take at least one course from each of the preceding groups by the completion of their fifth psychology elective (normally, by the end of the Fall semester of the junior year).

III.  An additional four electives are required from any of the courses listed above or below. Special Topics in Psychology can be used only once to satisfy major elective requirements. Completion of two optional psychology labs or advanced topics seminars constitutes an elective course.

* Only if enrolled in the "majors only" Fall Psych 110 for entering freshmen.

Psychology Electives

Adulthood and Aging (Psych 222)

Adolescence (Psych 223)

Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Psych 236)

Psychology of Women (Psych 237)

Exercise and Sport Psychology (Psych 238)

Special Topics in Psychology (Psych 284 and 384) (only one course may be counted as a Psychology elective)

Multivariate Statistics (Psych 310)

Psychological Testing (Psych 335)

Psychopharmacology (Psych 339)

Clinical Psychology (Psych 360)

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Psych 361)

Child Clinical Psychology (Psych 362)

Behavior Modification (Psych 363)

Field Experience in Clinical Settings (Psych 480)

Field Experience in Personnel Psychology (Psych 481)

Advanced Topics Seminar (Psych 492)

Undergraduate Research (Psych 493-494) (Typically taken as GE Elective credits)

The following table describes the sequence of psychology courses you should take, including total credits. This is the same information contained in the 2008-2009 University catalog. Not everyone will fit neatly into this table, of course. Perhaps you have changed your major to psychology after starting another major, perhaps you are a double major, or "ahead" by taking summer courses. In these situations your advisor will be helpful (see Section VI. How to Use Your Advisor).

The Psychology Curriculum

	Freshmen		Fall	Spring
MAJOR	PSYC 1105-ELECT	Fund of Psyc5-Psyc Elective	3.5	3
GE C/IL	C/IL 102	Computer and Information Literacy	3
GE QUAN	MATH ELECT 1	Elective1		3
GE S/BH	SOC 1102	Intro to Sociology2	3
GE WRTG-SPCH	WRTG 107-COMM 100	Composition-Public Speaking	3	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT	Humanities Elective		3
GE PHIL	PHIL 120-210	Intro. to Philosophy-Ethics	3	3
GE FSEM	INTD 100	Freshman Seminar	1
GE PHED	PHED ELECT	Physical Education		1
			16.5	16
	Sophomore
MAJOR	PSYC 210-330	Statistics - Research Methods	3	5
MAJOR	MAJOR ELECT	Psychology Electives	3	3
GE ELECT			3
GE NSCI	NSCI ELECT3	Elective3-Elective3	3	3
GE S/BH	S/BH ELECT	Soc/Beh Science Elective		3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT	Humanities Elective	3
GE PHED	PHED ELECT	Physical Education	1	1
			16	15
	Junior
MAJOR	MAJOR ELECT	Psychology Electives	6	9
MAJOR	PSYC 390	Academic & Career Dev in Psych	1
GE ELECT	ELECT	Elective-Elective	3	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT	Humanities Electives	3	3
GE T/RS	T/RS 121-122	Theology I-Theology II	3	3
			16	18
	Senior
MAJOR	MAJOR ELECTIVE	Psychology Elective	3
MAJOR	PSYC 490-491	History & Lit. of Psych I & II	1.5	1.5
GE T/RS or PHIL	PHIL or T/RS	Elective	3
GE ELECT	ELECT	Free Elective - Free Electives	9	15
			16.5	16.5
			TOTAL: 130.5 CREDITS

¹Math 103, 106, or 114

²The Department strongly recommends Soc 110, Intro to Sociology.

³ One 3- or 4-credit NSCRI BIOL course and one additional 3- or 4-credit NSCI BIOL, CHEM, or PHYS course.

⁴No more than 15 credits of psychology can be placed in GE Elective

⁵Entering Fall semester Freshmen enrolled in the majors only PSYC 110 section must also enroll in PSYC 110L.  PSYC 110L is required only for entering Fall semester Freshmen.

The Psychology Minor

A minor in psychology consists of Psyc 110, Psyc 210, Psyc 330 Lecture,and one course from 3 of the following 4 groups: Social-Developmental Processes (220, 221), Individual Processes (224, 225), Physiological Processes (230, 231), and Learning Processes (234, 235). An equivalent statistics course and/or an equivalent methods course may be substituted for either Psyc 210 (Statistics) and/or Psyc 330 (Research Methods). Any substituted course must then be replaced with a 3 credit Psychology course. Total: 18 credits in Psychology.