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Psychology Major

 

The following are required for the major in psychology:

  • PSYC 1000 - Introductory Psychology
  • PSYC 3090 - Psychological Applications of Univariate Statistics I
  • PSYC 3130 - Experimental Psychology
  • One additional psychology laboratory course (beyond 3090 and 3130)
  • Courses to meet the departmental distribution requirement
  • Additional electives to reach 27 total credits of 3000-level or above psychology courses. (Please note that ALL 3000 level courses count towards the 27 credits, including 3090 and 3130, the additional lab course, and the departmental distribution requirements).

For the distribution, one course must be taken from each of the two following areas:

Psychobiology:

Social, Developmental, and Cognitive Processes:

Techniques and Applications:

  • PSYC 3010 – Introduction to Personality
  • PSYC 3180 – Psychological Testing and Measurement
  • PSYC 3200 – Educational Psychology
  • PSYC 3330 – Abnormal Psychology
  • PSYC 3340 – Developmental Psychopathology
  • PSYC 6110 – Psychological Applied Univariate Statistics II
  • PSYC 6130 – Psychological Applied Multivariate Statistics

In addition:

Students majoring in psychology must complete the math courses necessary for the B.S. degree, one SSE laboratory course (and its co requisite) outside of PSYC, and one 3 credit non-laboratory SSE courses that is outside (and NOT cross-listed with) PSYC.

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