CAS Core Requirements |
Credits |
One (1) of the CAS Core Required SGA courses must be PSY 250 – Lifespan Dev in Context |
3 |
All EXP courses for the CAS Core Requirements must be outside of the Psychology program |
Variable |
MAT 120 – Statistics is encouraged to fulfill CAS Math Core Requirement |
3 |
Total CAS Core Credits |
42–46 |
Psychology Program Required Courses |
Credits |
PSY 105 – Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
PSY 205 – Abnormal Psychology |
3 |
PSY 225 – Psychology Statistics |
3 |
PSY 255 – Social Psychology |
3 |
PSY 285 – Research Methods |
3 |
PSY 300 – Psychology Internship I |
3 |
PSY 350 – Theories of Personality |
3 |
PSY 365 – Biological Bases of Behavior |
3 |
PSY 380 – Learning/Conditioning and Behavior Modification or PSY 384/384L – Animal Learning and Behavior |
3–4 |
PSY 383 – Memory and Cognition |
3 |
PSY 405 – Special Topics Seminar |
3 |
Three (3) open PSY or NEU electives (at the 200 level or higher) |
9 |
Program Minimum Required Total Credits |
42-43 |
Open Elective Courses (needed to reach 120 credits) |
Variable |
Minimum Required Total Credits |
120 |
Elective Course Options
Program Elective Options |
Credits |
PSY 212 – Positive Psychology |
3 |
PSY 215 – Psychology of Gender |
3 |
PSY 226 – Motivation & Emotion |
3 |
PSY 235 – Health Psychology |
3 |
PSY 236 – Mental Health & Society |
3 |
PSY 245 – Evolutionary Psychology |
3 |
PSY 252 – Forensic Psychology |
3 |
PSY 254 – Cultural Psychology |
3 |
PSY 275 – Intro-Tech in Animal Behavior |
3 |
PSY 290 – Developmental Psychopathology |
3 |
PSY 295 – Listening/Communication Skills |
3 |
PSY 305 – Special Topics |
3 |
PSY 310 – Children and Stress |
3 |
PSY 316 – Psychology of Consciousness |
3 |
PSY 318 – Community Psychology |
3 |
PSY 325 – Psychology of Aging |
3 |
PSY 335 – Comparative Animal Behavior |
3 |
PSY 345 – Sports Psychology |
3 |
PSY 362 – Animal Cognition |
3 |
PSY 364 – Soc and Emotion Dev in Childhood |
3 |
PSY 370 – Drugs, Society, and Behavior |
3 |
PSY 375 – Trauma and Health |
3 |
PSY 400 – Psychology Internship II |
1–12 |
PSY 410 – Theory/Res/Pract Couns Psych |
3 |
PSY 430 – Intro to Art Therapy |
3 |
PSY 450 – Fourth-year Thesis |
3 |
PSY 486 – Adv Research in Psychology |
1–9 |
NEU 205 – Introduction to Neurobiology |
3 |
NEU 205L – Introduction to Neurobiology lab |
1 |
NEU 306 – Behavioral/Cognitive Neuro |
3 |
NEU 306L – Behavioral/Cognitive Neuro Lab |
1 |
NEU 410 – Neurobiology of Mental Illness |
3 |
Students wishing to pursue teacher certification in Psychology can complete a double major with Psychology and Secondary Education or a major in Secondary Education and a concentration in Psychology. For more information, see the Secondary Education catalog page.
Students in this major can participate in the pre-health graduate school preparation tracks.