Our goal is to provide students with a broad background in psychology, as well as to prepare students for graduate training or for entry into careers related to psychology. Modern psychology is the scientific study of brain, mind, and behavior, and is an exciting, rapidly expanding, and ever-changing field of scientific inquiry.
As a discipline, psychology is exceedingly rich and diverse, encompassing a variety of theoretical and applied points of view, such as the behavioral, biological, clinical, cognitive, developmental, evolutionary, and social perspectives.
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. It encompasses a variety of theoretical and applied points of view, such as the behavioral, biological, clinical, cognitive, developmental, evolutionary, and social perspectives. We provide students with a solid background in psychology, as well as to prepare students for graduate training or for entry into careers related to psychology. The bachelor of science requires additional credits in psychology and two additional math/science electives.
Courses in Major (35-36 credits total)
Level I (11 credits)
One Introductory course (3 credits)
- PSY 101 General Psychology
- PSY 170H Honors: Foundations of Psychology
Research methods and statistics sequence (8 credits)
- PSY 203S Research Methods and Statistics I
- PSY 204R Research Methods and Statistics II
Level 2 (12 credits)
Two foundation courses from Division A (6 credits):
- PSY 210 Introduction to Learning
- PSY 211 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
- PSY 212 Introduction to Biological Psychology
Two foundation courses from Division B (6 credits):
- PSY 215 Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
- PSY 216 Introduction to Social Psychology
- PSY 217 Introduction to Personality Psychology
- PSY 218 Childhood and Adolescence
- PSY 251 Child Growth
- PSY 252 Adolescent Psychology