Psychology Major & Minor Requirements
Catalog Years 2006-2007 and Later
Requirements
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Minor
Standard
Research
Honors
Standard
Research
Honors
Introduction &
1100 &
same
same
same
same
same
recommended
Foundation
1103 or 1101 &
2100WQ or 2100Q
Area I
2 courses
same
same
same
same
same
1 course
Area II
2 courses
same
same
same
same
same
1 course

Area III
1 course
3100/W
3100/W
1 course
3100/W
3100/W
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
Area IV
2 courses
2 courses
2 lab courses
2 lab courses
2 lab courses

Research
3 credits
3899 & 4197W 
3 credits
3899 & 4197W* 
(6 credits total)
(6 credits total)



2000-level or above 2 courses
1 course
1 course
3 courses

Related courses
12 credits
same
same
same
same
same
Total upper-level
25 credits
31 credits
31 credits
25 credits
31 credits
31 credits
15 credits
PSYC credits
*PSYC 4197W may be substituted for one Area IV lab course. If substituted, take one other 2000-level or above PSYC course.
Restrictions
AREA IV. ADVANCED & SPECIALTY
• No more than a combined total of 3 credits of PSYC 3889 or PSYC 3899 AREA IV LECTURE COURSES
can be used.
2101
Intro to Multicultural Psych
• PSYC 3880 cannot be used, because it has an S/U grading designation. 2701
Social Psych of Multiculturalism
3101
Psychological Testing
Major Restrictions
3103
Motivation & Emotion (COMM 3103)
• No more than 7 2000-level or above PSYC transfer credits (approved by
3104
Environmental Psych
the Psychology Department) can be used. Transfer credits are any
3106/W
Black Psych (AFAM 3106/W)
credits received from a non-UConn source.
3200/W
Intro to Behavioral Genetics
• Students must earn a minimum of 120 credits to graduate; at least 45
3300/W
Emotional/Behavioral Disorders of Childhood
credits must be numbered 2000 or above.
3301
Intro to Clinical Psych
• Students must maintain a GPA ≥ 2.0 in the major and a GPA ≥ 2.0
3370/W
Current Topics in Clinical Psych
overall to graduate.
3401
Psych of Aging
Minor Restrictions
3402W
Child Development in Sociopolitical Context
• Students must earn a C (2.0) or better in each course.
3470/W
Current Topics in Developmental Psych
• Substitutions are not possible for required courses in the minor.
3502
Psych of Consciousness
3503
Computer Modeling of Cognitive Processes
Notes
3600/W
Social-Organizational Psych
• Not all courses are regularly offered; underlined courses are typically
3670/W
Current Topics in I/O Psych
offered less than once per academic year.
3770/W
Current Topics in Social Psych
• Course descriptions can be found in the Undergraduate Catalog at
3883
Foreign Study
http://catalog.uconn.edu.
3884
Seminar in Psych
• A score of 4 or 5 on the AP Psychology test equates to 3 generic 10003885
Special Topics
level PSYC credits to use toward the overall credits required for
graduation; it does not equate to direct credit for any of the 1000-level
AREA IV LAB COURSES
PSYC courses.
3150
Lab in Health Psych
• Additional information about the psychology program can be found on
3250/W
Lab in Animal Behavior & Learning
our website at http://psychology.uconn.edu.
3251/W
Lab in Physiological Psych
3252
Drugs & Behavior Lab
INTRODUCTION & FOUNDATION
3253
Sensory Neuroscience Lab
1100
General Psych I
3350W
Lab in Personality
1103/1101 General Psych II
3450W
Lab in Developmental Psych
2100WQ/Q Principles of Research in Psych
3550W
Lab in Cognition
AREA I. SOCIAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, CLINICAL, & I/O
3551W
Psycholinguistics Lab
2300/W
Abnormal Psych
3552
Lab in Sensation & Perception
2301
Study of Personality
3750/W
Lab in Social Psych
2400
Developmental Psych
RESEARCH
2600
Industrial/Organizational Psych
3889
Undergraduate Research
2700
Social Psych
3899
Independent Study
AREA II. EXPERIMENTAL & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
4197W
Senior Thesis in Psych (Honors)
2200
Physiological Psych
RELATED COURSES (2000-level or above non-PSYC courses)
2500
Learning
Appropriate related coursework is approved at the discretion of your faculty
2501
Cognitive Psych
advisor. The following courses may not be used as they overlap in content
3201
Animal Behavior (EEB 3201)
too greatly or are cross-listed with PSYC courses: AFAM 3106/W, COMM
3500
Psych of Language
3100, COMM 3103, EEB 3201, EPSY 3010, HDFS 2100, WGSS 3102/W.
3501
Sensation & Perception
COMPETENCIES
AREA III. CROSS AREA (I & II)
PSYC 2100WQ fulfills the Information Literacy, Computer Technology, &
2110
Psych of Human Sexuality
Writing in Major requirements. Taking PSYC 2100Q, which does not fulfill
2201
Drugs & Behavior
the Writing in Major requirement, necessitates that a different PSYC W
3100/W
History & Systems of Psych
course be taken.
3102/W
Psych of Women (WGSS 3102/W)
3105
Health Psych
3400
Theories in Developmental Psych
3601/W
Human Factors Design
Area
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