Psychology Major & Minor Requirements
Catalog Years 2006-2007 & 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


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.
All courses listed under Area III except 3100/W
• PSYC 3880 cannot be used, because it has an S/U grading designation. 2101
Intro to Multicultural Psych
2701
Social Psych of Multiculturalism
Major Restrictions
Psychological Testing
• No more than 7 2000-level or above PSYC transfer credits (approved by 3101
3103
Motivation & Emotion (COMM 3103)
the Psychology Department) can be used. Transfer credits are any
3104
Environmental Psych
credits received from a non-UConn source.
3106/W
Black Psych (AFRA 3106/W)
• Students must earn a minimum of 120 credits to graduate; at least 45
3200/W
Intro to Behavioral Genetics
credits must be numbered 2000 or above.
3300/W
Emotional/Behavioral Disorders of Childhood
• Students must maintain a GPA ≥ 2.0 in the major and a GPA ≥ 2.0
3301
Intro to Clinical Psych
overall to graduate.
3370/W
Current Topics in Clinical Psych
Minor Restrictions
3401
Psych of Aging
• Students must earn a C (2.0) or better in each course.
3402W
Child Development in Sociopolitical Context
• Substitutions are not possible for required courses in the minor.
3470/W
Current Topics in Developmental Psych
Notes
3502
Psych of Consciousness
• Not all courses are regularly offered; underlined courses are typically
3503
Computer Modeling of Cognitive Processes
offered less than once per academic year at the Storrs campus.
3600/W
Social-Organizational Psych
• Course descriptions can be found in the Undergraduate Catalog at
3670/W
Current Topics in I/O Psych
http://catalog.uconn.edu.
3770/W
Current Topics in Social Psych
• A score of 4 or 5 on the AP Psychology test equates to 3 generic 10003883
Foreign Study
level PSYC credits to use toward the overall credits required for
3884
Seminar in Psych
graduation; it does not equate to direct credit for any of the 1000-level
3885
Special Topics
PSYC courses.
AREA IV LAB COURSES
• Additional information about the psychology program can be found on
3150
Lab in Health Psych
our website at http://undergrad.psychology.uconn.edu.
3250/W
Lab in Animal Behavior & Learning
3251/W
Lab in Physiological Psych
INTRODUCTION & FOUNDATION
3252
Drugs & Behavior Lab
1100
General Psych I
3253
Sensory Neuroscience Lab
1103/1101 General Psych II
3350W
Lab in Personality
2100WQ/Q Principles of Research in Psych
3450W
Lab in Developmental Psych
AREA I. SOCIAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, CLINICAL, & I/O
3550W
Lab in Cognition
2300/W
Abnormal Psych
3551W
Psycholinguistics Lab
2301
Study of Personality
3552
Lab in Sensation & Perception
2400
Developmental Psych
3750/W
Lab in Social Psych
2600
Industrial/Organizational Psych
RESEARCH
2700
Social Psych
3889
Undergraduate Research
AREA II. EXPERIMENTAL & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
3899
Independent Study
2200
Physiological Psych
4197W
Senior Thesis in Psych (Honors)
2500
Learning
RELATED COURSES (2000-level or above non-PSYC courses)
2501
Cognitive Psych
Information on appropriate related coursework & approval can be found on
3201
Animal Behavior (EEB 3201)
our website: http://undergrad.psych.uconn.edu. The following courses may
3500
Psych of Language
not be used as they overlap in content too greatly or are cross-listed with
3501
Sensation & Perception
PSYC courses: AFRA 3106/W, COMM 3100, COMM 3103, EEB 3201,
AREA III. CROSS AREA (I & II)
EPSY 3010, HDFS 2100, WGSS 3102/W.
2110
Psych of Human Sexuality
UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS
2201
Drugs & Behavior
PSYC 2100WQ fulfills the Information Literacy, Computer Technology, &
3100/W
History & Systems of Psych
Writing in Major requirements. Taking PSYC 2100Q, which does not fulfill
3102/W
Psych of Women (WGSS 3102/W)
the Writing in Major requirement, necessitates that a different PSYC W
3105
Health Psych
course be taken.
3400
Theories in Developmental Psych
3601/W
Human Factors Design
Area
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