Massachusetts State University
First and Second Year Psychology Pathway Major (Foundational) Courses
DRAFT
Psychology
Pathway
Courses
Bridgewater
Fitchburg
Framingham
Mass College of
Liberal Arts
Salem
Westfield
Worcester
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PSYC 100 Intro to
Psychology
PSY 1100 Gen Psych
or
PSY 1200 Human
Growth and
Development
PSYC 101 Gen Psych
PSYC 100 Intro to
Psychology
PSY 101 Gen Psych or
PSY 170H Honors:
Found of Psych
PSYC 0101 Intro to
Psychology
PS 101 Gen
Psychology
2
PSYC 201 Statistics
for Psychology
MATH 1700 Applied
Statistics
MATH 117 Intro to
Statistics
See Pathway Course
in Rows 3 and 4
Below*
See Pathway Course
in Rows 3 and 4
Below*
PSYC 0308 Statistics
for Psychologists
PS 275 Psychological
Statistics
3
PSYC 320 Research
Methods in Psychology
PSY 2000 Research
Design and Analysis I
* PSYC 290 Research
Methods and Statistics
I
* PSY 203S Research
Methods and Statistics
I
PSYC 0105 Research
Methods in Psychology
PS 205 Research
Methods
* PSYC 291 Research
Methods and Statistics
II
* PSY 204R Research
Methods and Statistics
II
PSY 2100 Research
Design and Analysis II
4
5
6
PSYC 242
Biopsychology
PSYC 310 Social
Psychology
PSYC 291 Research I:
Descriptive &
Correlational Research
Meth
PSYC 391 Research
II: Quasi-Experimental
& Experimental
Research Meth
PSY 3240 Biological
Psychology or
PSY 2140 Cognitive
Neuroscience
PSYC 225
Biopsychology or
PSYC 245 Health
Psychology or
PSYC 280 Sensation
& Perception
PSY 2500 Social
Psych or
PSY 2300 Psych of
Personality
PSYC 215 Personality
Psych or
PSYC 224 Social
Psych or
PSYC 259 Cultural
Psych or
PSYC 286 Psych of
Women
PSYC 331 Biological
Psychology or PSYC
310 Cognitive
Psychology or PSYC
316 Behavioral
Analysis
BIO 116 H Honors
Biology – Cells or
BIO 122 World of Cells
or
BIO 124 Human &
Social Bio or
BIO 200 Anatomy &
Physiology I
PSY 215 Intro to
Abnormal Psych or
PSY 216 Intro to
Social Psych or
PSY 217 Intro to
Personality Psych or
(PSY 218 Childhood &
Adolescent or PSY
251 Child Growth or
PSY 252 Adolescent
Psychology)
PS 307 Applied
Research Methods
BIOL 0104 Human
Biology (preferred) or
BIOL 0106 Biology
Today or Approved
Substitution
PSYC 0201 Theories
of Personality or
PSYC 0304 Social
Psych or
PSYC 0336 Psych of
the Family
PS 280 Sensation and
Perception or
PS 380 Physiological
Psych or
PS 222 Intro to Health
Psych
PS 250 Social
Psychology or
PS 252 Applied Social
Psychology
Please Note: (1) Courses in shaded blocks have been confirmed by their institution as 1 st and 2nd year-level; (2) multiple options to satisfy a requirement
are designated with “OR” connectors; and (3) where multiple courses are required to satisfy a specific requirement, “AND” connectors are used.
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Massachusetts State University
First and Second Year Psychology Pathway Major (Foundational) Courses
DRAFT
Psychology
Pathway
Courses
7
Bridgewater
PSYC 352 Psychology
of Learning
8
PSYC 360 Psychology
of Personality
9
PSYC 224 Child
Psychology or
PSYC 227
Developmental
Psychology
10
Fitchburg
PSY 3500 Psych of
Learning or
PSY 3550 Cognition
PSY 2500 Social
Psych or
PSY 2300 Psych of
Personality
Framingham
Mass College of
Liberal Arts
Salem
Westfield
Worcester
PSYCH 271 Prin of
Behavior Modification
or PSYC 236 Psych of
Learning or
PSY 263 Cognitive
Psychology
PSY 210 Introduction
to Learning or
PSY 211 Intro to
Cognitive Psych or
PSY 212 Introduction
to Biological Psych
PSYC 0215 Adaptation
and Animal Behavior
or PSYC 0306
Learning or PSYC
0341 Cognitive Psych
or
PSYC 0312
Physiological Psych or
PSYC 0359 Sensation
& Perception
PS 325 Psychology of
Learning or PS 345
Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 215 Personality
Psych or
PSYC 224 Social
Psych or
PSYC 259 Cultural
Psych or
PSYC 286 Psych of
Women
PSY 215 Intro to
Abnormal Psych or
PSY 216 Intro to
Social Psych or
PSY 217 Intro to
Personality Psych or
(PSY 218 Childhood &
Adolescence or PSY
251 Child Growth or
PSY 252 Adolescent
Psychology)
PSYC 0201 Theories
of Personality or
PSYC 0304 Social
Psych or
PSYC 0336 Psych of
the Family
PS 330 Theories of
Personality or
PS 335 Abnormal
Psychology or
PS 340 Intro to
Psychometrics
PSYC 0202 Child
Development or
PSYC 0203
Adolescent
Development or
PSYC 0357 Adult
Development and
Aging
PS 210 Developmental
Psychology or
PS 312 Psychology of
Adolescence or
PS 322 Psychology of
Aging
PSYC 201 Child
Development or
PSYC 212 Adolescent
Psychology or
PSYC 231 Adult
Development
PSY 2350 Abnormal
Psych or
PSY 2840
Developmental
Psychopathology
Please Note: (1) Courses in shaded blocks have been confirmed by their institution as 1 st and 2nd year-level; (2) multiple options to satisfy a requirement
are designated with “OR” connectors; and (3) where multiple courses are required to satisfy a specific requirement, “AND” connectors are used.
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