PSYC MAJOR REQUIREMENTS WORKSHEET
(revised 10/19/15)
NAME: ________________________________ ID#____________ PHONE____________________
Year Graduating: ________
Feb Grad? ________
AP Credits: _______
Potential future plans (e.g. Grad Program, Health Professions, Teaching, etc.)
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Study Abroad:
Location: ___________________________ Semester: ___________ Year:___________
Other relevant Information:___________________________________________________________
Major: _____________________ (Single, Double, Joint)
Advisor(s):
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Minor: _____________________
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Foundation courses:
1. ______ Intro (PSYC 0105 or AP Psych -Score of 4 or 5)
2. ______ Statistics (PSYC 0201) or AP Stats -Score of 4 or 5 (AP-Stats credit only applies for
students who matriculated before Fall 2016)
3. ______ Research Methods (PSYC 0202)
Area core courses (3 courses, at least 1 in each of two main areas):
4.
Area 1 Biopsychology, Cognitive, and Physiological
[From: PSYC 0301; PSYC 0302; PSYC 0303; PSYC 0305]
5.
Area 2 Clinical, Developmental, Personality, and Social
[From: PSYC 0203 or 0230; PSYC 0204; PSYC 0224; PSYC 0216 or 0225]
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Area 1 or 2
For the 3rd area core course, you cannot take PSYC 0230 if you’ve taken PSYC 0203 as
your Area 2 core; nor can you take PSYC 0225 if you’ve taken PSYC 0216 as your Area 2
core (or vice versa in each case)
Electives:
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Elective #1
8.
Elective #2
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Elective #3 (Note: PSYC 0350, 0500, or 0700 may count as a total of 1 elective,
regardless of the number of research courses taken)
Advanced Seminars/Senior Work:
10.
Seminar
11.
Seminar (or PSYC 0703)
PLUS ____________ One lab course (beyond 0201 and 0202), which can also meet another
requirement
Lab courses in recent years:
 2012-13 and 2013-14: PSYC 0301, 0305, 0312
 2014-15: PSYC 0301, 0305
 2015-16: PSYC 0301, 0305, 0320
Electives can include any psychology courses at any level, including winter term courses.
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PREVIOUS Requirements for the Major in Psychology (valid for class of 2006 through 2017)
Note: the new major requirements didn’t show up in the hard copy catalog until 2013-14.
The psychology major consists of a minimum of 11 courses in five categories:
1) Foundations courses; 2) Area courses; 3) Electives; 4) Labs; and 5) Senior Work.
I. Foundations courses:
1. Introductory Psychology (PSYC 0105)
2. Statistics (PSYC 0201)
3. Research Methods (PSYC 0202).
Students are expected to complete the Statistics/Research Methods sequence by the end of the sophomore year,
and no later than the end of the junior year.
II. Area core courses:
Breadth: All students must take 4 area core courses, 1 in each of the four areas of the curriculum
4. Neuroscience/Cognitive
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From: PSYC 0301, PSYC 0302, PSYC 0303, PSYC 0305
5. Social/Applied
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From: PSYC 0203, PSYC 0230; PSYC 0233
6. Developmental/Educational
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From: PSYC 0216, PSYC 0225
7. Personality/Clinical
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From: PSYC 0204, PSYC 0224
III. Elective and 300-level:
8. Elective: _______________________ (may be PSYC 0350, PSYC 0500, or PSYC 0700)
9. 300-level course
(can NOT be PSYC 0350)
IV. Lab: All students must take one lab course in addition to Psychological Statistics and Research Methods in
Psychology.
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V. Senior work: Senior work in psychology emphasizes the synthesis and integration of theory and research.
Each student must take two senior seminars (400-level courses) in psychology.
10. (a) _______________________ (may be PSYC 0703, honors thesis)
11. (b)_______________________
Departmental Honors in Psychology: Students who seek to graduate with departmental honors should consult
with a faculty member no later than the junior year to begin actively planning their research. The psychology
thesis requires three semesters (including Winter Term) of independent research. During the fall term of the
senior year, candidates will enroll in PSYC 0700. During the winter and spring terms, after meeting the special
requirements listed in the course description and being accepted into honors candidacy, they will enroll in
PSYC 0703. A minimum of a B+ average in psychology department courses is needed for admission to honors
candidacy. Students who complete an honors thesis in psychology can count PSYC 0703 for one of their two
senior seminar requirements provided that the seminar they take is not in the same content area as their thesis.
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Other Graduation Requirements
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT (7 of 8)
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literature
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phil/religion
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6. deduc reasoning DONE (e.g. PSYC 0201)
7. social analysis DONE (e.g. PSYC 0105)
8. foreign lang.
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*SCI credit is earned with Area 1 core courses: PSYC0301, PSYC0302, PSYC0305
CULTURES AND CIVILIZATION (2006 and beyond)
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Second Writing Course:
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Joint Major in Psychology and Sociology (Only available for students matriculating before Fall
2011. The last joint majors graduated in May 2014):
Required psychology courses:
PSYC 0105; PSYC 0201; PSYC 0203;
two core courses from PSYC 0204, PSYC 0224, PSYC 225 (or PSYC 0216), PSYC 0230, PSYC
0233, PSYC 0301, PSYC 302, PSYC 305, PSYC 327;
one 0400-level seminar;
and one elective.
Required sociology/anthropology courses:
SOAN 0105; SOAN 0252; SOAN 0305;
either SOAN 0301 or SOAN 0302;
one of SOAN 0103, SOAN 0191, SOAN 0288, or SOAN 0355;
one 400-level seminar; and one elective.
Students who elect to do a senior project in sociology (either a one-semester project or a multi-semester
project) or a senior thesis in psychology are required to take only one 0400-level seminar in either
sociology or psychology.
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