Psychology MA/PhD Graduate Program – Clinical Psychology Stream
Canadian Psychological Association Core Area Review Form
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In order to meet the breadth requirements for accreditation with the Canadian Psychological Association, students
must have completed either: a) 2 senior undergraduate classes or b) 1 graduate class in the first four core areas below
(see reverse side for course classification). Students must have 1 class at the undergraduate or graduate level fulfilling
the historical and scientific foundations core area. Please identify undergraduate courses below that may fulfill such
requirements. In those areas not met at the undergraduate level, please identify the planned courses to be taken at
the graduate level. If the graduate course number to be taken is not yet known, please indicate “TBA.” As graduate
courses are completed, please obtain the original submission of this form from the Program Administrator, add any
new graduate courses completed on the same form, and resubmit this form to the DCT for approval.
UNDERGRADUATE
GRADUATE
BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOUR
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HISTORICAL AND SCIEN TIFIC FOUNDATIONS
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SOCIAL BASES OF BEHA VIOUR
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COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE BASES OF B EHAVIOUR
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Classification of Ryerson Graduate Electives by Core Areas
According to the CPA Accreditation Guidelines, each student must successfully complete at least one half-year graduate
course or a two-semester (or two, one-semester) or senior undergraduate course in the following 5 core content areas:
1. Biological bases of behaviour (e.g., physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology,
psychopharmacology)
2. Cognitive-affective bases of behaviour (e.g., learning, sensation, perception, cognition, thinking, motivation,
emotion)
3. Social bases of behaviour (e.g., social psychology; cultural, ethnic, and group processes; sex roles; organizational
and systems theory)
4. Individual behaviour (e.g., personality theory, human development, individual differences, abnormal psychology)
5. Historical and scientific foundations of general psychology (this content area can be fulfilled with a one-semester,
senior undergraduate course)
Biological Bases of Behaviour
PS8507 Cognitive Neuroscience
PS8706 Clinical Psychopharmacology
PS8705 Clinical Neuropsychology
PS8531 Anatomy of the Human Brain
PS8534 Special Topics in Biopsychology
Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behaviour
PS8501 Special Topics in Cognition
PS8506 Perception and Cognitive Ergonomics
PS8507 Cognitive Neuroscience
PS8512 Learning, Plasticity, Memory
PS8519 Social Cognition
PS8520 Socio-Cognitive Development
PS8524 Perception and Action
PS8526 Special Topics in Perception
PS8532 Cognitive Aging
PS8707 Cognition and Psychopathology
Social Bases of Behaviour
PS8504 Special Topics in Social Psych
PS8509 Culture and Identity
PS8511 Gender and Health
PS8515 Psychology of Aging
PS8516 Psychology and Law
PS8519 Social Cognition
PS8520 Socio-Cognitive Development
PS8521 Urban Psychology
PS8530 Psychology of Body Image
Individual Behaviour
PS8502 Special Topics in Developmental Psych
PS8503 Special Topics in Health Psychology*
PS8505 Advances in Health Psychology
PS8510 Early Development
PS8530 Psychology of Body Image
PS8701 Special Topics in Clinical Psych
PS8703 Anxiety Disorders
PS8704 Behav Disorders in Children
PS8707 Cognition and Psychopathology
PS8708 Eating Disorders
PS8709 Directed Readings: Clin Psych*
PS8711 Child and Adolescent Treatment
PS8712 Mood Disorders
Historical and Scientific Foundations
PS9101 History of Psychology
*This course is most likely to count toward the Individual Behaviour requirement, but depending on the specific topics
covered, it may count toward other core requirements.
Revised April 8, 2014