PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR/MINOR REQUIREMENTS
AND
FALL 2011 COURSE OFFERINGS
REQUIRED:
ADVANCED ELECTIVES:
(PSYCH-UA 1 and PSYCH-UA 10 required for Major/ PSYCH-UA 1 only
required for Minor. All Psychology Courses require PSYCH-UA 1)
(2 required for Major/ 1 for Minor)
_____ Introduction to Psychology (PSYCH-UA 1 & Recitation) AND
_____ Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (PSYCH-UA 10 & Recitation)
CORE A - Natural Sciences:
(2 required for Major/ 1 for Minor)
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Perception (PSYCH-UA 22 & Recitation)
Cognitive Neuroscience (PSYCH-UA 25 & Recitation)
Cognition (PSYCH-UA 29 & Recitation)
Developmental Psychology (PSYCH-UA 34 & Recitation)*
*PSYCH-UA 34 can count as a Core A or a Core B requirement.
CORE B - Social Sciences:
(2 required for Major/ 1 for Minor)
_____ Personality (PSYCH-UA 30 & Recitation)
_____ Social Psychology (PSYCH-UA 32 & Recitation)
_____ Developmental Psychology (PSYCH-UA 34 & Recitation)*
*PSYCH-UA 34 can count as a Core A or a Core B requirement.
______ Teaching Psychology (PSYCH-UA 2)
Prerequisite: Admittance by application only
______ Language and Mind (PSYCH-UA 27)
Prerequisite: PSYCH-UA 29
______ Abnormal Psychology (PSYCH-UA 51)
Prerequisite: PSYCH-UA 1, 30 or 32 or 34 or 36
______ Honors Seminar (PSYCH-UA 200.001/.002)
Prerequisite: Formal admission into the Honors Program
______ Special Topic: Systems of Psychotherapy (PSYCH-UA 300.001)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 1, 10, and 30 or 51
______ Special Topic: Psychology of Music (PSYCH-UA 300.002)
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CORE C - Laboratory Courses:
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(1 required for Major/ None required for Minor. All Core C courses require
PSYCH-UA 10)
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_____ Lab in Social & Organizational Psychology (PSYCH-UA 38)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 30 or 32 or 62
_____ Lab in Personality & Social Psychology (PSYCH-UA 39)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 30 or 32 or 51 or 62
_____ Lab in Developmental Psychology (PSYCH-UA 40)
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Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor, one (1) Core A course with a
grade of B or better, and a background in music
Special Topic: Lang. Acquisition & Cog. Dev. (PSYCH-UA 300.003)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 1 or Instructor Approval
Special Topic: Experiments in Beauty (PSYCH-UA 300.005)
Prerequisites: None
Special Topic: Phil, Hist., and Sys. Of Psych. (PSYCH-UA 300.006)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 1 as well as two (2) other psychology
courses and a GPA of at least 3.0
Special Topic: Auditory Perception & Cog. (PSYCH-UA 300.007)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 1, 10, and 22 or 29
Special Topic: Motivation and Volition (PSYCH-UA 300.008)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 29 and 32
Special Topic: Psychology of Law (PSYCH-UA 300.009)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 1 and 32
Lab in Infant Cognition (PSYCH-UA 300.010)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 34 and Permission of Instructor
Tutorial in Infant Research (PSYCH-UA 992)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 34 and Permission of Instructor
Research Experiences & Methods (PSYCH-UA 999)
Prerequisites: Permission of Department and PSYCH-UA 10 as well as
two (2) other psychology core courses and a GPA of at least 3.0
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 34
_____ Lab in Infancy Research (PSYCH-UA 42)
NOTE: Must be taken as part of a 2-course series
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 34 and Permission of Instructor
_____ Lab in Clinical Research (PSYCH-UA 43)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 34 or 51
_____ Lab in Perception (PSYCH-UA 44)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 22 or 25 or 29
_____ Lab in Human Cognition (PSYCH-UA 46)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 22 or 25 or 29
_____ Lab in Psychopathology (PSYCH-UA 48.001/.002)
Prerequisites: PSYCH-UA 30 or 51
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
 All courses require a grade of C or better to count toward the
Psychology Major.
 Psychology courses taken at other institutions must be approved
by Professor Andy Hilford for credit towards the Psychology Major
or Minor.
 PSYCH-UA 9 is equivalent to PSYCH-UA 10.
Updated 4/6/2011