Curriculum
Dr. Joshua Feinberg, Chairperson
The Psychology Department offers a major in Psychology with optional concentrations in Clinical Psychology, Forensic Psychology or Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Students may only declare one concentration. A minor in Psychology is also offered.
Requirements for Psychology Major
Degree of Bachelor of Science
| Required Courses | 12 | |
PS-151 | Introduction to Psychology | |
PS-200 | Statistics & Research Methods | |
PS-205 | Experimental Psychology | |
PS-210 | Advanced Stats & Computer Applications | |
| PS- | Psychology Electives | 12 |
| Select one course from each group: | ||
| Cognitive/Developmental | 3 | |
PS-230 | Childhood and Adolescence | |
PS-240 | Adulthood and Aging | |
PS-320 | Learning | |
PS-350 | Cognitive Processes | |
| Clinical | 3 | |
PS-250 | Personality | |
PS-260 | Abnormal Psychology | |
PS-425 | Psychology of Emotion | |
| Social/Applied | 3 | |
PS-310 | Social Experimental Psychology | |
PS-415 | Attitudes and Persuasion | |
PS-430 | Industrial-Organizational Psy | |
PS-433 | Stereotypes and Prejudices | |
PS-435 | Forensic Psychology | |
| Select two capstone labs.Please note, may take only 1 capstone per semester: | 6 | |
PS-311 | Capstone: Seminar Lab Social Experiment | |
PS-321 | ||
PS-351 | ||
PS-401 | Capstone Lab & Seminar in Moral Psych | |
PS-407 | Capstone: Seminar & Lab Political Psych | |
PS-416 | Capstone Sem/Lab: Attitudes & Persuasion | |
PS-426 | Capstone Seminar and Lab: Emotion | |
PS-431 | Capstone: Lab & Sem Industr Org Psych | |
| PS-434 | Cap Sem & Lab: Stereotypes & Prejudices | 3 |
PS-481 | Capstone: Seminar & Lab St | |
PS-499 | Capstone Seminar & Lab: General Psych | |
| Total Credits | 42 | |
Special Notes on Core Curriculum Requirements
| 1 | Psychology majors may not take courses designed for non-science majors (including |
| 2 | For the mathematics core requirement majors should take MA-103, MA-106, or MA-212. |
Optional Psychology Degree Concentrations
Students majoring in Psychology may choose (but are not required) to pursue a concentration in clinical psychology or forensic psychology. Concentrations entail 15 credits of coursework that allow students to focus on an area that they might be considering for graduate study and/or a future career. Pursuing a concentration does not affect the core or the total number of credits required for the psychology BS degree.
Concentration in Clinical Psychology
| PS-250 | Personality | 3 |
| PS-260 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
PS-305 | ||
PS-340 | Physiological Psychology | |
PS-398 | Undergrad Psychology Research | |
PS-450 | Cross-Cultural Psychology | |
PS-455 | Bio Foundations : Human Sexuality | |
PS-463 | Psychopathology & Film | |
| Total Credits | 12 | |
Concentration in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
| PS-310 | Social Experimental Psychology | 3 |
| PS-430 | Industrial-Organizational Psy | 3 |
| Select two of the following | 6 | |
PS-305 | ||
PS-398 | Undergrad Psychology Research | |
PS-415 | Attitudes and Persuasion | |
PS-433 | Stereotypes and Prejudices | |
PS-445 | Sport Psychology | |
| Total Credits | 12 | |
Concentration in Forensic Psychology
| PS-310 | Social Experimental Psychology | 3 |
| PS-435 | Forensic Psychology | 3 |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
PS-250 | Personality | |
PS-305 | ||
PS-398 | Undergrad Psychology Research | |
PS-433 | Stereotypes and Prejudices | |
PS-450 | Cross-Cultural Psychology | |
| Total Credits | 12 | |
Special Notes for Psychology-Education Double Majors
| 1 | ED-170 Child and Adolescent Psychology may replace PS-230 Childhood and Adolescence. |
| 2 | ED-301 Assessment may replace PS-305. |
| 3 | Double majors must plan early for the capstone laboratories since students may not student teach and take capstone laboratories at the same time. |
| 4 | If you take PS-235 Life Span Development, you may not take PS-230 Childhood and Adolescence or PS-240 Adulthood and Aging. |
Requirements for a Minor in Psychology
| PS-151 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PS- | Psychology Electives | 15 |
| Total Credits | 18 | |