Major Requirements for Psychological Scientist

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13 course credits, including:

• Three foundation courses (required of all psychology majors):
  
  • Fundamentals of Psychological Science  (PSY 161)
  • Research Methods (PSY 394)
  • One course in statistics (INT 201 or MAT 347-348)
• One course in personality/social psychology selected from: 
  • Social Psychology (PSY 274)
  • Multicultural Psychology (PSY 276)
  • Personality Theories (PSY 279)
  • Abnormal Psychology (PSY 381)
• One course in experimental psychology selected from: 
  • Cognitive Psychology (PSY 272)
  • Learning and Behavior (PSY 273)
  • Memory (PSY 370)
• One course in developmental psychology selected from:
  
  • Child Development (PSY 277)
  • Adolescence (PSY 278)
  • Adult Development and Aging (PSY 386)
• One course in biological processes selected from:
  
  • Biopsychology (PSY 281)
  • Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (PSY 383)
  • Foundations: Cellular Biology (BIO 141)
  • Other relevant topics courses in psychology
• Two additional courses in psychology (may include multiple courses from categories listed above)
• Statistical Methods II (INT 202)
• Capstone course: Senior Seminar (PSY 483)
• Two courses in the wider scientific and quantitative context selected from:
  
  • Calculus of a Single Variable (MAT 120 or MAT121)
  • Chemical Principles I (CHE 121)
  • Chemical Principles II (CHE 122)
  • Accelerated General Chemistry (CHE 161)
  • Foundations: Cellular Biology (BIO 141)
  • Organismal Biology (BIO 142)
  • Depending on the specific programs of students, other courses may be considered on a course by course basis