63 credits required for the major

  • 6 credits: The introductory course, PSYC 110 or an AP score of 4 or 5 or a higher level IB exam score of 6 or 7, and successful completion of a mid-level course)
  • 8 credits: The measurement and methods course and lab:
    • PSYC 200 Measurement and Data Analysis in Psychology
    • PSYC 201 Measurement and Data Analysis Lab
    (ideally to be taken during the sophomore or junior year)
  • 24 credits (courses cannot count in two groups):
    • 6 credits from the Biological and Behavioral Processes group 
    • 6 credits  from the Cognitive Studies group
    • 6 credits  from the Social Behavior, Development and Personality group
      • PSYC 244 Positive Psychology (not offered in 2022-23)
      • PSYC 246 Human Sexuality
      • PSYC 248 Cross-Cultural Psychology (not offered in 2022-23)
      • PSYC 250 Developmental Psychology (not offered in 2022-23)
      • PSYC 251 Lifespan Development
      • PSYC 252 Personality
      • PSYC 254 Psychopathology
      • PSYC 256 Social Behavior and Interpersonal Processes
      • PSYC 258 Social Cognition (not offered in 2022-23)
      • PSYC 260 Health Psychology (not offered in 2022-23)
    • 6 credits from any of the above courses listed in the groups
  • Two laboratory courses (in addition to PSYC 201) (4 credits):
    • CGSC 233 Laboratory in Cognitive Processes
    • MUSC 228 Perception and Cognition of Music Lab
    • PSYC 211 Laboratory Research Methods in Learning and Memory
    • PSYC 217 Laboratory Research Methods in Behavioral Neuroscience
    • PSYC 219 Laboratory Research Methods in Hormones, Brain, and Behavior
    • PSYC 221 Laboratory Research Methods in Sensation and Perception (not offered in 2022-23)
    • PSYC 233 Laboratory Research Methods in Cognitive Processes
    • PSYC 235 Psychology of Language Laboratory
    • PSYC 253 Research Methods in Personality
    • PSYC 257 Laboratory Research Methods in Social Behavior and Interpersonal Processes
    • PSYC 259 Laboratory Research Methods in Social Cognition (not offered in 2022-23)
    • PSYC 261 Health Psychology Lab (not offered in 2022-23)
  • Two upper-level courses (12 credits):
    • CGSC 382 Cognitive Development in Children and Adolescents
    • PSYC 318 Psychopharmacology
    • PSYC 354 Counseling Psychology
    • PSYC 358 Cross-Cultural Psychology Seminar in Prague: Cross-Cultural Psychopathology
    • PSYC 365 Science and Pseudoscience in Psychology (not offered in 2022-23)
    • PSYC 366 Cognitive Neuroscience (not offered in 2022-23)
    • PSYC 367 Neuropsychology of Aging
    • PSYC 370 Behavioral Neuroimmunology
    • PSYC 371 Evolutionary and Developmental Trends in Cognition (not offered in 2022-23)
    • PSYC 373 Topics in Professional Psychology
    • PSYC 375 Language and Deception (not offered in 2022-23)
    • PSYC 379 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (not offered in 2022-23)
    • PSYC 382 Topics in Social and Personality: Endings (not offered in 2022-23)
    • PSYC 384 Psychology of Prejudice
    • PSYC 386 Intervention Science: Using Psychology to Advance Social Good (not offered in 2022-23)
    only one of which may be PSYC 318, 354 or 358
  • The capstone seminar (6 credits):
    • PSYC 358 Cross-Cultural Psychology Seminar in Prague: Cross-Cultural Psychopathology
    • PSYC 399 Capstone Seminar
  • The integrative exercise PSYC 400 (3 credits)

Particular courses in biology, education, linguistics, mathematics and computer science, economics, philosophy, and sociology may also be recommended, depending on an individual’s interests and plans.

Majors will take the capstone seminar during the fall term of their senior year and their integrative exercise during the winter term of their senior year.