Unit Requirements - New Psychology Major
Modification of requirements to fulfill the new major
Due to the budget cuts a number of psychology courses have been cancelled for the Fall semester. (Please consult the current class schedule for updates). In order to insure that our majors will be able to graduate in a timely fashion, we have modified the basic and breadth requirements of the new major on a temporary basis in the following ways:
- Core requirements remain unchanged, for a total of 11 units
- For the Basics course requirement, take 4 courses listed as "basic" courses in any of the 4 content areas, for a total of 12 units
- For the Breadth requirement, take 6 additional courses, either listed under "breadth" or "basic", in any of the 6 areas, for a total of 18 units
The total number of units for the new major remains 41 units.
For designation of core, basic and bredth courses see description below. Requirements that have been modified are italicized.
PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR |
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Course |
Title |
Units |
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Core Requirements |
11 |
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must |
PSY 200 |
General Psychology (or equivalent) |
3 |
earn |
PSY 303 |
Psychology: The Major and Profession (online) |
1 |
grades |
PSY 371 |
Introductory Psychological Statistics |
3 |
C or better |
PSY 400 |
Introduction to Research in Psychology |
3 |
CR for 303 and 690 |
PSY 690 |
Future Directions for Psychology Majors (online) |
1 |
Choose ONE Basic Course from each Basic Area 1-4 |
12 |
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Basic Area 1 |
PSY 432 |
Cognitive Dev: Language, Thinking, Perception |
3 |
PSY 492 |
Perception |
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PSY 494 |
Cognitive Psychology |
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PSY 581 |
Physiological Psychology I |
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Basic Area 2 |
PSY 431 |
Developmental Psychology |
3 |
PSY 451 |
Theories of Personality |
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PSY 452 |
Abnormal Psychology |
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PSY 491 |
Learning |
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Basic Area 3 |
PSY 300 |
Current Issues in Psychology |
3 |
PSY 440 |
Social Psychology |
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PSY 455 |
Cross-Cultural Psychology |
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PSY 474 |
Psychology of Social Justice |
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Basic Area 4 |
PSY 461 |
Intro to Industrial/Organizational Psychology |
3 |
PSY 462 |
Personnel Psychology |
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PSY 493 |
Motivation |
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PSY 525 |
Community Psychology |
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Choose additional courses from at least four different areas- in either Basic or Breadth categories |
18 |
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Other Courses (can be Basic or Breadth, from at least 4 different areas) |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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Total units in NEW Major |
41 |
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BREADTH COURSES (Area 1-6) |
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BREADTH Area 1: Cognitive and Physiological Science |
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PSY 301 |
Psychological Foundations I: Cognition, Motivation, Physiology |
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PSY 496 |
Cognitive Science: Models of Human Psychology |
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PSY 498 |
Cognitive Neuroscience: Psychological Models |
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PSY 531 |
Psycholinguistics |
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PSY 582 |
Physiological Psychology |
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PSY 586 |
Physiological Psychology Laboratory |
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PSY 594 |
Psychology of Biofeedback Process |
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BREADTH Area 2: Human Development & Individual Differences |
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PSY 302 |
Psychological Foundations II: Social, Personality and Developmental |
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PSY 430 |
Adolescent Psychology |
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PSY 433 |
Social, Emotional and Personality Development |
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PSY 435 |
Behavior Problems of Children |
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PSY 436 |
The Development of Femaleness and Maleness |
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PSY 442 |
Health Psychology |
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PSY 521 |
Introduction to Clinical Psychology |
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PSY 630 |
The Psychology of Aging |
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BREADTH Area 3: Social and Cultural Dynamics |
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PSY 320 |
Sex and Relationships |
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PSY 441 |
The Psychology of the Family |
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PSY 450 |
Variations in Human Sexuality |
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PSY 456 |
Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior |
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PSY 472 |
Legal Psychology |
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PSY 547 |
Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution |
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PSY 645 |
Group Processes |
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PSY 650 |
Research on Sexual Identity |
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BREADTH Area 4: Organizations, Institutions and Communities |
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PSY 463 |
Human Factors |
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PSY 464 |
Environmental Psychology |
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PSY 465 |
The Psychology of Work Life Stress |
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PSY 466 |
Training and Development in Organizations |
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PSY 475 |
Psychology of Policing |
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BREADTH Area 5: Statistics, Methodology, Background and Applications |
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PSY 477 |
Psychological Measurement |
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PSY 497 |
General Experimental Psychology |
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PSY 540 |
Introduction to Psychological Field Research |
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PSY 571 |
Statistical Analysis of Psychological Research |
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PSY 601 |
Theoretical Backgrounds in Psychology |
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PSY 671 |
A Statistical Package for Analysis of Psychological Research |
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PSY 691 |
Selected Topics |
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BREADTH Area 6: Special Projects in Psychology |
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PSY 558/559 |
Field Services Seminar/Psychological Field Service (minimum 3 units total) |
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PSY 680 |
Peer Advising in Psychology |
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PSY 685 |
Projects in the Teaching of Psychology |
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PSY 693 |
Proseminar I |
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PSY 694 |
Proseminar II |
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PSY 697 |
Senior Project Preparation |
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PSY 698 |
Senior Project in Psychology |
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PSY 699 |
Special Problems in Psychology |
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