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Planning your courses a year or two in advance is good idea to ensure you have the prerequisites necessary for upper level courses. Remember there are 10 courses required to fulfill a psychology major.

  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • PSY 200
  • PSY 300
  • One methods course from Cognitive/Neuroscience areas
  • One methods course from Developmental/Clinical or Social-I/O areas
  • At least one seminar
  • Three electives, any columns (can include seminars, tutorials, practica)
  • One capstone-level course (PSY 400, 401, 402)
     

You also must meet the major distribution requirement, at least one course from each of the three major areas of psychology, including cognitive and neuroscience, clinical and developmental, and social and industrial/organizational. Seminars do not count towards your major distribution requirement.

A third methods course is required to be eligible to be considered for honors.

To help ensure that you meet all of the necessary requirements, download this helpful course planning sheet (PDF).

Course Offerings

The schedule below represents courses the psychology department expects to offer in the next two academic years. Specific course offerings are not guaranteed because some scheduling changes may occur. Please refer to the Registrar's website for the current year’s course list.

Fall 2024

General Psychology Courses

  • PSY 101 General Psychology (Boyd, Flaherty, Sockol)
  • PSY 200 (Eiler, Salter)
  • PSY 300 (Ng)

Cognitive/Neuroscience

  • PSY 276 Cognitive Psychology (Bond)
  • PSY 280 Human Neuropsychology (Icard)
  • PSY 284 Drugs & Behavior (Smith)
  • PSY 303 Psychology Research: Behavioral Neuroscience (Ramirez)
  • PSY 304 Psychology Research: Memory (Multhaup)

 Clinical/Developmental

  • PSY 220 Health Psychology (Stutts)
  • PSY 231 Abnormal Psychology (Sockol)
  • PSY 241 Child Development (Flaherty)
  • PSY 243 Adolescent Development (Bagwell)

 Social/I-O

  • PSY 254 Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Boyd)
  • PSY 313 Psychology Research: Quantitative/Experimental (Eiler)
  • PSY 317 Psychology Research: Cultural Psychology (Salter)
  • PSY 318 Psychology Research: Social Psychology (Good)

Seminar

  • PSY 354 Advanced Seminar: Medical Rehabilitation & Disability (Stutts) 
  • PSY 359 Advanced Seminar: Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Ng)
  • PSY 366 Advanced Seminar: Psychology of Women (Bond)
  • PSY 371 Advanced Seminar: Data Visualization (Smith)

Spring 2025

General Psychology Courses

  • PSY 101 General Psychology (Bond, Boyd)
  • PSY 200 (Good)
  • PSY 300 (Eiler)

 Cognitive/Neuroscience

  • BIO 220 Comparative Neuroendocrinology (Baran)
  • BIO 223 Animal Behavior (Villa)
  • PSY 245 Psychology of Aging (Multhaup)
  • PSY 282 Learning (Ramirez)
  • PSY 301 Psychology Research: Perception & Attention (Bond)
  • PSY 305 Psychology Research: Learning (Smith)

Clinical/Developmental

  • PSY 234 Child Psychopathology (Bagwell)
  • PSY 314 Psychology Research: Clinical Psychology (Sockol)
  • PSY 315 Psychology Research: Child Development (Flaherty)

Social/I-O

  • PSY 232 Social Psychology (Good)
  • PSY 257 Sport & Performance Psychology (Eiler)
  • PSY 316 Psychology Research: Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Ng)

Seminar

  • PSY 350 Advanced Seminar: Language Learning & Development (Flaherty)
  • PSY 354 Advanced Seminar: Medical Rehabilitation & Disability (Stutts)
  • PSY 360 Advanced Seminar: Neurophilosophy (Ramirez)
  • PSY 365 Advanced Seminar: Clinical Neuropsychology (Icard)

Capstone

  • PSY 400 Senior Thesis (by arrangement with individual faculty)
  • PSY 401 Issues in Psychology (Boyd, Multhaup, Sockol)
  • PSY 402 History & Systems in Psychology (Salter)

Fall 2025

General Psychology Courses

  • PSY 101 General Psychology (Bond, Boyd, Sockol)
  • PSY 200 (Flaherty)
  • PSY 300 (Eiler)

Cognitive/Neuroscience

  • PSY 276 Cognitive Psychology (Bond)
  • PSY 284 Drugs & Behavior (Smith)
  • PSY 303 Psychology Research: Behavioral Neuroscience (Ramirez)
  • PSY 304 Psychology Research: Memory (Multhaup)

 Clinical/Developmental

  • PSY 231 Abnormal Psychology (Sockol)
  • PSY 241 Child Development (Flaherty)

 Social/I-O

  • PSY 254 Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Boyd)
  • PSY 260 Organizational Development (Ng)
  • PSY 313 Psychology Research: Quantitative/Experimental (Eiler)
  • PSY 317 Psychology Research: Cultural Psychology (Salter)
  • PSY 318 Psychology Research: Social Psychology (Good)

Seminar

  • PSY 359 Advanced Seminar: Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Ng)
  • PSY 364 Advanced Seminar: Science of Relationships (Bagwell)
  • PSY 365 Advanced Seminar: Clinical Neuroscience (Icard)
  • PSY 369 Advanced Seminar: Black Psychology (Salter)

Spring 2026

General Psychology Courses

  • PSY 101 General Psychology (Boyd, Ng)
  • PSY 200 (Good)
  • PSY 300 (Bond)

 Cognitive/Neuroscience

  • BIO 223 Animal Behavior (Villa)
  • PSY 245 Psychology of Aging (Multhaup)
  • PSY 280 Human Neuropsychology (Icard)
  • PSY 282 Learning (Ramirez)
  • PSY 301 Psychology Research: Perception & Attention (Bond)
  • PSY 305 Psychology Research: Learning (Smith)

Clinical/Developmental

  • PSY 220 Health Psychology (Stutts)
  • PSY 234 Child Psychopathology (Bagwell)
  • PSY 314 Psychology Research: Clinical Psychology (Sockol)

Social/I-O

  • PSY 235 Cultural Psychology (Salter)
  • PSY 316 Psychology Research: Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Ng)

Seminar

  • PSY 324 Advanced Seminar: Functional Neuroanatomy (Ramirez)
  • PSY 351 Advanced Seminar: Gender & Psychopathology (Sockol)
  • PSY 354 Advanced Seminar: Medical Rehabilitation & Disability (Stutts)
  • PSY 367 Advanced Seminar: Psychological Modeling (Eiler)

Capstone

  • PSY 400 Senior Thesis (by arrangement with individual faculty)
  • PSY 401 Issues in Psychology (Boyd, Multhaup)
  • PSY 402 History & Systems in Psychology (Salter)