Course Planning

Academic Departments

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.

The PSY department recently revised our major requirements; students in the class of ’28 and beyond will declare the major under the revised requirements. Please consult the appropriate list below.

PSY majors in the graduating classes of 2026 and 2027

PSY 101 General Psychology (or AP/IB credit)
PSY 200
PSY 300
Two research methods courses
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).

PSY majors in the graduating classes of 2028 and 2029

PSY 101 General Psychology (or AP/IB credit)
PSY 200
PSY 300
Two research methods courses
One seminar
Three electives (can include seminars, tutorials, practica)
One capstone seminar (PSY 401 or 402)

You also must meet the major distribution requirement. Students must take 1 course from at least 3 of the following areas: Biological, Cognitive, Developmental, Social & Personality, Mental & Physical Health. Seminars do not count towards your major distribution requirement.

Students completing a senior thesis may substitute PSY 400 for one of their research methods course requirements.

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 2025

General Psychology Courses

PSY 101 General Psychology (Boyd, Reynolds, Smith)
PSY 200 (Good)
PSY 300 (Kumar, 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 241 Child Development (Kumar)
PSY 243 Adolescent Development (Bagwell)
PSY 314 Psychology Research: Clinical Psychology (Sockol)
PSY 315 Psychology Research: Child Development (Flaherty)

Social/I-O

Seminar

PSY 359 Advanced Seminar: Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Ng)
PSY 364 Advanced Seminar: Science of Relationships (Bagwell)
PSY 366 Advanced Seminar: Psychology of Women (Bond)

Capstone

PSY 401 Issues in Psychology (Boyd)

Spring 2026