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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.

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.

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.

This is our best prediction as of Oct. 12, 2026. At times the schedule may need to be adjusted (e.g., faculty member on family leave; course reduction for a new grant).

Fall 2026

General Psychology Courses

  • PSY 101 General Psychology (Flaherty, Reynolds, Smith)
  • PSY 200 Research Design & Statistics 1 (Beribisky)
  • PSY 300 Research Design & Statistics 2 (Beribisky)
  • PSY 312 Data Visualization (Smith)

Cognitive/Neuroscience

  • PSY 280 Human Neuropsychology (Icard)
  • PSY 303 Psychology Research: Behavioral Neuroscience (Ramirez)

 Clinical/Developmental

  • EDU 361 Bilingualism & Literacy (Fernandez)
  • PSY 226 Death & Dying (Reynolds)
  • PSY 231 Abnormal Psychology (Humphrey)
  • PSY 240 Psychological Interventions (Stutts)
  • PSY 242 Educational Psychology (Kumar)
  • PSY 245 Psychology of Aging (Multhaup)

Social/I-O

  • PSY 232 Social Psychology (Good)
  • PSY 235 Cultural Psychology (Foust)
  • PSY 318 Psychology Research: Social Psychology (Good)
  • PSY 321 Qualitative Research Methods (Foust)

Seminar

  • PSY 350 Advanced Seminar: Language Learning and Development (Flaherty)
  • PSY 354 Advanced Seminar: Medical Rehabilitation (Stutts)
  • PSY 362 Advanced Seminar: Early Social Learning (Kumar)
  • PSY 364 Advanced Seminar: Science of Relationships (Bagwell)

Capstone

  • PSY 401 Issues in Psychology (Boyd)

Spring 2027

General Psychology Courses

  • PSY 101 General Psychology (Boyd, Humphrey, Reynolds)
  • PSY 200 Research Design & Statistics 1 (Reynolds 2 sections)
  • PSY 300 Research Design & Statistics 2 (Kumar 2 sections)
  • PSY 313 (Beribisky)

 Cognitive/Neuroscience

  • BIO 220 Comparative Neuroendocrinology (Baran)
  • PSY 282 Learning (Ramirez)
  • PSY 284 Drugs and Behavior (Smith)

Clinical/Developmental

  • PSY 220 Health Psychology (Stutts)
  • PSY 241 Child Development (Flaherty)
  • PSY 243 Adolescent Development (Bagwell)
  • PSY 315 Psychology Research: Child Development (Flaherty)

Social/I-O

  • POL 384 Psychology of Political Leadership (Ceka)
  • PSY 235 Cultural Psychology (Foust)
  • PSY 316 Psychology Research: Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Ng)

Seminar

  • PSY 354 Advanced Seminar: Medical Rehabilitation & Disability (Stutts)
  • PSY 356 Advanced Seminar: PTSD (Humphrey)
  • PSY 357 Advanced Seminar: Human Sexuality (Foust)
  • PSY 360 Neurophilosophy (Ramirez)
  • PSY 362 Early Social Learning (Kumar)
  • PSY 365 Advanced Seminar: Clinical Neuropsychology (Icard)

Capstone

  • PSY 400 Senior Thesis (by arrangement with individual faculty)
  • PSY 401 Issues in Psychology (Boyd, Multhaup)
  • PSY 404 Psychology of Endings (Multhaup)

Fall 2027

General Psychology Courses

  • PSY 101 General Psychology (Boyd, Smith)
  • PSY 200 Research Design & Statistics 1 (Beribisky, Flaherty)
  • PSY 300 Research Design & Statistics 2 (Ng)
  • PSY 400 Senior Thesis (by arrangement with individual faculty)

Biological

  • PSY 280 Human Neuropsychology (Icard)
  • PSY 303 Psychology Research: Behavioral Neuroscience (Ramirez)

Cognitive

  • PSY 301 Psychology Research: Perception & Attention (Bond)

Developmental

  • EDU 361 Bilingualism & Literacy (Fernandez)
  • PSY 245 Psychology of Aging (Multhaup)
  • PSY 315 Psychology Research: Child Development (Flaherty)

Social/I-O

  • PSY 232 Social Psychology (Good)
  • PSY 235 Cultural Psychology (Foust)
  • PSY 318 Psychology Research: Social Psychology (Good)

Mental & Physical Health

  • PSY 231 Abnormal Psychology (Humphrey)
  • PSY 234 Childhood Psychopathology (Bagwell)
  • PSY 240 Psychological Interventions (Stutts)
  • PSY 314 Psychology Research: Clinical (Sockol)

Seminar

  • PSY 354 Advanced Seminar: Medical Rehabilitation (Stutts)
  • PSY 357 Advanced Seminar: Human Sexuality (Foust)
  • PSY 359 Advanced Seminar: DEI in Organizations (Ng)
  • PSY 3xx Advanced Seminar: Quantitative Psychology (Beribisky)

Capstone

  • PSY 401 Issues in Psychology (Boyd)

Spring 2028

General Psychology Courses

  • PSY 101 General Psychology (Foust, Smith, Sockol)
  • PSY 200 Research Design & Statistics 1 (Good)
  • PSY 300 Research Design & Statistics 2 (Beribisky, Bond)
  • PSY 313 (Beribisky)

 Biological

  • BIO 220 Comparative Neuroendocrinology (Baran)
  • BIO 223 Animal Behavior (Villa)
  • PSY 282 Learning (Ramirez)

Cognitive

  • PSY 276 Cognitive Psychology (Bond)
  • SPA 307 The Bilingual Mind (Jimenez)

Developmental

  • PSY 241 Child Development (Flaherty)
  • PSY 243 Adolescent Development (Bagwell)

Social/I-O

  • PSY 254 Industrial Organizational Psychology (Ng)
  • PSY 316 Psychology Research: Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Ng)
  • PSY 321 Qualitative Research Methods (Foust)

Mental & Physical Health

  • PSY 220 Health Psychology (Stutts)
  • PSY 231 Abnormal Psychology (Sockol)

Seminar

  • PSY 324 Advanced Seminar: Functional Neuroanatomy (Ramirez)
  • PSY 350 Advanced Seminar: Language Learning and Development (Flaherty)
  • PSY 356 Advanced Seminar: PTSD (Humphrey)
  • PSY 365 Advanced Seminar: Clinical Neuropsychology (Icard)

Capstone

  • PSY 401 Issues in Psychology (Good)
  • PSY 404 Psychology of Endings (Multhaup)
  • PSY 40x New Capstone (Smith)