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Planning Your Major

Many psychology majors or prospective psychology majors who wish to emphasize or specialize in a particular area of psychology wonder which course sequences are most appropriate for them. The following course organization is offered as a guideline to assist students in planning their major to meet individual needs and objectives. The faculty encourages flexibility in course selection and each student should plan his or her selections with the help of an advisor or a member of the psychology faculty.

Faculty members most closely associated with each area are listed next to it. Psychology 1 and 31 are basic to psychology, required of all majors, and thus have not been classified. This is also the case for Psychology 32 with the exception of Clinical psychology majors for whom this course is not required.

Applied/Industrial/Human Factors (Miller-Jacobs, Nickerson, Taylor)
Core: 17 (Industrial/Organizational)
  53 (Engineering Psychology)
   
Advanced: 120 (Project Study in Human Systems)
  130 (Advanced Engineering Psychology)

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Biological/Physiological/Psychopharmacology/Neuropsychology
(Cook, DeBold, Holcomb, Kanarek, Kuperberg, Miczek, Schendan, Urry)
Core:  25 (Physiological Psychology)
  29 (Human Neuropsychology)
  40 (Physiological Psychology Lab)
  45 (Laboratory in Functional Neuroimaging)
  48 (Psychopharmacology Lab)
  49 (Psychophysiology Lab)
   
Advanced: 103 (Brain and Behavior)
  104 (Advanced Seminar in Physiological Psychology)
  123 (Psychopharmacology)
  124 (Cognitive Neuroscience of Perception)
  127 (Behavioral Endocrinology)
  128 (Advanced Seminar in Nutrition & Behavior)
  129 (Cognitive Neuropsychology)
  148 (Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning and Memory)
   
Related: 55 (Human Sexual Behavior)
  56(Drugs & Behavior)
  57 (Nutrition & Behavior)

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Clinical (Harder, Kuperberg, Shin, Urry)
Core: 12 (Abnormal Psychology)
  38 (Research Methods in Clinical Psychology)
  71 (Clinical Methods)
   
Advanced: 105 (Psychoanalysis)
  106 (Seminar in Clinical Psychology)
  109 (Seminar in Cognitive Behavior Therapy)
  112
  116
  119 (Family Dynamics & Therapy)
  181-182 (Supervised Field Work)
   
Related: 14 (Psychology of Adolescence)
  15 (Theories of Personality)
  51 (Black Psychology)
  54
  55 (Human Sexual Behavior)
  56 (Drugs & Behavior)
  111 (Socialization: Children's Groups)
  123 (Psychopharmacology)
  138 (Family Interaction)
  152 (Psychology of Gender)

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Cognitive/Learning/Perception/Cognitive Neuroscience
(Bharucha, Bushnell, Chechile, Cook, Holcomb, Kuperberg, Nickerson, Schendan, Sternberg, Taylor)
Core: 18 (Thinking)
  26 (Animal Learning & Cognition)
  27 (Perception)
  28 (Cognitive Psychology)
  29 (Human Neuropsychology)
  41 (Perception & Cognition Laboratory)
  46 (Laboratory in Animal Cognition)
  49 (Psychophysiology Lab)
   
Advanced: 109 (Seminar in Cognitive Behavior Therapy)
  124 (Cognitive Neuroscience of Perception)
  129 (Cognitive Neuropsychology)
  140 (Mathematical Psychology)
  143 (Motivation & Emotion)
  144 (Memory & Retention)
  146
  148 (Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning & Memory)
  149 (Psychology of Language)
   
Related: 80 (The Psychology of Music)

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Developmental (Bushnell)
Core: 11 (Developmental Psychology)
  37 (Research Methods in Developmental Psychology)
   
  111 (Socialization: Children's Groups)
  118 (Topics in Infancy)
  152 (Psychology of Gender)
   
Related:  14 (Psychology of Adolescence)
  55 (Human Sexual Behavior)

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Leadership (Nathanson, Sternberg, and a new faculty member in 2007)
Related: 60 (Principles of Successful and Failed Leadership)
  134 (Interpersonal Conflict and Negotiation)
  196A (Seminar in Psychology)

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Methodological (Chechile)
Advanced: 107 (Advanced Statistics I)
  108 (Advanced Statistics II)
  110 (Computers in Psychology)
  125 (History & Systems of Psychology)
  140 (Mathematical Psychology)

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Social (Ambady, Maddox, Nathanson, Sommers)
Core: 13 (Social Psychology)
  36 (Experimental Social Psychology)
   
Advanced: 113 (Altruism & Aggression)
  114 (Advanced Social Psychology)
  133 (Psychology & Law)
  134 (Interpersonal Conflict & Negotiation)
  136 (Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination)
  137 (Integrative Seminar in Social Psychology)
  138 (Family Interaction)
  139 (Social Cognition)
   
Related: 15 (Theories of Personality)
  51 (Black Psychology)
  111 (Socialization: Children's Groups)
  116
  152 (Psychology of Gender)

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