The Department of Psychology offers A.B. and Sc.B. degrees. Either degree prepares a student for graduate study in psychology and related fields. The Sc.B. degree, however, provides additional background in sciences that are closely related to psychology and ensures that the student acquires research experience.
1. PSYC 0010 (or, advanced placement with score of 4 or 5, or IB score of 5 or above). An elective with prior approval from the Psychology Concentration Committee must be taken if placement for PSYC 0010 is granted.
2. PSYC 0090 or COGS 0090, or another statistics course with prior approval of the Psychology Concentration Committee.
3. Six courses (at least one in each area should be at 1000-level)
a. Two courses in Perception and Cognition
b. Two courses in Behavioral Neuroscience
c. Two courses in Social, Personality and Developmental Psychology
4. An advanced laboratory course
5. An advanced seminar
6. One biology course (or AP biology credit with a score of 4 or 5) and one other science course, with the prior approval of the Psychology Concentration Committee.
1. Ten courses as described for the A.B. degree (in 1-5 above)
2. Six supporting science courses selected from at least three of the following areas, with the prior approval of the Sc.B. Concentration Advisor: applied mathematics, biomedical sciences, chemistry, computer sciences, engineering, linguistics, mathematics, neuroscience, or physics. At least one course must be from either biomedical sciences or neural sciences. (Some courses offered by science departments, such as those intended for nonscience concentrators, may not meet this requirement). AP credit can substitute for only one of these courses.
3. PSYC 1990.
The honors program in psychology offers A.B. and Sc.B. candidates an opportunity to perform research in collaboration with a member of the psychology faculty. This research typically involves an advanced course in research methods in psychology (or an elective with the prior approval of the Concentration advisor), a semester of independent reading (e.g., PSYC 1970), and a semester of research (e.g., PSYC 1990), and it culminates in a senior honors thesis. For information concerning eligibility and requirements, see a departmental honors advisor.
Departmental Advisors: A.B. concentration: Hayden, Simmons. Sc.B. concentration: Simmons. Honors program: Krueger. Preclinical: Hayden. Transfer credits foreign studies advisor: Colwill.
Page last updated in January, 2009.