Psych Requirements

Updated Summer 2011

NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN PSYCHOLOGY ** For students entering Northwestern in Fall 2010 or later ** 3 CORE COURSES: 110 Introduction to Psychology (prerequisite for most courses) 201 Statistical Methods in Psychology (prereq: 110) 205 Research Methods in Psychology (prereq: 201) AT LEAST 8 ADDITIONAL PSYCHOLOGY COURSES, including: § at least 2 from Column A (Row 1 or Row 2) § at least 2 200-level courses § at least 2 from Column B (Row 1 or Row 2) (may include COG SCI 210 and 211) § at least 1 from Row 2 § at least 3 300-level courses A course may count toward more than one of these requirements, but the total must be at least 8. FIVE RELATED COURSES (REQUIRED IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE): Two 200-level mathematics courses plus three additional courses chosen from the following: Mathematics at the 200-level; COG SCI 207; EECS 110, 111, or 130; all courses outside of psychology and cognitive science counting toward the WCAS Area I-Natural Sciences requirement. AP credits in Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Physics count toward this requirement. With permission, Psych 351 may count toward this requirement instead of as a psychology course.

COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C (social/personality/clinical) (cognitive/neuroscience) (other courses) Row 1-Foundation Courses. Prerequisites other than Psych 110 are shown in parentheses. 204 Social Psychology 212 Introduction to Neuroscience 200 Advanced Introductory 215 Psych of Personality (1 biology course recommended) Psychology 303 Psychopathology 228 Cognitive Psychology repeat for credit218 Developmental Psychology (may with change in topic) 306 Intro to Clinical Psych (303) 312-1, -2 Physiological Psychology 314 Special Topics in Psychology 376 Cognitive Behavior (1 biology course for 312-1; 312-1 (prereqs vary) Therapy (303) for 312-2; 205 recommended) 323 Deception: Processes & 384 Close Relationships (204) 324 Perception Detection 385 Psychology of Attitudes...