Psychology, B.A.

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120 units

Summary of Units:

Lower Division Major Requirements	9
Upper Division Major Requirements	28
Upper Division Major Elective Requirements	12
Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements	71
Total Units	120

Lower Division Required Courses - 9 units

Psychology majors must take each of these courses:

Students will need to obtain a grade of C or better to apply these courses to the psychology major. Students may substitute equivalent courses taken at other universities in each area by articulation agreement or by permission of the Psychology program. Nine units from these required lower division courses may be counted toward GE requirements.

PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology Units: 3
PSY 202 - Biostatistics (Cross-listed as MATH 202) Units: 3
PSY 213 - Developmental Psychology Units: 3

Upper Division Required Core Courses 28 units

Psychology majors normally take these courses at CI. Students may substitute equivalent courses taken at other universities in each area by articulation agreement or by permission of the Psychology program. All courses must be passed with a grade of C or better to apply toward the Psychology major.

PSY 300 - Psychological Research and Statistical Methods I Units: 4
PSY 301 - Psychological Research and Statistical Methods II Units: 4
PSY 310 - History and Systems of Psychology Units: 3
PSY 312 - Social Psychology Units: 3
PSY 313 - Clinical and Abnormal Psychology Units: 3
PSY 314 - Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 4
PSY 317 - Theories of Personality Units: 3
PSY 318 - Learning, Cognition and Perception Units: 4

Upper Division Psychology Electives 12-13 units

Psychology majors must take 12-13 units of Upper Division Psychology Electives. Up to 6 units from interdisciplinary Psychology courses numbered 330-349 or 430-449 may be double-counted toward the upper division GE requirement. Not all courses will be taught in all years. Students must obtain a grade of C or better (or CR) in each of these courses to apply them to the psychology major. The current list of Upper Division Elective courses in Psychology is as follows:

PSY 303 - Statistical Applications in the Social Sciences (Cross-listed as SOC 303, POLS 303) Units: 4
PSY 305 - Field Research Methods Units: 3
PSY 315 - Child Psychopathology Units: 3
PSY 327 - Parenting Units: 3
PSY 330 - Behavioral Finance: The Psychology of Decision-making (Cross-listed as BUS 330) Units: 3
PSY 333 - Measurement and Testing of Groups and Individuals Units: 3
PSY 337 - Psychological Ethics and Moral Philosophy Units: 3
PSY 338 - Psychology of Art and Artists (Cross-listed as ART 338) Units: 3
PSY 339 - Psychology and Literature (Cross-listed as ENGL 339) Units: 3
PSY 340 - History and Psychology of Nazi Germany (Cross-listed as HIST 340) Units: 3
PSY 342 - Complementary and Alternative Health (Cross-listed as NRS 342) Units: 3
PSY 344 - Psychology and Traditional Asian Thought Units: 3
PSY 345 - Individuals with Disabilities in Society (Cross-listed as SPED 345) Units: 3
PSY 346 - Human Motivation Units: 3
PSY 348 - Healthy Aging (Cross-listed as NRS 348, SOC 348) Units: 3
PSY 357 - Psychology of Families Units: 3
PSY 370 - Fundamentals of Counseling Theory Units: 3
PSY 375 - Psychology of Health Counseling Units: 3
PSY 383 - Chicana/o Latina/o Identity and Empowerment (Cross-listed as CHS 383) Units: 3
PSY 400 - Case Studies in Psychopathology and Clinical Psychology Units: 3
PSY 410 - Psychological Testing Units: 3
PSY 420 - African American Families Units: 3
PSY 424 - Organizational Behavior (Cross-listed as MGT 424) Units: 3
PSY 429 - Intergroup Relations Units: 3
PSY 432 - Seminar in Leadership Units: 3
PSY 436 - Psychology and History of East Asian Warrior Cultures (Cross-listed as HIST 436) Units: 3
PSY 445 - Adolescent Development Units: 3
PSY 449 - Human-Computer Interaction (Cross-listed as COMP 449) Units: 3
PSY 457 - Criminal Behavior Units: 3
PSY 460 - Addiction Studies Units: 3
PSY 461 - Advanced Topics in Child and Adolescent Development Units: 3
PSY 470 - Seminar in Freud and Object Relations Theory Units: 3
PSY 471 - Seminar in Jungian and Archetypal Psychology Units: 3
PSY 473 - Bizarre Behavior and Culture Bound Syndromes Units: 3
PSY 482 - Intermediate Statistics Units: 3
PSY 490 - Topics in Psychology Units: 1-3
PSY 492 - Internship or Service Learning Units: 1-3
PSY 494 - Independent Research in Psychology Units: 1-3
PSY 497 - Directed Study in Psychology Units: 1-3
PSY 499 - Senior Capstone Course Units: 1-3

Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements - 71 units

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (40 units must be upper division) including all General Education (GE) and Graduation Requirements . The following areas must be included:

Additional Lower Division A-E (GE) Requirements not met within the major
Nine units of Upper Division Upper Division Interdisciplinary GE (UDIGE), courses are numbered 330-349 and 430-449. Six units may be within the major, 3 units must be outside the major (C or better grade)
Multicultural Requirement (C or better grade)
Language Requirement (C or better grade)
American Institutions Requirement
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation