Lower Division Requirements - 9 units

Special Grade Requirement:

All courses must be completed with a C or better to apply toward the Psychology major.

Note: Students may substitute equivalent courses taken at other universities in each area by articulation agreement or by permission of the Psychology program.

• 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 Requirements - 31 units

Special Grade Requirement:

All courses must be completed with a C or better to apply toward the Psychology major.

Note: Psychology majors normally take these courses at CI, however, students may substitute equivalent courses taken at other universities in each area by articulation agreement or by permission of the Psychology program.

• 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
• PSY 411 - Navigating Careers in Psychology Units: 3

Upper Division Psychology Electives - 14-15 units

Special Grade Requirement:

All courses must be completed with a C or better (or CR) to apply toward the Psychology major.

Note: Not all courses in this section will be offered in all years.

• PSY 305 - Field Research Methods Units: 3
• PSY 315 - Child Psychopathology Units: 3
• PSY 327 - Parenting Units: 3
• PSY 329 - Animal Behavior Units: 4
• 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 340 - History and Psychology of Nazi Germany (Cross-listed as HIST 340) Units: 3
• PSY 344 - Psychology and Traditional Asian Thought Units: 3
• PSY 346 - Human Motivation 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 (Cross-listed as BLST 420) Units: 3
• PSY 423 - Psychology of Stress & Coping Units: 3
• PSY 429 - Intergroup Relations Units: 3
• PSY 436 - Psychology and History of East Asian Warrior Cultures (Cross-listed as HIST 436) Units: 3
• PSY 442 - Psychology of Judgment and Decision-Making (Cross-listed as MKT 442) Units: 3
• PSY 445 - Adolescent Development Units: 3
• PSY 451 - The Neuroscience of Psychoactive Drugs Units: 3
• PSY 457 - Criminal Behavior Units: 3
• PSY 460 - Addiction Studies Units: 3
• PSY 461 - Special Topics in 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 - Atypical Psychopathologies and Culture Bound Syndromes Units: 3
• PSY 482 - Intermediate Statistics Units: 3
• PSY 483 - Applied Multivariate Analyses Units: 4
• 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 496 - Psychology Colloquium Units: 1-3 Recommended to take as a 2-unit course.
• PSY 497 - Directed Study in Psychology Units: 1-3
• PSY 499 - Senior Capstone Course Units: 1-3

General Education and Graduation Requirements - B.A.

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (21 units must be upper division), including the following General Education Requirements  (GE) and Graduation Requirements  not met within the major:

• American Institutions Requirements     
• GE Requirements  
  • Lower Division General Education Area 1-6 Requirements   
  • Upper Division General Education (UDGE) Requirements  (minimum of 3 units in each Area: UDGE-2  or UDGE-5 , UDGE-3 , and UDGE-4 ) 
• Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)  (C- or better grade)
• Language Requirement  (C- or better grade)
• Multicultural Perspectives (MP) Requirement  
• Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation  

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