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Postbaccalaureate Psychology Program
Coursework
Students enroll over a one- or two-year period in 8-12 courses including:
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an introductory course in psychology (W1001)
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a laboratory course in experimental psychology
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a course in statistics
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one course in each of the following three basic areas of psychology:
social/personality/clinical
cognition/perception
psychobiology/neuroscience
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one advanced seminar in their proposed area of specialization:
clinical/counseling psychology
social-personality psychology
cognition and decision making
sensation and perception
emotion
developmental psychology
psychophysiology
cognitive and behavioral neuroscience
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two semesters of research participation
Courses of Instruction (28-31 points)
 Course
Descriptions
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Core courses (10-11 points total)
PSYC 1001. The science of psychology. 3-4 points.
One of the following laboratory courses (4 points total):
PSYC 1420. Experimental psychology: human behavior. 4 points.
PSYC 1440. Experimental psychology: learning and motivation. 4 points.
PSYC 1490. Experimental psychology: thinking and decision making. 4 points.
One of the following statistics courses (3 points total):
STAT 1001. Introduction to statistical reasoning. 3 points.
STAT 1111. Introduction to statistics, A. 3 points.
STAT 1211. Introduction to statistics, B. 3 points.
One course from each of the following groups (in addition to the introductory
research design and statistics courses described above)
Group 1 (3-4 points total)
Perception and Cognition (any course in the 2200s, 3200s, or 4200s), PSYC
1420, PSYC 1490
Group 2 (3-4 points total)
Psychobiology and Neuroscience (any course in the 2400s, 3400s, or 4400s),
PSYC 1010, or PSYC 1440
Group 3 (3 points total)
Social, Personality, and Abnormal Psychology (any course in the 2600s, 3600s,
or 4600s)
One advanced seminar (3 points)
3000-, 4000-, or 6000-level courses
Two semesters of participation in supervised research (6 points)
The precise program of each student takes his or her background in psychology
into consideration.
With the prior approval of the Program Director, up to two courses taken elsewhere
may be credited to the program requirements.
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