PSYCHOLOGY
FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall:
PSY 101
PSY 211
Spring:
PSY 101*
PSY 211*
One of the following courses (if PSY 101 was taken 1st semester):
PSY 203
PSY 205
PSY 206, 208
PSY 238
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall:
PSY 312**
PSY 237
Spring:
PSY 315**
COMMENTS:
Students enrolling in psychology courses must earn a grade of C- or higher in each prerequisite course.
*This course should be taken 2nd semester freshman year if it wasn’t taken 1st semester.
**312-315 sequence should be completed in sophomore year. A minimum grade of C- is required in both 211 and 312 in order to enroll in 315.
NOTES:
Psychology majors who wish to study abroad in the junior year should keep this plan in mind when scheduling courses each semester. If they wish to study in a country where a foreign language is spoken, they must be sure to enroll in the appropriate language courses at Hood in the freshman and sophomore years.
Contact: Dr. Robert Boyle, Rosenstock 29, at 301-696-3764.
PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS ENTERING HOOD IN 2010-2011
Minimum of 32 credits in PSY (at least 16 credits at the 300-level or above) required; minimum of 12 credits of PSY courses must be completed at Hood.
General Requirements (26 credits)
_______ 101 (3) Introduction to Psychology
_______ 205 (3) Social Psychology
_______ 211 (3) Elementary Statistics
_______ 312 (4) Non-Experimental Research Methods
_______ 315 (4) Experimental Research Methods
_______ 441 (3) History and Theories of Psychology
Select one:
_______ 401 (3) Theories of Personality
_______ 431 (3) Abnormal Psychology
Select one:
_______ 237 (3) Human Development I
_______ 238 (3) Human Development II
Choose two additional courses from one of the groups below. Three of these 6 credits must be at the 300-level or above.
Group I: Experimental
_______ 370F (3) Seminar: Cognitive Psychology
_______ 370G (3) Seminar: Animal Perception and Counseling Psychology
_______ 409 (3) Psychology of Learning
_______ 418 (3) Physiological Psychology
_______ 419 (3) Psychopharmacology (if not chosen above)
Group II: Social/Organizational
_______ 203 (3) Survey of Clinical, Community
_______ 221 (3) PY/SO Social Gerontology
_______ 238 (3) Human Development II
_______ 370B (3) Seminar: Industrial Psychology
_______ 370E (3) Seminar: Psychology of Human Sexuality
_______ 434 (3) Tests and Measurements
Group III: Personality/Clinical
_______ 203 (3) Survey of Clinical, Community
_______ 204 (3) Psychology of Death and Counseling Psychology
_______ 370A (3) Seminar: Intro to Counseling
_______ 370C (3) Seminar: Death and Dying
_______ 370E (3) Sem: Psy of Human Sexuality
_______ 401 (3) Theories of Personality (if not chosen above)
_______ 431 (3) Abnormal Psychology Psychological Perspectives (if not chosen above)
_______ 434 (3) Tests and Measurements
_______ 456 (3) Behavior Modification
Group IV: Developmental
_______ 204 (3) Psychology of Death
_______ 206 (3) Psychology of Women
_______ 208 (3) Psychology of Adolescence
_______ 221 (3) PY/SO Social Gerontology
_______ 237 (3) Human Development I (if not chosen above)
_______ 270 (3) AF/PY African America
_______ 238 (3) Human Development II
_______ 370D (3) Sem: Intro to Behavior Analysis (if not chosen above)
_______ 370C (3) Seminar: Death and Dying
_______ 373 (3) Psychology of Aging