The curriculum prepares majors for graduate education in these fields and provides a relevant background for social work, education, medicine, law, and business. The department offers an honors program for outstanding students and encourages all majors to participate in advanced seminars and supervised research. Major Requirement Checklists should be completed before consulting an adviser. Returning students should check the Internet for recent updates to the curriculum. Many opportunities exist for becoming involved in research projects in the Department of Psychology .
All qualified students are welcome.
You may approach individual faculty members or see the departmental representatives for advice. Numbers Course numbers reflect the structure of the curriculum. The 1000 level contains introductions to psychology, introductory laboratory courses, and statistics. The 2000 level contains lecture courses that are introductions to areas within psychology and have few, if any, prerequisites. The 3000 level contains more advanced and specialized undergraduate courses, some of which are given in a lecture format and some in a seminar format.