Credits cannot be substituted for major requirements. Fall and Spring. Courses must be approved by the Educational Policy Committee. A one-semester research project, with instruction on research methods and statistical analysis. Requires thorough literature search on a psychological topic, design of an empirical research project, and preparation of materials related to the ethical considerations pertaining to research with humans or other animals.
Students work individually with a faculty adviser.
Fall and Spring. A tutorial course on special topics offered to an individual student under the supervision of a faculty member. Fall and Spring. A study of changing views of psychology from Aristotle to the present, with emphasis on the influences of ideas and methodologies on the evolution of systems and theories of psychological thought over the past hundred years. The course offers integrative perspective to the several courses of the psychology major.