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Psychological Sciences


Cognitive Psychology Concentration

This concentration emphasizes the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, perception, memory, problem-solving, thinking, and language. 

Foundations of Psychology (15 hours)

  • Survey of the Discipline (3 hours)
    • PSYS 100 Introductory Psychology
    • PSYS 160 Introduction to Biopsychology
  • Developmental Processes (3 hours)
    • PSYS 220 Introduction to Lifespan Developmental Psychology
    • PSYS 321 Child Developmental Psychology
  • Learning and Cognition (3 hours)
    • PSYS 333 Cognitive Psychology is required
  • Individual Differences and Social Processes (3 hours)
    • PSYS 350 Social Psychology
    • PSYS 440 Abnormal Psychology
  • Biological Bases of Behavior and Mental Processes (3 hours)
    • PSYS 360 (or PSYS 362) Behavioral Neuroscience
    • PSYS 363 Sensory and Perceptual Systems

Research Methods and Statistics (7 hours)

  • PSYS 210 Research Methods in Psychology
  • PSYS 211 Research Methods in Psychology Laboratory
  • PSYS 313 Statistics in Psychology

Integrative Science in Psychology (3 hours)

  • PSYS 380 Psychology and Science Fiction
  • PSYS 481 History of Psychology
  • PSYS 490 Research, Readings, or Special Projects in Psychology

Lab Experience (1-3 hours) 

    • Select any one PSYS course with a laboratory or lecture / laboratory designation at the 300-level or above.
    • This requirement began with the 2017-2018 catalog.

Cognitive Psychology Concentration Courses (12 hours)

  • PSYS 331 Principles of Human and Animal Learning
  • PSYS 363 Sensory and Perceptual Systems
  • PSYS 423 Psychology of Adult Life and Aging
  • PSYS 431 Psychology of Language
  • PSYS 433 Judgment & Decision Making
  • PSYS 462 Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSYS 490 Research, Readings, or Special Projects in Psychology
  • PSYS 499 Senior Seminar in Psychology (category-related topic)
  • PSY 412 Psychology of Motivation and Emotion

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 Last Modified 12/5/23