McDaniel College 

Major in Psychology
Courses Required for the Basic Major in Psychology (40 hrs.) - For Students who entered in the graduating class of 2012 and earlier:
  • PSY 1106: Introduction to Psychology
  • PSY 2223: Psychological Methods & Statistics I
  • PSY 2224: Psychological Methods & Statistics II (lab included)
  • PSY 2201: Psychology of Learning and Animal Laboratory OR PSY 2215 Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Laboratory
  • PSY 2211: Psychology of Abnormality
  • Four additional Psychology courses
  • One capstone course or independent research conducted under the supervision of a faculty member.

Courses Required for the Basic Major in Psychology (44 hrs.) - For Students who enter in the graduating class of 2013 and later:

  • PSY 1106: Introduction to Psychology
  • PSY 2223: Psychology Methods and Statistics I
  • PSY 2224: Psychology Methods and Statistics II and lab
  • TWO courses from:
              PSY 2201: Psychology of Learning and Animal Laboratory
             
    PSY 2214: Behavioral Neuroscience
             
    PSY 2215: Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Laboratory
  • ONE course from:
             
    PSY 2211: Abnormal Psychology
             
    PSY 2303: Personality Psychology
             
    PSY 2305: Health Psychology
  • ONE course from:
              PSY 2204: Social Psychology
             
    PSY 2209: Developmental Psychology
  • PSY 3XXX: Writing in Psychology Junior Seminar
  • ONE 3000-level elective
  • ONE additional Psychology elective OR 4 independent study/internship credits in Psychology
  • PSY 4492/4499: Capstone course or independent research conducted under the supervision of a faculty member.
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