The Psychology department provides students with a background in the major
areas of expertise within the modern discipline of psychology. A major in psychology
leads to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree. Completion of requirements for
a
Bachelor's degree in psychology ensures that students have been given
an extensive background in research methods and have been introduced to the
basic
areas of specialization within psychology.
To this end, the curriculum is designed
around a set of required courses called The Core which includes Introduction
to Psychology, a sequence of three Research
Methods courses, Field Research and a Senior Seminar in a specialized area
of interest. In addition to The Core, students choose five elective courses
from three broad areas of subject matter: Group A, which consists of courses
in physiological and cognitive psychology, Group B, which are courses in
developmental, social and clinical psychology, and Group C, courses in cross-cultural
and
gender psychology. Finally, a student takes at least one more elective
from any one of the three groups.
