Psychology Major Requirements
The Psychology major is just part of what you'll need to graduate from UIUC. General Education courses and electives (courses you take for fun, to develop a skill, or for requisite pre-professional courses) will make up your entire UIUC academic experience.
In order to graduate with a Psychology major, 32 hours* of Psychology coursework (coursework with "PSYC" rubric) is required.
*New freshmen matriculating (beginning) Fall 2012 will be required to complete a minimum 33 hours of Psychology coursework.
I) Introductory Psychology (complete one)
PSYC 100 - Intro to Psych (Offered Fall and Spring) |
PSYC 103 - Intro Experimental Psych (Offered occasionally) |
PSYC 105 - Psych Introduction (Offered occasionally - for Access & Achievement Students only) |
II) Statistics (complete one)
PSYC 235 - Intro to Statistics |
PSYC 301 - Psychological Statistics (Recommended or students planning to pursue Ph.D. work in Psychology) |
OR Equivalent Statistics Courses *– STAT 100; ECON 202; EPSY 280; SOC 280
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III) Biological/Cognitive (complete at least two)
| PSYC 204 - Brain & Cognition | PSYC 210 - Behavioral Neuroscience | PSYC 220 - Images of Mind |
| PSYC 224 - Cognitive | PSYC 230 - Perception | PSYC 248 - Learning & Memory |
| PSYC 358 - Human Factors |
IV) other Psychology (complete at least two)
| PSYC 201 - Social | PSYC 216 - Child | PSYC 238 - Abnormal |
| PSYC 239 - Community | PSYC 245 - Industrial/Organizational | PSYC 250 - Personality |
V) Research Methods/Laboratory (complete at least one)
| PSYC 311 - Techniques in Bio Psyc | PSYC 331 - Cognitive | PSYC 332 - Social/lab |
| PSYC 333 - Social/natural | PSYC 334 - Vision/Space | PSYC 350 - Personality |
| PSYC 363 - Developmental | PSYC 379 - Clinical | PSYC 429 - Hum/Comp Interact. |
| PSYC 437 - Advanced Psych lab (offered occasionally for undergraduates) | PSYC 489 - Neural Network Modeling Lab | PSYC 490 - Measurement & Testing |
VI) Advanced Hours (complete at least 12 hours - includes research Methods
Complete at least 12 hours of 300- or 400-level Psychology courses. All research methods/lab courses listed above will count toward this requirement. Consult the Course Catalog to view possible advanced courses.
VII) Supporting CoursE work
Nearly 1/3 of your LAS degree will consist of electives. How will you use those hours? That's what supporting course work is - 12 hours of work outside psychology that will complement the core program. The coursework will need to be approved through consultation with a Psychology advisor but you will the one to decide what your supporting course work will be. Supporting course work could be (but not limited to):
- a declared minor
- a second major
- pre-law interest
- pre-health courses
- specific graduate school preparation
Make this part of your plan – your major plan of study.