Psychology Major Tracking Sheet AB Requirements Eleven (11) courses in psychology are required for the major. The major is devised to provide breadth and depth, a small group course in psychology, and familiarity with the quantitative techniques and research methods used in the field. I. Breadth: Psychology 101, at least 2 survey courses that cover major areas of the field, quantitative techniques, and research methods. PSY 101 or AP or IPC credit (per Trinity guidelines; 11 additional courses are required if AP or IPC credit received) 2 Survey Courses in the following areas: Survey Course in the Biological (B 106/107) or Cognitive (C 102) Area Survey Course in the Abnormal/Health (A 105), Developmental (D 103), or Social (S 104) Area II. Depth: See Courses Listed by Area of Depth; can include 1 independent study course: 393, 394, 493, or 494. At least 3 courses in 2 areas where a survey course was completed. At least 1 course beyond the survey level must be in the Biological or Cognitive area and at least 1 course beyond the survey level must be in the Abnormal/Health, Developmental, or Social area. (Area: A B C D S) (Area: A B C D S) (Area: A B C D S) III. Instruction in Small Groups: At least 1 seminar. It is recommended that the seminar be taken in an area where a survey course was completed. (Area: A B C D S) IV. Quantitative Techniques (take before research methods): PSY 201/201L or 1 of the following: STA 101 STA 102 STA 104 STA 111 STA 250 MATH 342 V. Research Methods (take after quantitative techniques): PSY 202 or PSY 302-315 series, Course #: Title: VI. Additional Electives to bring total to 11 courses: Of the 11 courses required for the major, at least 9 must be taken at Duke; others, if approved, may count toward the 34 credits needed for graduation but will not count toward the major. At most, only 1 independent study course (393, 394, 493, or 494) may count toward the depth requirement and only 2 may count for the major. Additional course if AP or IPC credit was earned for PSY 101, Course #: Title: BS Additional Requirements: The BS degree requires completion of all requirements for the AB degree plus additional courses in the quantitative studies (QS) and natural sciences (NS). VII. Additional Quantitative Studies (QS): *Psychology 201/201L, the statistics class in psychology, will not enable students to enroll in Statistical Science 210 or 340, and students should review the Statistical Science website for the prerequisites for these classes. MATH 22 MATH 112 MATH 122 STA 210* or STA 340* VIII. Two (2) required NS courses in psychology: Can count towards the courses required for the AB degree, or if not used to meet AB requirements, toward the 5 NS elective classes required for the BS degree. IX. Natural Sciences (NS) Electives: 5 elective courses from an approved list (see Natural Sciences Elective Options) that meet the following criteria: (a) classes come from at least two external departments, and (b) at least 3 of the 5 are at or above the 200 level. Courses cross-listed with psychology and another department do not count as a second department.
Courses Listed by Area of Depth (revised 10/13/17) The following is a list of PSY courses by area of depth. Some courses will appear multiple times due to overlapping course content. Not every course is offered each semester; check the course schedule for current listings. General Courses (No Depth Area) 89S 101 155FS 185FS 190FS 193FS 201L 202 203 First-Year Seminars 1 Introductory Psychology NS 1,3, NS Vision Decoding Human Behavior 1,3 Focus - Special Topics Seminars 1,3 1,3, NS Neurobiology of Mind Introduction to Statistical Methods in Psychology Research Methods in Psychological Science RM Practicum 1 290 290S 390S 393-394 493-494 490S 496 590 690S Research Independent Study Research Independent Study Distinction Thesis Workshop 7 1 Course does not count toward the AB 2 Students may count one independent study course toward a depth area 3 Open to students in the Focus Program only 4 Does not fulfill the seminar requirement for the major 5 Junior year or earlier Abnormal/Health Area (A) 105 205 207 208 209 211 212 213 214 221 277 306 309 310 410S 411S 412S 436S 450S 471S 473S 474S 510S 605S 607S 609S 610S 316S 317S 318S 321S 322S 323 325 339S Abnormal Psychology Health Psychology and Behavior Change Child Clinical Psychology Behavioral Aspects of Health Stress and Coping The Psychology of Health Behavior Change Introduction to Forensic Psychology Advanced Abnormal Psychology NS Exercise and Mental Health NS Personality Looking Inside the Disordered Brain NS Research Methods in Clinical Psychology RM Research Methods in Global Health RM Research Methods in Psychopathology and Psychotherapy RM Clinical Issues for the LGBTQ Community Coping with Catastrophic Events Psychology of Positive Emotion and Experience Personality and Individual Differences Freud and Sexuality Fundamentals of Global Mental Health Social Development from Childhood to Early Adulthood Life Span Analysis of Social Relationships 611 613S 629S 655S 671S 681S 685S Biological Area (B) Special Topics in Psychology Lecture 8 Special Topics in Psychology Seminar 4, 8 2, 5, 8 2, 6, 8 6 Senior year 7 Graduation with distinction 8 Depth area dictated by course content NS Natural Sciences Elective RM Research Methods Requirement Community Based Prevention Intervention Research Disorders of Anxiety Psychology of Criminal Behavior Clinical Interventions with Children and Families The Psychology of Trauma and Memory Reward and Addiction NS The Neurobiology of the Pain System: Its Function and Dysfunctions NS Biological Psychology of Human Development Developmental Psychopathology Obesity and Eating Disorders NS Personality, Stress, and Disease NS Psychosocial Determinants of Health The Psychology of Mindfulness Meditation: Theory, Research, and Practice NS Global Mental Health NS Clinical Interventions: DBT Social Behavior and Personality Children's Peer Relations Nature and Treatment of Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan Genetics and Environment in Abnormal Biological Pathways to Psychopathology NS Course# Course Title Course# Course Title 106 107 113L Biological Bases of Behavior: Introduction and Survey NS Biological Bases of Behavior (Team Based Learning) NS Computing and the Brain NS 214 226 251 Exercise and Mental Health NS Sex/Gender - Nature/Nurture: Intersections of Biology and Society NS Learning and Adaptive 1
Biological Area (B) (continued) 257 258 273 274 275 276D 277 278 279 469S 470S 471S 473S 474S 477S 478S 280 281 282 302L 303L 308L 313 340S 351S 355S 375L 376S 461S Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience NS Decision Neuroscience NS Behavior and Neurochemistry NS Drugs, Brain, and Fundamentals of Neuroscience NS Brain and Behavior: Translating Neuroscience NS Looking Inside the Disordered Brain NS Neuroethics NS Behavioral Neuroimmunology: Brain and Behavior in Health and Disease NS Social and Affective Neuroscience NS Neuroscientific Approaches to Social Neuroscience of Movement and Athletic Performance NS Brain Waves and Cognition Functional Neuroimaging Perception and the Brain Contemporary Neuroscience Methods Educational Neuroscience Neuroplasticity and Expertise NS Visual Perception & the Brain NS Functional Anatomy of the Human Brain NS Behavioral Neuroendocrinology NS Neurobiology of Learning and Memory NS 480 499 499S 575 580 605S 607S 667S 670S 681S 684S 685S 686S Cognitive Area (C) 102 113L 211 214 227 240 250 251 252 254 255 256 257 258 277 278 280 281 302L 303L 308L 313 340S 352S Cognitive Psychology: Introduction and Survey NS Computing and the Brain NS The Psychology of Health Behavior Change Exercise and Mental Health NS Anthropology and Psychology Educational Psychology Myths and Mysteries of Memory Learning and Adaptive Psychology of Thinking The Creative Mind Human Cognitive Evolution NS Psychology of Language Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience NS Decision Neuroscience NS Psychological Anthropology Looking Inside the Disordered Brain NS Neuroethics NS Social and Affective Neuroscience NS Neuroscientific Approaches to Social Brain Waves and Cognition Functional Neuroimaging Perception and the Brain Contemporary Neuroscience Methods 355S 371S 405S 425 435S 437S 450S 451S 461S 469S 470S 473S 478S 479S 480 575 603S 629S 667S Educational Neuroscience Seeing and Knowing: Introduction to Visual Cognition NS 668S 670S Cognitive Control and the Prefrontal Cortex NS Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory NS Reward and Addiction NS The Neurobiology of the Pain System: Its Functions and Dysfunctions NS Biological Psychology of Human Development Biology of Nervous System Diseases NS Motivation, Action, Choice: Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms NS Affective Neuroscience NS Current Research in Neuroscience NS Current Research in Neuroscience NS Brain and Language NS The Biological Basis of Music Obesity and Eating Disorders NS Personality, Stress, and Disease NS Learning and Cognition in Humans, Animals, and Robots NS Language, Brain, and Human Behavior Genetics and Environment in Abnormal Hormones, Brain, and Cognition NS Biological Pathways to Psychopathology NS Principles of Neuroimmunology NS Visual Perception & the Brain NS Cognition in the Classroom: Applying the Science of Learning to Education Great Ideas in Psychology The Psychology of Consumers The Role of Race and Culture on Development Language Development The Psychology of Trauma and Memory Autobiographical Memory NS Neurobiology of Learning and Memory NS Cognitive Control and the Prefrontal Cortex NS Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory NS The Neurobiology of the Pain System: Its Function and Dysfuntions NS Motivation, Action, Choice: Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms NS Auditory Neuroscience NS Affective Neuroscience NS Brain and Language NS Research in the Classroom Social Behavior and Personality Learning and Cognition in Humans, Animals, and Robots NS Everyday Cognition Language, Brain, and Human Behavior 2
Cognitive Area (C) (continued) Course# Course Title Course# Course Title 681S Genetics and Environment in Abnormal 684S Hormones, Brain, and Cognition NS 685S Biological Pathways to Psychopathology NS Developmental Area (D) 103 207 226 235 236 239 240 242D 304 321S 322S 325 Developmental Psychology Child Clinical Psychology Social Identities Sex/Gender - Nature/Nurture: Intersections of Biology and Society NS Relationships Across the Lifespan Human Development* Psychosocial Aspects of Human Development Adolescence Educational Psychology Discovering Education and Human Development I: How Social Scientists Learn from Data Psychological Anthropology Child Observation RM Personality and Individual Differences Freud and Sexuality Social Development from Childhood to Early Adulthood 335S 339S 340S 435S 436S 437S 474S 510S 603S 655S 671S 681S Moral Development Life Span Analysis of Social Relationships Educational Neuroscience The Role of Race and Culture on Development Clinical Intervention with Children and Families Language Development Biological Psychology of Human Development Developmental Psychopathology Research in the Classroom Children's Peer Relations Nature and Treatment of Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan Genetics and Environment in Abnormal *Course no longer offered as PSY 235; HUMANDEV/SOCIOL 224 will not count towards the PSY major beginning Fall 2017 Social Area (S) 104 205 211 220 221 224 225 226 325 335S 368 410S 227 236 281 305 318S 324S Social Psychology Health Psychology and Behavior Change The Psychology of Health Behavior Change The Psychology of Gender Personality Social Identities Self and Society Political Psychology Sex/Gender - Nature/Nurture: Intersections of Biology and Society NS Anthropology and Psychology Relationships Across the Lifespan Psychosocial Aspects of Human Development Psychological Anthropology Neuroscientific Approaches to Social Research Methods in Social Psychology RM Psychology of Positive Emotion and Experience Motivation Science in Social Psychology 412S 425 426 435S 603S 609S 625S 627S 629S 655S Social Development from Childhood to Early Adulthood Moral Development Behavioral Finance Community Based Prevention Intervention Research Psychology of Criminal Behavior The Psychology of Consumers Social Psychology of Business The Role of Race and Culture on Development Research in the Classroom Psychosocial Determinants of Health Motives, Goals, and Social Behavior Stereotypes and Stigma Social Behavior and Personality Children's Peer Relations 3
Natural Sciences Elective Options (Revised 06/27/17) Students may petition for a course not listed here; contact the Psychology Undergraduate Studies office to find out how. Course list is periodically updated. Not every course is offered each semester; check the course schedule for current listings. Because additional NS courses in Psychology may count toward elective credits, courses cross-listed with Psychology are not listed here. Biology (BIOLOGY) 154 201L 202L 207 215L 329D 330L 372LA 373LA 250 267D 311 322 AIDS and Other Emerging Diseases Gateway to Biology: Molecular Biology Gateway to Biology: Genetics and Evolution Organismal Evolution Introduction to Modeling in Mathematical Biology Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Population Genetics Behavioral Ecology and the Evolution of Animal Behavior Systems Biology: An Introduction for the Quantitative Sciences From Neurons to Brain 412S 423S 426S 427S 431S 650 Biochemistry (BIOCHEM) Principles of Animal Physiology Comparative and Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates Biochemistry of Marine Animals Sensory Physiology and Behavior of Marine Animals Sensory Signal Transduction Development of Neural Circuits Visual Processing Current Topics in Sensory Biology Human Embryology: Reproductive Biology in the 21 st Century Molecular Population Genetics 301 302 Introductory Biochemistry I: Intermediary Metabolism Introductory Biochemistry II 658 659 Structural Biochemistry I Structural Biochemistry II Biomedical Engineering (BME) 253L L 271 307 354L 502 503 504 Biomedical Electronic Measurements I Modeling Cellular and Molecular Systems Signals and Systems Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems Introduction to Medical Instrumentation Neural Signal Acquisition Computational Neuroengineering Fundamentals of Electrical Stimulation of the Nervous System 511L 513 515 527 560 566 Intermediate Bioelectricity Nonlinear Dynamics in Electrophysiology Neural Prosthetic Systems Cell Mechanics and Mechanotransduction Molecular Basis of Membrane Transport Transport Phenomena in Cells and Organs Course # Course Title 503 Introduction to Physiology Cell Biology (CELLBIO) Computer Science (COMPSCI) 101L 201 220 224 270 316 Introduction to Computer Science Data Structures and Algorithms Introduction to Numerical Methods and Analysis Introduction to Computer Modeling Discrete Math for Computer Science Introduction to Computational Genomics Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Introduction to Database Systems 516 520 527 528 532 570 571D 662 663 Data-Intensive Computing Systems Numerical Analysis Introduction to Computer Vision Introduction to Computational Science Design and Analysis of Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Computational Systems Biology Algorithms in Structural Biology and Biophysics 1
Evolutionary Anthropology (EVANTH) 101 101D 212FS 246 285D 330L Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology Social Structures in an Evolutionary Framework Sociobiology Human Health in Evolutionary Perspective Human Anatomy and Physiology 333L 341 341D 363S 546S 560S The Human Body Primate Sexuality Primate Sexuality Evolution of Primate Social Cognition Primate Social Evolution Primate Cognition Global Health (GLHLTH) 362 Introduction to Epidemiology Focus on Global Health 115FS 123FS 211FS 641 Non-Communicable Diseases in Low- & Middle- Income Countries: Trends, Causes & Prevention Linguistics (LINGUIST) Games and the Brain 216FS When the Head s in Trouble: Language, 216S Lesions, and Loss 473AS The Neuroscience of Reading & Language 473S Comprehension 501 Mathematics (MATH) Neuroscience and Multilingualism Neuroscience and Multilingualism Cognitive and Neurolinguistics 216 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations 573S Modeling of Biological Systems 221 Linear Algebra and Applications Course # Course Title 559 The Biological Basis of Music Neurobiology (NEUROBIO) Neuroscience (NEUROSCI) 111FS 116FS 116S 123FS 157FS 242A 245A 288S The Neuroscience of Reading & Language Comprehension When the Head s in Trouble: Language, Lesions and Loss Games and the Brain Cell and Molecular Neurobiology The Creative Brain: Literature, Arts, & Cognition Cultured Brain: Neuroscience of Perception and Action Music as Biology 289 322 350 381LA 385L 423S 426S 427S 438AS 439S 501S Music and the Brain From Neurons to Brain Pharmacology: Drug Actions and Reactions Sensory Physiology and Behavior of Marine Animals Integrative Neuroscience Laboratory Development of Neural Circuits Visual Processing Current Topics in Sensory Biology Neuroscience & Multilingualism Neuroscience & Multilingualism Cognitive and Neurolinguistics Course # Course Title Exercise Physiology Course # Course Title Physical Education (PHYSEDU) Pharmacology (PHARM) 350 Pharmacology: Drug Actions and Reactions Psychology (PSY) ---Any NS course in Psychology--- Public Policy (PUBPOL) 241 Multi-Method Approaches to Social and Policy Research 1 348 Science and Policy of Obesity 1 Accepted methods course outside of Psychology 2
Course # 242A Course Title The Creative Brain: Literature, Arts & Cognition Romance Studies (ROMST) Sociology (SOCIOL) 332 Methods of Social Research 1 333 Quantitative Analysis of Sociological Data 1 Accepted methods course outside of Psychology Statistical Science (STA) 101 102 111 130 210 250D 320 321 Data Analysis and Statistical Inference Introductory Biostatistics Probability and Statistical Inference Probability and Statistics in Engineering Regression Analysis Probability Statistics Design and Analysis of Causal Studies Design and Analysis of Surveys 323 340 360 471S 611 622 623 Statistical Computing Introduction to Statistical Decision Analysis Bayesian Inference and Modern Statistical Methods Computational Data Analysis Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Statistical Data Mining Statistical Decision Theory 3