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Psychology

Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA

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Program
Award
Psychology
Total credits (published)
16
Catalog edition
Catalog 2026-27
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The major in psychology requires coursework in research methods, statistics, developmental psychology, social psychology, personality and abnormal psychology, perception and cognition, and the study of the biological bases of behavior.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166939
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166939_65e5e1d2_1
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements for the Major

major core · 4 items
  1. One 100-level course in psychology
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  2. PSYCH 201
    4
  3. PSYCH 204
    4
  4. At the 200 level, all majors must take courses in at least three of the five areas of the psychology curriculum: 1
    Not resolved to a course
    12

A) social psychology

0 items

    B) personality and abnormal psychology

    0 items

      C) developmental and educational psychology

      0 items

        D) perception, cognition and language

        0 items

          E) biological bases of behavior

          8 items
          1. At least one 300-level laboratory course. Current laboratory courses are:
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          2. PSYCH 310
          3. PSYCH 326
          4. PSYCH 330
          5. PSYCH 331
          6. PSYCH 340
          7. PSYCH 350
          8. Two additional 300-level courses, which can be fulfilled by any combination of the following:
            Not resolved to a course
            8

          Additional laboratory courses

          0 items

            Lecture, seminar, practicum courses

            0 items

              Independent study at the 300 level 2

              0 items

                Requirements for the Minor

                3 items
                1. PSYCH 201
                  4
                2. PSYCH 204
                  4
                3. Two other courses at the 200 or the 300 level, of which:
                  Not resolved to a course
                  8

                one must be from curriculum areas A–C: social psychology; personality and abnormal psychology; and developmental and educational psychology

                0 items

                  one must be from curriculum areas D–E: perception, cognition, and language; and biological bases of behavior

                  0 items
                    Source. Mount Holyoke College, catalog Catalog 2026-27 — http://catalog.mtholyoke.edu/areas-study/psychology/. Captured page pages/0020.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.