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Program checklist · Major in Psychology

Major in Psychology

State University of New York at New Paltz · New Paltz, NY

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Program
Award
Major in Psychology
CIP
42.2801
Total credits (published)
44
Catalog edition
2025-2026 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The 44-credit Psychology major leads to either a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196176
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196176_f1ca8cbe
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Prerequisite Course (3 Credits)

1 item
  1. PSY 101
    Introduction to Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Methodology Core (8 Credits)

major core · 2 items
  1. PSY 201
    Psychological Statistics 1
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  2. PSY301& PSY311
    Psychology Research Methodsand Research Methods Lab
    Not resolved to a course
    4

Content Core (15 Credits)

major core · 5 items
  1. PSY 221
    Social Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. PSY 231
    Psychopathology and Mental Distress
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. PSY 241
    Lifespan Development
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. PSY 351
    Cognitive Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. PSY 361
    History & Systems of Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Advanced Courses (15 Credits)

31 items
  1. Select five (5) courses by advisement. No more than six (6) credits from the following courses will count toward this requirement: PSY392 Internship, PSY394 Crisis Intervention, PSY494 Fieldwork In Psychology, PSY495 Independent Study Psychology, DIS492 Practicum in Disaster Response, and PSY393 Selected Topic or PSY493 Selected Topic courses designated as "experiential."
    Not resolved to a course
    15
  2. DIS 333
    3
  3. DIS 492
    3
  4. PSY 322
    Personality
    Not resolved to a course
  5. PSY 323
    Motivation
    Not resolved to a course
  6. PSY 324
    Psychology of Social Problems
    Not resolved to a course
  7. PSY 332
    Mental Health Professions
    Not resolved to a course
  8. PSY 334
    Behavior Modification
    Not resolved to a course
  9. PSY 352
    Perception
    Not resolved to a course
  10. PSY 353
    Psycholinguistics
    Not resolved to a course
  11. PSY 362
    Learning
    Not resolved to a course
  12. PSY 363
    Evolutionary Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
  13. PSY 364
    Constructivist Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
  14. PSY 372
    Psychology of Women
    Not resolved to a course
  15. PSY 383
    Organizational Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
  16. PSY 384
    Health Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
  17. PSY 392
    Internship
    Not resolved to a course
  18. PSY 393
    Selected Topic
    Not resolved to a course
  19. PSY 401
    Psychological Statistics II
    Not resolved to a course
  20. PSY 411
    Research Intensive
    Not resolved to a course
  21. PSY 443
    Infancy and Childhood
    Not resolved to a course
  22. PSY 444
    Adolescence and Adulthood
    Not resolved to a course
  23. PSY 452
    Behavioral Neuroscience
    Not resolved to a course
  24. PSY 453
    Cognitive Neuroscience
    Not resolved to a course
  25. PSY 454
    Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
    Not resolved to a course
  26. PSY 482
    Industrial Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
  27. PSY 485
    Psychological Testing
    Not resolved to a course
  28. PSY 492
    Crisis Intervention
    Not resolved to a course
  29. PSY 493
    Selected Topic
    Not resolved to a course
  30. PSY 494
    Fieldwork In Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
  31. PSY 495
    Independent Study Psychology
    Not resolved to a course

Research Experience (0 Credits)

1 item
  1. Complete at least 12 half-hour experiential credits (i.e., 6 hours).
    Not resolved to a course
    0

Capstone Experience (3 Credits)

1 item
  1. PSY 498
    Seminar in Psychology (Writing Intensive)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
Source. State University of New York at New Paltz, catalog 2025-2026 Catalog — https://catalog.newpaltz.edu/undergraduate/college-liberal-arts-sciences/psychology/major-psychology/. Captured page pages/0345.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.