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2017-2018

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Science Academic Plans

Psychology

Recommended Course Sequence

Advisors: See Faculty of Science, academic advisors.


Year One

Two 100-level courses in BIOL and any related labs (exclusive of BIOL 101)
CHEM 120 Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter
CHEM 120L Chemical Reaction Laboratory 1
CHEM 123 Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics
CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions Laboratory 2
MATH 127/MATH 128 Calculus 1 and 2 for the Sciences
Two unspecified electives (1.0 unit)

PSYCH 101/PSYCH 101R Introductory Psychology
One of:
PSYCH 207 Cognitive Processes
PSYCH 211 Developmental Psychology
PSYCH 238 Organizational Behaviour
PSYCH 253/PSYCH 253R Social Psychology
PSYCH 257/PSYCH 257R Psychopathology
PSYCH 261 Physiological Psychology


Year Two

PSYCH 291 Basic Research Methods (fall)
PSYCH 292 Basic Data Analysis (winter)
Two of PSYCH 207, PSYCH 211, PSYCH 257/PSYCH 257R, PSYCH 261
One of PSYCH 238 or PSYCH 253/PSYCH 253R
Science electives (2.0 to 2.5 units) Note the 5.5 additional Faculty of Science unit requirements
One unspecified elective (0.5 unit)


Year Three

One of PSYCH 207, PSYCH 211, PSYCH 238, PSYCH 253/PSYCH 253R, PSYCH 257/PSYCH 257R, or PSYCH 261
PSYCH 389 Advanced Social Science Research Methods Topics (fall)
PSYCH 390 Advanced Natural Science Research Methods Topics (winter, spring if co-op)
PSYCH 391 Advanced Data Analysis (fall)
Two PSYCH courses at the 300- or 400- level (1.0 unit)
Science electives (1.5 to 2.0 units) Note the 5.5 additional Faculty of Science unit requirement
One unspecified elective (0.5 unit)


Year Four

PSYCH 492 Psychological Measurement
Two PSYCH courses at the 300- or 400-level (1.0 unit)
One PSYCH course at any level (0.5 unit)
One Honours seminar in PSYCH from PSYCH 420, PSYCH 451, PSYCH 453, PSYCH 454, PSYCH 455, PSYCH 457, PSYCH 458, PSYCH 459, PSYCH 461, PSYCH 462, PSYCH 463, or PSYCH 485 (0.5 unit)
Science electives (1.5 units) Note the 5.5 additional Faculty of Science unit requirements
Two unspecified electives (1.0 unit)


Note

See the Honours Psychology BSc program section for further details about the Honours Thesis course (PSYCH 499A, 499B, 499C) and other course planning information.

 


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