Psychology Major and Minor Requirements

Requirements for the Major in Psychology

The requirements listed below reflect Mount Union’s new curriculum for the 2012-2013 Academic Year.  For information regarding major or minor requirements for current students, please refer to the University Catalogue of your entering year.

Required Courses

• The Psychological Sciences
• Professional Development in Psychology
• Research Methods and Data Analysis I
• Research Methods and Data Analysis II
• Senior Research I
• Senior Research II
• The Origins of Psychology or Psychology Internship

Any One of the Following Developmental/Social Courses

• Child and Adolescent Development
• Adulthood and Aging
• Lifespan Development
• Personality Theory
• Social Psychology

Any One of the Following Biological/Experimental Courses

• Learning and Conditioning
• Neuroscience: The Brain
• Sensation and Perception
• Cognitive Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Neuroscience: Behavior and Psychiatric Disorders
• Animal Cognition

Any One of the Following Applied Courses

• Educational Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
• Introduction to Counseling
• Forensic Psychology
• Psychology of Gender
• Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy 

Any two additional courses in Psychology

Requirements for the Minor in Psychology

• Introduction to Psychological Science
• Any 3 additional PSY courses