Program Requirements

1. Psychology BA major requirements include at least 37 and not more than 56 semester hours in psychology.
2. Of these, at least 16 hours must be in upper-division courses taught by CU Denver faculty.
3. No grade below C- (1.7) will be accepted toward the major requirements, nor will pass/fail grades.
4. A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for courses applying toward Psychology major requirements.
5. PSYC 3939, Internship/Cooperative Education, does NOT count toward the 37-hour minimum or the 16-hour upper-division requirement, but it does count as elective psychology credit.
6. Topics courses (PSYC 3600): See your advisor to determine if they count as Group A or Group B courses.
7. Refer to the course descriptions for prerequisites.

• Take all of the following required courses:

• PSYC 1000 - Introduction to Psychology I
• PSYC 1005 - Introduction to Psychology II
• PSYC 2090 - Statistics and Research Methods
• PSYC 2220 - Biological Basis of Behavior
• PSYC 3090 - Research Methods in Psychology
• PSYC 4511 - History of Psychology

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• Group A: Two Group A courses are required.

   

  Take one of the following:

• PSYC 3222 - Principles of Learning and Behavior
• PSYC 3144 - Human Cognition

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  Take one of the following to reach a total of two Group A courses:

• PSYC 3104 - Behavioral Genetics
• PSYC 3144 - Human Cognition  (if not taken above)
• PSYC 3222 - Principles of Learning and Behavior  (if not taken above)
• PSYC 3254 - Introduction to Animal Behavior
• PSYC 3262 - Health Psychology
• PSYC 3263 - Hormones and Behavior
• PSYC 3264 - Exercise, Brain and Behavior
• PSYC 3265 - Drugs, Brain and Behavior
• PSYC 3385 - Psychology of Mindfulness
• PSYC 3724 - Developmental Psychobiology
• PSYC 3810 - Neuropsychology
• PSYC 3822 - Aging, Brain and Behavior
• PSYC 3832 - Neural Basis of Learning
• PSYC 4054 - Behavioral Neuroscience
• PSYC 4164 - Psychology of Perception

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• Group B: Three Group B courses required.

   

  Take two of the following courses:

• PSYC 3205 - Human Development I: Child Psychology
• PSYC 3305 - Abnormal Psychology
• PSYC 3415 - Experimental Social Psychology

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  Take one of the following to reach a total of three Group B courses:

• PSYC 3145 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• PSYC 3205 - Human Development I: Child Psychology  (if not taken above)
• PSYC 3215 - Human Development II: Adolescence and Adulthood
• PSYC 3235 - Human Sexuality
• PSYC 3305 - Abnormal Psychology  (if not taken above)
• PSYC 3405 - Family Psychology
• PSYC 3415 - Experimental Social Psychology  (if not taken above)
• PSYC 3505 - Psychology and the Law
• PSYC 3610 - Psychological Trauma
• PSYC 3611 - Psychology of Women
• PSYC 3612 - Domestic Abuse
• PSYC 3615 - Positive Psychology
• PSYC 4455 - Theories of Personality
• PSYC 4485 - Psychology of Cultural Diversity
• PSYC 4500 - Psychotherapy
• PSYC 4730 - Clinical Psychology: Ethics and Issues

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  Take one additional course from either Group A or Group B not already taken to fulfill that group requirement.