Program Requirements

1. Students must complete a minimum of 37 PSYC credit hours.
2.  Students must complete a minimum of 16 upper division (3000-level and above) PSYC credit hours.
3. Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all courses applied to major requirements. 
4. Students must complete all major courses, taken at CU Denver and all transfer courses applying to major requirements with a minimum grade of C-(1.7). Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
5. Students must complete a minimum of 16 upper division (3000-level and above) PSYC credit hours with CU Denver faculty.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations

1. 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.
2. Topics courses (PSYC 3600): See your advisor to determine if they count as Group A or Group B courses.
3. Many courses have prerequisites.  Refer to the course descriptions for prerequisite information.
4. Students may not apply more than 56 PSYC credit hours to their degree.

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  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.