Program: Psychology (B.A.) [PSY] - SUNY Cortland - Modern Campus Catalog™

2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 07, 2025

The B.A. requires 0-12 credit hours of foreign language.

The major provides a broad base of understanding of psychology as a science — the methodology of the discipline, the principles and concepts in major areas, and selected areas of application. Major areas include research methods, as well as a broad range of areas represented in the four-group distribution.

Career Potential

Academics
Industrial psychologist
Research
Counselor/therapist
School psychologist
Human services

A. Required Courses: 15 credit hours

PSY 101 - General Psychology I (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 201 - Statistical Methods (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 202 - Experimental Psychology (3 cr. hr)
PSY 401 - Research Methods in Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 482 - Senior Seminar in Psychology (3 cr. hr.)

B. Other: 18 credit hours

One course from two of the following groups and two courses from the other two groups.

Group I: Experimental Psychology

Note: The following are lab courses.

PSY 311 - Motivation (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 312 - Learning and Memory (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 313 - Cognitive Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 410 - Psychology of Human Emotion (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 411 - Behavioral Neuroscience (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 412 - Sensory and Perceptual Processes (3 cr. hr.)

Group II: Developmental Psychology

PSY 231 - Child Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 331 - Psychology of Exceptional Children (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 333 - Developmental Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 334 - Psychology of Adulthood and Aging (3 cr. hr.)

Group III: Personality Psychology

PSY 322 - Theories of Personality (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 421 - Abnormal Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 422 - Social Psychology (3 cr. hr.)

Group IV: Applied Psychology

PSY 341 - Psychological Tests and Measurements (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 342 - Psychology in Organizations (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 360 - Applied Behavior Analysis I (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 420 - Psychopharmacology (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with PSY 520
PSY 435 - Health Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with PSY 535
PSY 441 - Human Factors and Ergonomics (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 486 - Counseling Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 520 - Psychopharmacology (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with PSY 420
PSY 535 - Health Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with PSY 435

C. Courses in Related Areas for the Bachelor of Arts:

Biology: 6 credit hours

BIO 110 - Principles of Biology I (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 111 - Principles of Biology II (3 cr. hr.)
BIO 202 - Biological Sciences II (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 210 - Cellular Biology (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 301 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I (3 cr. hr.)
BIO 302 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II (3 cr. hr.)
BIO 303 - Microbiology and Human Disease (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 304 - Microbiology (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 306 - Human Genetics (3 cr. hr.)
BIO 312 - Genetics (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 401 - Invertebrate Zoology (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 402 - Biology of Vertebrates (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 408 - Biology of Insects (3 cr. hr.)
BIO 409 - Animal Behavior (3 cr. hr.)
BIO 411 - Ornithology (3 cr. hr.)
BIO 412 - General Ecology (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 422 - Biological Evolution (3 cr. hr.)
BIO 514 - Mammalian Physiology (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 524 - Physiological Ecology (3 cr. hr.)
SCI 325 - Biotechnology and Human Aging (3 cr. hr.)

Anthropology/Sociology: 6 credit hours

SOC 150 - Introduction to Sociology (3 cr. hr.)
and

Select either

ANT 102 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
or
ANT 300 - Human Evolution and Survival (3 cr. hr.)
or any other undergraduate sociology/anthropology courses

Philosophy: 3 credit hours

Other philosophy courses may be substituted with the approval of the Psychology Department.

PHI 100 - Introduction to Philosophy (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 375 - Science, Truth and Bias (3 cr. hr.)

Mathematics: 3 credit hours

Or any other undergraduate mathematics course that has any of these as a prerequisite

MAT 111 - Algebra for College Students (3 cr. hr.)
MAT 115 - Elementary Functions (3 cr. hr.)
MAT 121 - Calculus A (3 cr. hr.)
MAT 122 - Calculus B (3 cr. hr.)
MAT 224 - Discrete Mathematics (3 cr. hr.)

Computer Applications: 3 credit hours

CAP 100 - Introduction to Computer Applications (3 cr. hr.)

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124