Major Requirements
Ten courses are required including 101; 310; and 400, 401, or 402. Three courses must be methods courses: one must be 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, or 323; and one must be 314, 315, 316, 318, or 319; the third can be from either sequence. Of the ten courses, students must take at least one in each of the following areas:
Animal Behavior/Physiological courses: 282, 284, 302, 303, 305, 323, 324, seminars TBA
Cognitive courses: 276, 301, 304, seminars TBA
Developmental courses: 234, 241, 243, 245, 315, 319, seminars TBA
Clinical/Industrial-Organizational/Social/Personality courses: 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 250, 254, 314, 316, 318, 326, seminars TBA
One of the ten courses must be a seminar; listings of current seminars and the area they fit within will be listed on the department Web page and in the Psychology Department Office.
In addition, all seniors must satisfactorily complete an oral interview conducted by a psychologist who is not a member of the department.
(Courses 295–298 are reserved for transfer credits.)
Honors Requirements
The Department of Psychology grants honors to those senior majors who meet the general college requirements with a minimum 3.2 GPA overall, meet the stated requirements for a major in Psychology with a minimum 3.5 GPA, and complete a senior thesis (PSY 400). Completion of these courses does not guarantee a recommendation for graduation with honors. The student’s work must be of superior quality. Evidence for such superior quality consists of generally high degrees of proficiency or exceptional creativity in course work, thesis, papers and projects.
Davidson-Broughton Summer Program
Each summer, if there is sufficient enrollment, the department offers Psychology 290 during an eight-week period, with the students living and working at the state mental hospital in Morganton, N.C. There students have direct contact with patients and staff members while studying with adjunct lecturer Huddleston. Credit for Psychology 290.
Prerequisites: Psychology 231 and consent of instructor. Inquiries may be directed to Department of Psychology, Davidson College.
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