Psychology Department
Phone: 509-963-2381
Email: psychology@cwu.edu
Your psychology advisor can discuss your academic and career goals and help you choose the appropriate major.
Required Courses
Select at least one Course from each of the following 5 groups:
Group I: PSY 301 Learning or PSY 303 Analysis of Everyday Behavior
Group II: PSY 310 Multicultural Issues in Psychology or PSY 313 Developmental Psychology or PSY 346 Social Psychology
Group III: PSY 453 Theories of Personality or PSY 445 Clinical, Counseling and Community Psychology or PSY 449 Abnormal Psychology
Group IV (PSY 300 Required): PSY 420 Psychology of Language or PSY 460 Cognitive Psychology
Group V (PSY 300 Required): PSY 450 Sensation and Perception or PSY 478 Behavioral Neuroscience
In addition to the above Required and Group courses, the small plan (45-credit) major requires 4-7 elective credits in psychology and the large plan (60-credit) major requires 14-17 elective credits in psychology. In addition to classes listed in the Groups, other 300 and 400-level psychology classes may be taken as electives. A maximum of 5 lower division credits may be taken as electives. Not more than 9 or 10 hours of PSY 495 may be applied to the small or large plan as elective credit, respectively.
Psychology majors are also required to complete a minimum of 10 hours of either civic engagement and/or research assistance prior to the completion of PSY 489. Here is a list of faculty-student research opportunities for 2021-2022: Faculty-student reserarch opportunities for 2021-2022
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