Suggested compulsory courses sequence for the Honours BA with Specialization in Psychology

1 year
(fall session) ENG1100
Workshop in Essay Writing st

4 year/120 credits
3 year
rd

2 year

nd

4 year

th

PHI1101
Reasoning and Critical Thinking

PSY1101
Introduction to Experimental Psychology

6 elective credits (winter session) PSY1102

Introduction to Applied Psychology

PSY2105
Child Development

PSY2106
Quantitative Methods in Psychology I

PSY3307
Psychometric Methods

PSY4130
History and Systems of Psychology

PSY2110 3 credits from: ENG1120

Literature and Composition I: Prose Fiction Social Psychology

PSY2116
Quantitative Methods in Psychology II

3 credits from: PSY3103

Learning and Conditioning

PSY42761
Honours Thesis

PSY2174
Research Methods and Ethics

PSY3108
Perception

ENG1121
Literature and Composition II: Drama and Poetry

PSY2301
Biological Foundations of Behaviour

PSY3377
Cognition

or 6 optional PSY credits at the 4000 level

3 credits from: PHI1102

Moral Reasoning

PHI1103
Fundamental Philosophical Questions

PHI1104
Great Philosophers

6 elective credits Total credits 30 credits 30 credits

21 optional PSY credits at the 3000 or 4000 level 30 credits

nd

30 credits

*Optional addition of a minor at the beginning of the 2 year

NOTE(S) 1 The undergraduate honours thesis PSY4276 requires the following prerequisites: PSY2106, PSY2116, PSY2174, PSY3307 and a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 7.8. ---------------------------------------------------------The total credits per year include elective credits and credits of the optional minor.