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To Obtain a BA in Psychology:

Students must take at least 32 credits in Psychology and 3 credits in Speech as outlined below.

Common Requirements (14 credits):

All undergraduates must take the following courses, beginning with PSY 10200.

1. PSY 10200 - Psychology in the Modern World (a prerequisite for all others)
   Credits: 3
   Hours: 3 hr./wk.
2. PSY 21500 - Applied Statistics (ECO 20150, SOC 23100, and MATH 17300 are acceptable substitutes)
   Credits: 4
   Hours: 5 hr./wk.
3. PSY 32100 - Experimental Psychology
   Credits: 4
   Hours: 2 lect., 4 lab hr./wk.
4. SPCH 11100 or SPCH 11101 (see the following note)
   Credits: 3
   Hours: 3 hr./wk.

NOTE: if you declared Psychology as your major prior to fall 2019, then you are NOT required to complete the Speech course and you only need 11 common requirements credits.

Gateway Requirements (9 credits):

Undergraduates must take at least one course in THREE of the FOUR Major Concentration Areas of Psychology listed below. Each course is 3-credits. Students are encouraged to take more than the minimum number of 200-level courses as they provide distinct and valuable education in different aspects of the field.

1. Developmental
   PSY 22600 - Developmental Psychology OR
   PSY 24600 - Infancy and Childhood
2. Social/Personality
   PSY 24700 - Social Psychology OR
   PSY 24900 - Psychology of Personality
3. Cognitive
   PSY 25300 - Thinking, Knowing, and Remembering
4. Biological
   PSY 25400 - Brain, Mind, and Behavior

Advanced Courses (12 credits):

Students must take four PSY 300-level courses; any 300-level or 400-level courses offered will satisfy this requirement. All advanced courses use the required 200-level gateway courses as prerequisites. PSY 32100 is either a prerequisite or co-requisite for all 300-level courses and does NOT count toward the four advanced courses required.

35 CREDITS to Earn the BA
(or 32 if you declared psychology as your major prior to fall 2019)

Residency Requirement (BA): 21 CREDITS are required to be taken at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ (or 20 if you declared Psychology as your major prior to fall 2019).

• These can be a combination of the following:
  • PSY courses
  • SPCH 11100 or SPCH 11101 (only if you declared psychology as your major during fall 2019 or afterward)

You can contact Hawai Kwok ( kwok@ccny.cuny.edu ) for additional information.

To obtain a BS in Psychology:

• All of the above requirements for the BA must be satisfied (35 credits) (or 32 if you declared Psychology as your major prior to fall 2019).
• Four lab science courses (16 credits).
  • After you declare the BS Psychology major, see DegreeWorks for the courses that can be taken. The Chrome browser will not work with DegreeWorks. Firefox works well.
  • Most, but not all, students take CHEM 10300 and CHEM 10400 and BIO 10100 and BIO 10200.
• Writing for the Sciences course (3 credits) (ENG 21003).

54 CREDITS to Earn the BS
(or 51 if you declared psychology as your major prior to fall 2019)

Residency Requirement (BS): 38 CREDITS are required to be taken at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ (or 36 if you declared psychology as your major prior to fall 2019).

• These can be any combination of the following:
  • PSY courses
  • Calculus courses
  • Laboratory courses in the Sciences
  • ENGL 21003
  • SPCH 1110 or SPCH 11101 (only if you declared psychology as your major during fall 2019 or a afterward)

You can contact Hawai Kwok ( kwok@ccny.cuny.edu ) for additional information.

IMPORTANT

• There are other school requirements that must be satisfied to reach a total of 120 credits to graduate. Those requirements are not the same for BA and BS Psychology majors. Check DegreeWorks for the exact school requirements that apply to you. The Chrome browser will not work with DegreeWorks. Firefox works well.
• All students need to have 80 credits, or their last 30 credits, be taken at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ.

Departmental Objectives of the Undergraduate Curriculum

To promote critical thinking and to enable students to acquire and apply critical thinking to the content of a discipline and to practical problems they confront in other settings. We understand critical thinking to include at least these components:

• Evaluating fact-based evidence.
• Engaging in both inductive and deductive logical reasoning.
• Identifying and considering multiple points of view.

Applying the above processes to problem-solving:

• To enable students to understand basic and more advanced psychological theories, principles, and concepts in a variety of areas such as, human development, social interaction, psychopathology, cognitive processes, and the biological bases of behavior.
• To enable students to explore connections between published research findings and their applications. This will prepare students to apply psychological concepts to their own lives and experiences.
• To enable students to evaluate hypotheses, research designs, research findings, and theories.