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Academic Calendar 2025-2026

Psychology – Major (Arts) – Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Subject: Administered by the Department of Psychology.
Plan: Consists of 48.00 units as described below.
Plan Code: PSYA-M
Program: The Plan, when combined with a Major or Minor in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units, will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.

Note: Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2024-2025ÌýCalendar for the previous requirements.

1. Core
A. Complete the following:
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý100Principles of Psychology6.00
B. Complete the following:
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý202Statistics in Psychology3.00
C. Complete the following:
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý203Research Methods in Psychology3.00
2. Option
A. Complete 12.00 units from the following:12.00
Cognitive Psychology
Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Social Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Brain and Behaviour I
B. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
PSYC at the 400-level
C. Complete 3.00 units from each of the following course lists:12.00
a. PSYC_Clinical
b. PSYC_Cognitive_Neuroscience
c. PSYC_Developmental
d. PSYC_Social
D. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
PSYC at the 300-level or above
E. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
PSYC at the 200-level or above
Electives and/or Other Plan Requirements72.00
Total Units120.00

3. Substitutions

A. ±Ê³§³Û°äÌý202/3.0 and ±Ê³§³Û°äÌý203/3.0 may not be substituted by an equivalent course from another university. Letters of Per¾ÞÈéÊÓÆµ will only be granted in extraordinary cases. These courses may not be repeated, except with the per¾ÞÈéÊÓÆµ of the Chair of Undergraduate Studies.

4. Notes

A. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.

Psychology Course Lists

PSYC_Clinical

±Ê³§³Û°äÌý324Intersection of Psychology and ¾ÞÈéÊÓÆµ3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý330Selected Topics in Clinical Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý331Introduction to Personality3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý332Health Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý333Human Sexuality3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý334Laboratory in Psychological Testing3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý335Positive Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý336Advanced Adult Clinical Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý337Advanced Child Clinical Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý338Laboratory in Clinical Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý428Psychotic Disorders3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý429Pain: Body and Mind3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý432Affective Psychophysiology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý433Human Sexual Function and Dysfunction3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý435Advanced Topics in Clinical Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý436Sexuality and Gender3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý437Mood Disorders3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý438Self-Injury and Suicide3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý439Interpersonal Processes in Depression3.00

PSYC_Cognitive_Neuroscience

±Ê³§³Û°äÌý305Introduction to Comparative Cognition3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý315Introduction to the Analysis of Psychological Signals3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý320Selected Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý321Psycholinguistics3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý322Experience Sampling from Lab to Daily Life3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý323Laboratory in Attention3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý324Intersection of Psychology and ¾ÞÈéÊÓÆµ3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý325Cognitive Neuroscience3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý326Principles of Memory3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý327Laboratory in Social and Strategic Decision-Making3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý354Language3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý355Comparative Cognition: Cognitive Origins Laboratory3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý360The Neurobiology and Psychology of Sleep3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý365Selected Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý366Gender/Sex, Hormones, and Behaviour3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý370Brain and Behaviour II3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý375Comparative Cognition: Animal Learning Laboratory3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý376Functional Neuroimaging the Human Brain and Mind3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý377Decision-Making and the Brain: Principles of Neuroeconomics3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý380Advanced Perception3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý420Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý421Memory and the Brain3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý422Advanced Topics in Attention3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý423Driving, Deepfakes, and Disinformation: Applications of Visual Cognition3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý424Research Into Spontaneous Thought3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý444Language and Reasoning3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý452Developmental Psycholinguistics3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý470Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý471Behavioural Pharmacology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý473Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders3.00

PSYC_Developmental

±Ê³§³Û°äÌý350Selected Topics in Developmental Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý351Social and Emotional Development3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý352Cognitive and Language Development3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý353Atypical Development3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý354Language3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý358Developmental Social Neuroscience3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý450Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý451Brain Development3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý452Developmental Psycholinguistics3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý453Infancy3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý454Child in Society3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý455Adolescence3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý456Theory of Mind3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý457Autism Spectrum Conditions3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý458Neurobiology of Socio-Emotional Development in Adolescence3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý459Socioemotional Development in the Digital Age3.00

PSYC_Social

±Ê³§³Û°äÌý324Intersection of Psychology and ¾ÞÈéÊÓÆµ3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý327Laboratory in Social and Strategic Decision-Making3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý340Selected Topics in Social Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý341Laboratory in Social Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý342The Psychology of Social Influence3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý343Judgement and Decision Making3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý354Language3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý366Gender/Sex, Hormones, and Behaviour3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý430The Self3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý440Advanced Topics in Social Psychology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý441Attitudes and Persuasion3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý442Culture and Cognition3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý443Intimate Relationships3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý444Language and Reasoning3.00