CCNY Psychology Curriculum

Common Requirements:
Psychology in the Modern World (3 Credits) - PSY 10200
Applied Statistics (4 Credits) - PSY 21500
Experimental Psychology (4 credits) - PSY 32100

11 Credits in Total.

Gateway Requirements:
Concentration Areas: Must take at least one course (3 credits) in three of the four major areas of psychology listed below.

Developmental
Infancy and Childhood - PSY 24600

Social Personality
Social Psychology - PSY 24700
Psychology of Personality - PSY 24900

Cognitive
Thinking, Knowing, and Remembering - PSY 25300

Biological
Brain, Mind, and Behavior - PSY 25400

9 Credits in Total.

Advanced Courses:
300-level courses use the required 200-level gateway courses as prerequisites.
Students must take three 300-level courses.
The 300-level courses must be from at least two of the major concentration areas.

9 Credits in Total.

Final Advanced Course:
A 300-level course, 400-level course, or Masters-level course (permission of advisor required) from any of the four major areas of psychology.

3 Credits in Total.

32 Total Credits

10 Departmental Objectives of the Undergraduate Curriculum:
1. 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:
a) Evaluating fact-based evidence.
b) Engaging in both inductive and deductive logical reasoning.
c) Identifying and considering multiple points of view.
d) Applying the above processes to problem-solving.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. To enable students to evaluate hypotheses, research designs, research findings, and theories.
5. To enable students to formulate questions and hypotheses, design research protocols, and analyze research findings.
6. To enable students to develop competence in quantitative reasoning and applying statistical procedures on a conceptual level and through the use of statistical software packages.
7. To enable students to understand the difference between pseudo-science and science and apply such understanding to media reports about psychology.
8. To enable students to apply psychological concepts and principles to understanding social, political, and cultural phenomena (including, for example, issues of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability).
9. To enable students to act ethically, both in the conduct of research and in their everyday interactions.
10. To enable students to develop effective communication skills in oral, written, and numerical formats.