Psychology BS - Program Requirements

• A minimum GPA of 2.0 in psychology courses is required for good standing in the major and for graduation
• Majors whose GPA in psychology courses falls below 2.0 during any semester are automatically placed on probation
• Majors whose GPA remains below 2.0 in consecutive semesters are dismissed from the major
  

• 400-level courses are open only to psychology majors. Students are advised to apply early for the major, preferably while enrolled in PSY 350. Acceptance decisions can then be made contingent upon completion of PSY 350, and registration in upper-level courses is facilitated
• PSY 495 Undergraduate Supervised Teaching and PSY 496 Supervised Applied Experience augment the undergraduate experience but do not count toward the course requirements for majors
• PSY 497 Honors, PSY 498 Undergraduate Research, and PSY 499 Independent Study may be taken for degree credit, but only 3 credit hours from this group may count toward major requirements

• Transfer students who bring psychology coursework to UB must meet the same acceptance criteria as students who start at UB 
• Students may transfer coursework required for admission into the major, as well as additional psychology coursework. However, courses taken in statistics and research methods, as well as upper-level psychology courses, must be evaluated and approved by the department
• Access previous articulated coursework from many schools at UB Taurus
• SUNY Seamless Transfer is a SUNY-wide program intended to make transferring to UB and other SUNY Schools simple and efficient for SUNY students. SUNY has defined courses that students can take before transferring which will apply to the major at UB and ensure timely graduation. Information about the Transfer Path for this major can be found on the SUNY Website
• Students should contact their academic advisor to determine how any transfer or exam credit might be utilized in meeting general education, prerequisite, or major requirements
  

• A minimum of 3 upper-level (300- or 400-level) psychology courses must be taken at UB
  

• PSY 101 Introductory Psychology 
• PSY 207 Psychological Statistics 
• PSY 350 Scientific Inquiry in Psychology 
• MTH 121-MTH 122 Survey of Calculus and Its Applications I-II or MTH 141-MTH 142 College Calculus I-II
  

• BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology
• CHE 101 & CHE 102 General Chemistry or CHE 105 & CHE 106 Chemistry: Principles and Applications
• Nine additional PSY courses, distributed as follows:
• Four 300-level courses, one from each of the four substantive areas listed below:
  
  SUBSTANTIVE AREA 1: CLINICAL
  PSY 321 Psychology of Personality
  PSY 322 Abnormal Psychology
  PSY 324 Clinical Psychology
  PSY 325 Health Psychology
  
  SUBSTANTIVE AREA 2: SOCIAL
  PSY 331 Social Psychology
  PSY 332 Social Conflict and Its Resolution
  PSY 333 Psychology of Work in Organizations
  PSY 336 Developmental Psychology
  
  SUBSTANTIVE AREA 3: COGNITIVE
  PSY 341 Cognitive Psychology
  PSY 342 Introduction to Cognitive Science: Concepts of the Mind
  PSY 343 Sensory Processes and Perception
  
  SUBSTANTIVE AREA 4: BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
  PSY 351 Biopsychology

• A minimum of 5 courses* at the 400 or graduate level, including PSY 450 Advanced Research Methods in Psychology
• *Two of the five 400-level courses must be from the following list:
• PSY 402 Psychopharmacology
• PSY 416 Reasoning and Problem Solving
• PSY 419 Biological Bases of Memory
• PSY 421 Systems and Theories of Psychology
• PSY 426 Biological Bases of Mental Disorders
• PSY 428 Language Development
• PSY 429 Psychophysiology
• PSY 431 Mind-Body Connection in a Social World
• PSY 434 Animal Behavior
• PSY 435 Psychology of Reproduction
• PSY 436 Neuropsychology
• PSY 439 Biopsychology of Stress
• PSY 440 Hormones and Behavior
• PSY 442 Biopsychology of Ingestive Behavior
• PSY 443 Neurobiology of Communication in Animals
• PSY 445 Memory
• PSY 446 Animal Cognition
• PSY 447 Psychology of Music
• PSY 448 Psycholinguistics
• PSY 451 Drug Addiction
• PSY 457 Cognitive Development
• PSY 470-PSY 475 Senior Seminars (in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience areas)
• PSY 485-PSY 490 Special Topics (in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience areas)

UB Seminar courses cannot count towards major requirements.

Departmental Distinction

Students must earn the following GPA in all psychology courses in order to graduate with distinction in the psychology major*:

• 3.2 with distinction
• 3.5 with high distinction
• 3.75 with highest distinction

*At least 50% of major coursework must be completed at UB.

See Baccalaureate Degree Requirements for general education and remaining university requirements.