Interest Tracks

This page contains information on interest tracks in Psychology. These are NOT formal concentrations in Psychology. The interest track title will not show up on your transcript, for example. What this page represents is the sort of good advice you would receive from an advisor if you told her or him that you were interested in a particular area in Psychology. These courses are above and beyond those core courses required for the major. In addition to the courses listed here, if you are interested in graduate school, you should consider conducting an honors project and taking the advanced research course. Be sure to discuss these options with your advisor.

Psychology and Law/Forensic Psychology interest track:

• Essential:
  • Psy 235 Psychology and Law Psy 359 Assessment
    Psy 262 Abnormal Psychology Psy 399 Internship (placement in legal system/related area)
  • Psy 493 Steblay topic: Psych and Law (if available)
• Recommended:
  • Soc 277 Introduction to Criminology Pol 371 Law in the United States
  • Psy 385 Counseling

Counseling/Clinical and Human Services interest track:

• Essential:
  • Psy 250 or 252 or 253 Developmental Psychology Psy 262 Abnormal Psychology Psy 359 Assessment Psy 385 Counseling Psychology
  • Psy 399 Internship (Counseling/Clinical setting)
• Recommended:
  • Psy 261 Personality Psy 357 Behavior Analysis
  • HPE 115 Chemical Dependency

Industrial/Organizational interest track:

• Essential :
  • Psy 325 Social Behavior Psy 359 Assessment Psy 373 Industrial/Organizational
  • Psy 399 Internship (I/O placement)
• Recommended:
  • Psy 357 Behavior Analysis Soc 349 Complex Organizations Bus 242 Principles of Management
  • Bus 340 Human Resource Management

Developmental Psychology Interest Track (to include School and Education Psychology):

• Essential:
  • Psy 250, 252, 253 Developmental Psychology Sequence (2 of 3) Psy 357 Behavior Analysis Psy 359 Assessment Psy 385 Counseling Psychology
  • Psy 399 Internship (Developmental setting)
• Recommended:
  • Psy 262 Abnormal Psychology Psy 325 Social Behavior
  • Soc 265 Culture, Ethnicity, Gender & Race

Health and Behavioral Medicine interest track:

• Essential:
  • Psy 201 Health Psychology Psy 355 Biopsychology Psy 359 Assessment Psy 385 Counseling
  • Psy 399 Internship (Healthcare setting)
• Recommended:
  • Psy 368 Behavioral Health Care Psy 362 Abnormal Psychology HPE 115 Chemical Dependency
  • Psy 357 Behavioral Analysis

Cognitive/Experimental interest track:

• Essential:
  • Psy 354 Cognitive Psy 491 Advanced Research Psy 493 Seminar (Robinson-Riegler topic: Skepticism)
  • Psy 399 Internship (Research setting)
• Recommended:
  • Psy 355 Biopsychology CSC 160 Introduction to Computer Science and Communications CSC 170 Structured Programming
  • Psy 325 Social Behavior