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Academic Calendar 2024-2025

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

PSYC-M-BAH

Subject: Administered by the Department of Psychology.
Plan: Consists of 60.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, alone, or in combination with a Minor in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units (114.00 units for students admitted prior to September 2017), will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.

1. Core
A. Complete the following:
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý100Principles of Psychology6.00
B. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
Statistics in Psychology
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C. Complete the following:
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý203Research Methods in Psychology3.00
D. Complete the following:
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý301Advanced Statistical Inference3.00
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 one of the following options:9.00
i. Seminar Option:
a. PSYC at the 400-level
ii. Thesis Option:
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 9.00 units from the following:9.00
PSYC at the 300-level or above
PSYC_Subs_A
E. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
PSYC at the 200-level or above
PSYC_Subs_B
Electives
Elective Courses60.00
Total Units120.00

3. Additional Requirements

A. Maximum of 6.00 units from PSYC_Subs_A; PSYC_Subs_B.

NOTE: Students have the option to take a course from PSYC_Subs_A and/or PSYC_Subs_B course lists; they are not required to take a course from these lists.

4. Substitutions

A. ±Ê³§³Û°äÌý202, ±Ê³§³Û°äÌý203, ±Ê³§³Û°äÌý301, and ±Ê³§³Û°äÌý302 may not be substituted by an equivalent course from another university. Letters of Permission will only be granted in extraordinary cases. These courses may not be repeated, except with the permission of the Chair of Undergraduate Studies.

5. Notes

A. Students who wish to pursue the Thesis Option in Year 4 must take ±Ê³§³Û°äÌý302, which will count under 2.D.

B. 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

The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

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Statistic Course Options
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý243Introduction to Statistics3.00
°ä±á·¡·¡Ìý209Analysis of Process Data 13.50
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý162Managerial Statistics3.00
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý250Introduction to Statistics3.00
³Ò±Ê±á³ÛÌý247Introduction to Statistics3.00
°­±·±Ê·¡Ìý251Introduction to Statistics3.00
±·±«¸é³§Ìý323Introduction to Statistics3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý202Statistics in Psychology3.00
±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý285Introduction to Statistics3.00
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý211Introduction to Statistics3.00
³§°Õ´¡²ÑÌý200Introduction to Statistics3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý263Introduction to Statistics3.00
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Note that the unit weighting system in Smith Engineering differs from that in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Therefore, upon acceptance of any course from Smith Engineering, the unit weighting towards Arts and Science degree requirements shall be at the discretion of the Associate Dean (Academic). Usually, a one-term course shall count as 3.00 units and a two-term course as 6.00 units.

PSYC_Clinical

Clinical Psychology Courses
±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°äÌý325Cognitive Neuroscience3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý326Principles of Memory3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý327Laboratory in Social and Strategic Decision-Making3.00
±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°äÌý470Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý471Behavioural Pharmacology3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý473Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders3.00

PSYC_Developmental

Developmental Psychology Courses
±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°äÌý458Neurobiology of Socio-Emotional Development in Adolescence3.00
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý459Socioemotional Development in the Digital Age3.00

PSYC_Social

Social Psychology Courses
±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°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

PSYC_Subs_A

Psychology Substitutions List A (300-level and above)
´¡±·´¡°ÕÌý312Functional Neuroanatomy3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý300Ecology3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý321Animal Behaviour3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý331Analytical Genomics3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý350Evolution and Human Affairs3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý369Sex and Evolution3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý325Human-Computer Interaction3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý352Artificial Intelligence3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý452Neural and Genetic Computing3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý453Topics in Artificial Intelligence3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý455Evolutionary Optimization and Learning3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý467Fuzzy Logic3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý474Reinforcement Learning3.00
°ä°¿³Ò³§Ìý400Neural and Genetic Cognitive Models3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý333Marketing Strategy3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý351Leadership3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý352Organizational Analysis3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý355Facilitating Effective Teams3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý359Work & Social Inequities3.00
³Ò±Ê±á³ÛÌý336Geography, the Environment and Human Health3.00
±õ±·°Õ³§Ìý306Culture, Identity, and Self3.00
±õ±·°Õ³§Ìý307Intercultural Relations3.00
³¢±õ±·³ÒÌý310Phonetics3.00
²Ñ´¡°Õ±áÌý300Modeling Techniques in Biology3.00
±·³§°ä±õÌý323Foundational Neuroscience3.00
±·³§°ä±õÌý324Systems Neuroscience3.00
±·³§°ä±õÌý325The Science of Psychedelics3.00
±·³§°ä±õÌý401Introduction to Theoretical Neuroscience3.00
±·³§°ä±õÌý414Progress in Neuroanatomy and Neuropharmacology3.00
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý301Bioethics3.00
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý311Philosophy of Psychology3.00
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý351Philosophy of Mind3.00
±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý312Political Behaviour3.00
±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý313Mass Media and Politics in Canada3.00
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý387Sociology of Crime and Delinquency3.00
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý388Sociology of Criminal Justice3.00
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý389Gender, Law, and Crime3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý463Fundamentals of Statistical Inference3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý464Discrete Time Series Analysis3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý471Sampling and Experimental Design3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý473Generalized Linear Models3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý486Survival Analysis3.00

PSYC_Subs_B

Psychology Substitutions List B (200-level and above)
´¡±·´¡°ÕÌý312Functional Neuroanatomy3.00
µþ°ä±á²ÑÌý218Molecular Biology3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý205Mendelian and Molecular Genetics3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý206Evolutionary Genetics3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý300Ecology3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý321Animal Behaviour3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý331Analytical Genomics3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý350Evolution and Human Affairs3.00
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý369Sex and Evolution3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý325Human-Computer Interaction3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý352Artificial Intelligence3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý452Neural and Genetic Computing3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý453Topics in Artificial Intelligence3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý455Evolutionary Optimization and Learning3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý467Fuzzy Logic3.00
°ä±õ³§°äÌý474Reinforcement Learning3.00
°ä°¿³Ò³§Ìý201Cognition and Computation3.00
°ä°¿³Ò³§Ìý400Neural and Genetic Cognitive Models3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý231Fundamentals of Marketing3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý251Organizational Behaviour3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý333Marketing Strategy3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý351Leadership3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý352Organizational Analysis3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý355Facilitating Effective Teams3.00
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý359Work & Social Inequities3.00
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý261Canadian Labour Relations3.00
³Ò±Ê±á³ÛÌý336Geography, the Environment and Human Health3.00
±õ±·°Õ³§Ìý306Culture, Identity, and Self3.00
±õ±·°Õ³§Ìý307Intercultural Relations3.00
³¢±õ±·³ÒÌý310Phonetics3.00
²Ñ´¡°Õ±áÌý300Modeling Techniques in Biology3.00
±·³§°ä±õÌý323Foundational Neuroscience3.00
±·³§°ä±õÌý324Systems Neuroscience3.00
±·³§°ä±õÌý325The Science of Psychedelics3.00
±·³§°ä±õÌý401Introduction to Theoretical Neuroscience3.00
±·³§°ä±õÌý414Progress in Neuroanatomy and Neuropharmacology3.00
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý301Bioethics3.00
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý311Philosophy of Psychology3.00
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý351Philosophy of Mind3.00
±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý312Political Behaviour3.00
±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý313Mass Media and Politics in Canada3.00
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý275Theories of Deviance and Social Control3.00
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý276Substantive Issues in Social Deviance3.00
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý387Sociology of Crime and Delinquency3.00
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý388Sociology of Criminal Justice3.00
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý389Gender, Law, and Crime3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý463Fundamentals of Statistical Inference3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý464Discrete Time Series Analysis3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý471Sampling and Experimental Design3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý473Generalized Linear Models3.00
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý486Survival Analysis3.00