The course catalog gives a full description of the requirements for a psychology major.  In brief, the major requires at least 9.25 units. Students must take Introductory Psychology (PSYC 101), Statistics (PSYC 205), a research methods course, three courses at the 200 level (excluding stats and 299 internships), and two courses at the 300 level (excluding the research methods course).

Psych 101 provides an overview of the various subdisciplines in the field: personality, child development, social psychology, biological psychology, cognition, clinical psychology, and cultural psychology.  The 200-level courses and 300-level courses and seminars each focus on a particular subfield or topic within psychology.  Students get hands-on experience in conducting their own research projects in a research methods course.  Some students also pursue independent research or do internships in the community under faculty supervision.

The following are some of the courses from which students may choose to fulfill the 200- and 300-level course requirements:

PSYC 207 Developmental Psychology
PSYC 208 Adolescence
PSYC 210 Social Psychology
PSYC 211 Group Psychology
PSYC 212 Personality
PSYC 215 Memory
PSYC 216 Psychology of Language
PSYC 217 Cognition
PSYC 218 Sensation and Perception
PSYC 219 Biological Psychology
PSYC 224 Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 230 Psychology of Law
PSYC 245 Cultural Psychology
PSYC 248 Psychology of Teaching. Learning, and Motivation

PSYC 303 Psychology of Gender
PSYC 312 Seminar: Applied Psychology
PSYC 316 Seminar: Psycholinguistics
PSYC 318 Seminar: Brain and Behavior
PSYC 319 Neuropsychology
PSYC 326 Seminar: Child Psychopathology
PSYC 329 Seminar: Psychology of Adulthood and Aging
PSYC 333 Clinical and Educational Assessment
PSYC 337 Seminar: The Psychology of Creativity
PSYC 338 Social Influence
PSYC 339 Seminar: Narrative Identity
PSYC 340 Organizational Psychology
PSYC 342 Seminar: Psychology of Optimism and Pessimism
PSYC 344 Seminar: Social Imagination
PSYC 347 Seminar: Culture and Social Identity
PSYC 349 Seminar: Nonverbal Communication