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128 Total Credits Required

The undergraduate major in Applied Psychology combines a broad-based liberal arts component with required course work in research and in three critical areas of psychology – developmental/learning, social/community, counseling/clinical – in addition to an applied seminar sequence. Specialization electives allow you to focus on a specific area within psychology, or explore an area of interest in a related discipline, including public health.

Liberal Arts Requirements, 60 credits. Program Requirements, 68 credits.

College Core Curriculum (CORE)

32 Credits

Foreign Language - 4 Credits
(Including American Sign Language)
Expository Writing - 8 Credits
EXPOS-UA 1
Writing the Essay
4 Credits
Foundations of Contemporary Culture - 12 Credits
CORE-UA 04xx/ST-CORE-UE
Texts and Ideas
4 Credits
CORE-UA 05xx/ST-CORE-UE
Cultures and Contexts
4 Credits
CORE-UA 07xx/ST-CORE-UE
Expressive Culture
4 Credits
Foundations of Scientific Inquiry - 8 Credits
CORE-UA 2xx/CORE-UA 3xx/ST-CORE-UE
Physical Science/Life Science
4 Credits
Or
Any science course by advisement
CORE-UA xxxx/ST-CORE-UE
Quantitative Reasoning
4 Credits
Or
CORE-UE xxxx
Mathematics Course (by advisement)
4 Credits

Interdisciplinary Elective Sequence

12 Credits

Choose one discipline in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences (excluding PSYCH-UA or CAMS-UA) and take at most one introductory course and at least two intermediate or advanced courses in the same discipline. These courses are usually taken in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Introductory Social Science or Humanities - 4 Credits
Intermediate or Advanced Level Course - 4 Credits
Intermediate or Advanced Level Course - 4 Credits

Liberal Arts Elective

16 Credits

Students choose Liberal Art Electives from the College of Arts and Sciences, and/or from Steinhardt’s Liberal Arts Core.

Additional Requirements

SAHS-UE 1
SAHS-UE WPE
Writing Proficiency Examination
0 Credits

Psychology Coursework

28 Credits

Required Psychology Core - 12 Credits
APSY-UE 10
APSY-UE 1050
Restricted Psychology Electives - 16 Credits
Choose 1 course from each of the following 3 content areas plus one additional course in any of the content areas:
Social/Community - 4 Credits
APSY-UE 5
APSY-UE 13
Developmental/Learning - 4 Credits
APSY-UE 1014
APSY-UE 1272
APSY-UE 1280
Additional Restricted Psychology Elective - 4 Credits
1 additional course from the above content areas of Social/Community, Clinical/Counseling, or Developmental/Learning.

Research and Field Requirements

20 Credits

Research Skills - 12 Credits
APSTA-UE 1085
OR
PSYCH-UA 10
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
4 Credits

Specialization Electives

8 Credits

Typically, students choose additional Applied Psychology courses they have not yet taken for the Specialization Electives. 

By advisement, students can also use approved CAS Psychology (PSYCH-UA) and/or Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies (CAMS-UA) courses. Please note, students can only count the CAMS Summer Internship courses (CAMS-UA 300 Internship I, 2 credits; CAMS-UA 301 Internship II, 2 credits) toward the Specialization Elective Requirement.

Unrestricted Electives

12 Credits

Unrestricted courses can be from any school at the University. If point differentials exist from specialization coursework, you need to fulfill the additional points with Unrestricted Electives.

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