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
ACE-UE 110
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
0 Credits
SAHS-UE WPE
Writing Proficiency Examination
0 Credits
Psychology Coursework
28 Credits
Required Psychology Core - 12 Credits
APSY-UE 2
APSY-UE 10
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1050
4 Credits
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
4 Credits
APSY-UE 13
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1278
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1279
Clinical/Counseling - 4 Credits
APSY-UE 19
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1012
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1031
APSY-UE 1033
APSY-UE 1038
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1041
APSY-UE 1110
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1620
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1682
Developmental/Learning - 4 Credits
APSY-UE 1014
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1110
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1214
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1272
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1278
4 Credits
APSY-UE 1279
APSY-UE 1280
4 Credits
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
APSY-UE 25
APSY-UE 1137
APSTA-UE 1085
4 Credits
OR
PSYCH-UA 10
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
4 Credits
Field Experiences - 8 Credits
APSY-UE 1124
APSY-UE 1125
Specialization Electives
8 Credits
Typically, students choose additional Applied Psychology courses they have not yet taken for their Specialization Electives.
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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