Undergraduate Degree Requirements

How to Fulfill Requirements

The following comes from the Georgia Tech course catalog. The requirements are also listed in the course checklist.

ALL DEGREES CONFORM TO BOARD OF REGENTS POLICY. TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS = 120 SEMESTER HOURS PLUS WELLNESS (2 HOURS).

Wellness Requirement

Georgia Tech requires students to complete HPS 1040 to earn an undergraduate degree.

Requirements and Electives

General Education

• Humanities/Fine Arts (twelve hours)
• Social Science (twelve hours, including three hours of Const. & History; PSYC 1101 and PSYC 2015 count toward the twelve hours)
• Chemistry/Physics (eight hours): either one year of chemistry (1310, 1311, 1312) or one year of physics (2211, 2212), or one semester of each
• Biology (eight hours): BIOL 1510, 1520
• Computer Science (three hours): CS 1301 or 1371
• Mathematics (eleven hours): one year of calculus (1501, 1502) and ISYE 2027

Preliminary Courses

• PSYC 1101 General Psychology (3-0-3)
• PSYC 2015 Research Methods (w/lab) (3-3-4)
• PSYC 2020 Psychological Statistics (w/lab) (3-3-4)

Required Courses

• PSYC 2103 Human Development (3-0-3)
• PSYC 2210 Social Psychology (3-0-3)
• PSYC 3011 Cognitive Psychology (w/lab) (3-3-4)
• PSYC 3020 Biopsychology (3-0-3)
• PSYC 3031 Exp. Anal. of Behav. (w/lab) (3-3-4)
• PSYC 3041 Sensation and Perception (3-3-4)

Required Capstone Course

• PSYC 4031 Applied Experimental Psychology (w/lab) (3-3-4)
OR
• PSYC 4501 Senior Thesis/Practicum (1-9-4)

Elective Courses (at least four must be taken one of which must be a 4000 level course NOT 4600, 4801-4, 4900-10)

• PSYC 2220 Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3-0-3)
• PSYC 2230 Abnormal Psychology (3-0-3)
• PSYC 2240 Personality Theory (3-0-3)
• PSYC 2270 Engineering Psychology (3-0-3)
• PSYC 3060 Comparative Psychology (3-0-3)
• PSYC 3790 Introduction to Cognitive Science (3-0-3) (crosslisted w/ CS & ISYE)
• PSYC 4010 Human Abilities (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4050 History and Systems (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4090 Cognitive Neuroscience (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4100 Behavioral Pharmacology (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4200 Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4260 Psychology of Aging (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4270 Psychological Testing (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4310 Field Studies in Animal Behavior I (1-6-3)
• PSYC 4320 Field Studies in Animal Behavior II (1-6-3)
• PSYC 4770 Psychology and Environmental Design (2-3-3)
• PSYC 4801-4 Special Topics (3-0-3) [permission of instructor & junior/senior standing] Only a total of three hours may be applied toward the psychology elective
• PSYC 4900-10 Special Problems (credit hours arranged) [permission of instructor & junior/ senior standing] Only a total of three hours may be applied toward the psychology elective

Other Psychology Classes that May be Offered But Will Not Satisfy the Major Requirements (i.e., they can be free electives only)

• PSYC 2300 Psychology of Advertising (3-0-3)
• PSYC 2901->2903 Special Problems (arranged hours) [permission of instructor]
• PSYC 2400 Psychology and Contemporary Issues in Society (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4750 Human-Computer Interface Design & Evaluation (crosslisted w/CS) (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4790 Seminar in Cognitive Science (w/lab) (crosslisted w/ CS & ISYE) (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4791 Integrative Project in Cognitive Science (3-0-3)
• PSYC 4792 Design Project in Cognitive Science (3-0-3)

Premedical Preparation

Premedical students must take chemistry (CHEM 1310, 1311) AND physics (PHYS 2211, 2212). In addition, premedical students must take EITHER CHEM 1312 (Inorganic Laboratory) OR 1313 (Introduction to Quantitative Methods) AND CHEM 2311 (Organic I), 2312 (Organic II), AND 2380 (Synthesis Laboratory I).

Business/Management Option

For a psychology major to complete the Business/Management option, he or she must take the following courses:

Required
• ECON 2106 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• MGT 3000 Accounting for Decision Making (3)
• MGT 3300 Marketing Management I (3)
• PSYC 2220 Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3)

Electives (One course from list below must be taken)
• MGT 3150 Principles of Management (3)
• MGT 3310 Marketing Research: Qualitative Aspects
• MGT 4191 The Entrepreneurship Forum (3)
• MGT 4331 Consumer Behavior

Suggested Schedule

Suggested schedule for fulfilling requirements.