Psychology (B.A.)

Admission

Completion of any Level I program with a Cumulative Average of at least 3.5 and a grade of at least C- in PSYCH 1F03  or 1X03 .

Notes

1. One of MATH 1A03 , 1F03 , 1K03 , 1LS3  or 1M03  must be completed by the end of Level II. Completion in Level I is recommended.
2. SOCSCI 2J03  must be completed by the end of Level II.
3. PSYCH 1XX3  and one of BIOLOGY 1A03 , 1M03  or 1P03  or Grade 12 Biology U are recommended and serve as prerequisites for some upper-level Psychology courses. Students are encouraged to check requisites carefully.
4. Students wishing to take PNB 3Q03 A/B, S  and 3QQ3 A/B, S  must complete and submit a pre-registration ballot by mid February. Students will be informed of the outcome by mid March. Specific dates will be announced during the fall term. Ballots can be obtained on the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour web site at: http://pnb.mcmaster.ca/.

Course List 1 (Psychology Course List)

• LINGUIST 2PS3 - Psycholinguistics
• PNB 3Q03 A/B, S - Individual Library Study
• PNB 3QQ3 A/B, S - Individual Lab Study
• PSYCH 2AA3 - Child Development
• PSYCH 2AP3 - Abnormal Psychology: Fundamentals and Major Disorders
• PSYCH 2B03 - Personality
• PSYCH 2C03 - Social Psychology
• PSYCH 2GG3 - Learning, Measuring and Shaping Behaviour
• PSYCH 3AB3 - Adolescent Psychology
• PSYCH 3AC3 - Human Sexuality
• PSYCH 3AG3 - Aging
• PSYCH 3B03 - Special Populations
• PSYCH 3BA3 - Positive Psychology
• PSYCH 3BB3
• PSYCH 3C03 - Child Language Acquisition
• PSYCH 3CB3 - Attitudes and Persuasion
• PSYCH 3CC3 - Forensic Psychology
• PSYCH 3CD3 - Intergroup Relations
• PSYCH 3F03 - Evolution and Human Behaviour
• PSYCH 3FA3 - The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
• PSYCH 3M03 - Motivation and Emotion
• PSYCH 3Q03
• PSYCH 3QQ3
• PSYCH 3T03 - Behavioural Ecology
• PSYCH 3U03
• PSYCH 3UU3 - Psychology of Language
• PSYCH 3VV3 - Human Memory
• PSYCH 3YY3 - Evolution of Communication

Requirements

90 units total (Levels I to III), of which 42 units may be Level I