Program Requirements

• Total Units Required:
  • ​Primary majors: 29-32 units
  • Secondary majors: 24-26 units
• Grade Requirement: C- or above; Pass/No Pass grades do not count toward the major requirements

Prerequisites

Several courses that are either required for this major or can satisfy requirements for it have prerequisites, which are not included in the major's list of requirements or counted in the its total units required. Students are strongly encouraged to review the course description of all courses they need or would like to take to confirm what prerequisites are needed, and plan accordingly to fulfill them. 

The most commonly needed prerequisites are listed below, but it is not comprehensive.

Course List

Code	Title	Units
BIOL 2160	Principles of Biology I	3
PHIL 1000	Logic and Critical Analysis	3
PSYCH 1000	Introduction to Psychology	3
PSYCH 3401	Biological Psychology	3

Required Courses

Introductory Requirements 

Students must choose one of the following two introductory sequences:

1. Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Sequence (PNP)
2. Mind, Brain, Behavior Sequence (MBB)

Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Sequence

Course List

Code	Title	Units
PNP 2000	Introduction to Cognitive Science	3
PNP 2010 Inquiry in the Cognitive Sciences or PSYCH 3010 Experimental Psychology		3-4
Total Units		6-7

Mind, Brain, Behavior Sequence 

Course List

Code	Title	Units
PNP 1200	Introduction to the Study of the Mind-Brain	3
PNP 1201 Introduction to the Study of the Mind-Brain II or PNP 2000 Introduction to Cognitive Science		3
Total Units		6

Core Area Requirements

Majors must complete at least 6 units at the 3000 level or above for the two following core areas:

1. Philosophy
2. Psychological & Brain Sciences

Philosophy Core Area (6 units)

Students must complete one of the following courses:

Course List

Code	Title	Units
PHIL 3020 Philosophy of Language or PHIL 3100 Philosophy of Mind		3
Total Units		3

Students may choose a course from the following list to satisfy the remaining course.

Course List

Code	Title	Units
MUSIC 3300	Music Cognition	3
PHIL 3000	Philosophy of Medicine	3
PHIL 3020	Philosophy of Language	3
PHIL 3091	Theory of Knowledge	3
PHIL 3100	Philosophy of Mind	3
PHIL 3110	Mind and Morals	3
PHIL 3130	Philosophy of Science	3
PHIL 3140	Philosophy of Biology	3
PHIL 3190	Philosophy of Arts	3
PHIL 3250	Introduction to Metaphysics	3
PHIL 3260	Descartes to Hume	3
PHIL 3300	Conceptual Foundations of Modern Science	3
PHIL 3310	Philosophy of Emotions	3
PHIL 3320	Art and the Mind-Brain	3
PHIL 3390	Philosophical Writing	3
PHIL 4120	Advanced Epistemology	3
PHIL 4130	Advanced Metaphysics	3
PHIL 4180	Topics in Advanced Philosophy of Science	3
PNP 4380	Coginition and Computation	3
PNP 4500	PNP Seminar	3
PNP 4510	PNP Seminar	3

Psychological & Brain Sciences 

Students must complete one of the following courses*:

Course List

Code	Title	Units
PSYCH 3600 Cognitive Psychology or PSYCH 4330 Psychology of Language		3
Total Units		3

*

If the student has completed FYP 1380 with a grade of B- or higher, they will not need to take either of the above courses. 

Students may choose a course from the following list to satisfy the remaining course.

Course List

Code	Title	Units
ANTHRO 3235	The Biological Basis of Human Behavior	3
PNP 4500	PNP Seminar	3
PSYCH 3000	Introduction to Psychological Statistics	3
PSYCH 3010	Experimental Psychology	3
PSYCH 3096	Psychological Dynamics of Empathy	3
PSYCH 3150	Introductionto Social Psychology	3
PSYCH 3210	Developmental Psychology	3
PSYCH 3260	Introduction to the Psychology of Aging	3
PYSCH 3300	Sensation and Perception	3
PSYCH 3401	Biological Psychology	3
PSYCH 3450	Genes, Environment, and Human Behavior	3
PSYCH 3530	Psychology of Personality	3
PSYCH 3540	Psychopathology and Mental Health	3
PSYCH 3570	Introduction to Clinical Psychology	3
PSYCH 3580	Language Acquisition	3
PSYCH 3600	Cognitive Psychology	3
PSYCH 3800	Human Learning and Memory	3
PSYCH 4182	Perception, Thought, and Action	3
PSYCH 4330	Psychology of Language	3
PSYCH 4631	Introduction to Computational Cognitive Science	3
PSYCH 4651	History of Modern Systems of Psychology	3