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RESEARCH PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT. Students in undergraduate psychology courses (with the exclusion of some courses) must complete a research participation requirement in each of the first two of these courses taken. The standard requirement is that they participate in a total of four hours of experimental sessions per course. Students who do not wish to participate in experimental sessions must complete an alternative writing requirement. Students who do not complete the requirement by the end of the semester deadline will fail the course. Instructions for participating in research are distributed in each course at the beginning of the term. DEPARTMENTAL COURSE REQUIREMENT. With a change to the program there will now be a mandatory Research Methods course - PSY300 which must be taken during the fall of your junior year; the first year to experience this mandory course is the Class of 2015. This is a required course which will assist in writing papers, analysing statistical information, and preparing for the Senior Thesis. By the end of the senior year each concentrator must complete and pass at least nine graded departmental courses; any additional courses above the nine may be taken pass/fail. Student-initiated seminars, Psychology 101, and Psychology 251 do not count as departmental courses. Departmental courses taken prior to formal entry into the department (e.g., during freshman or sophomore years) do count as departmental courses. Courses taken outside of Princeton University (except in pre-approved Study Abroad programs) do not count toward the departmental course requirement. COGNATES. If especially relevant to a particular student's program, one or two cognates may be substituted for departmental electives. A student who wishes to declare a cognate must write a brief e-mail statement, in consultation with his or her advisor, justifying the course selection. This statement must then be e-mailed to the Departmental Representative (and cc:'d to the student's advisor) for final approval. Courses must be identified as cognates prior to the end of second week of class; they may not be declared cognates retroactively. Once declared a cognate, a course will be counted as such unless it is dropped or taken on a pass-fail basis. DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT. The departmental distribution requirement is designed to ensure that concentrators understand the main trends in contemporary psychology. Psychology concentrators must pass at least nine departmental courses in addition to the prerequisites. At least three of these courses must be at the 200-level. Each student must meet the following distribution requirements:
STUDY ABROAD COURSES: While studying abroad, concentrators can take two courses per semester to count toward the required departmental nine courses. These courses must be approved by the departmental representative. SUGGESTION FOR PROSPECTIVE MAJORS. Students should plan a program of study that is appropriate for their area of specialization and independent work. In particular, there are important background courses that should be taken by the end of the sophomore year. These are: (a) for Cognitive Psychology, 255; (b) for Behavioral Neuroscience, 258; (c) for Social and Personality Psychology, 252 and/or 257.
Obtain the instructor's permission.
A selected group of juniors and seniors majoring in psychology work with the Departmental Undergraduate Representative on matters of concern to our majors: e.g., curriculum, independent work, grading, honors, social activities, etc. All students interested in participating in the work of the Undergraduate Committee are encouraged to contact the Departmental Undergraduate Coordinator, Laura Sarubbi, in Room 1-C-3 Green Hall, extension 8-5289.
If you wish to visit a course for a week or two for the purpose of deciding whether or not to take the course next year, please ask the lecturer's permission to sit in.
Undergraduates may enroll in some graduate
Psychology courses, but the instructor's and the Departmental Representative's permission is required.
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