Offered by:Psychology
Degree:Bachelor of Arts
Program Requirement:
Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour. The B.A. Minor Concentration Psychology (18 credits) is intended to compliment the student鈥檚 primary field of study by providing a focused introduction to specialized topics in psychology.
Program Requirements
This Minor Concentration is expandable for students who may wish to transfer into the Major Concentration Psychology at a later date.
Program Prerequisites (0-3 credits)
Students planning to enter the Minor Concentration Psychology program should have completed an introductory course in general psychology in CEGEP. Otherwise, they can complete it in their first year of study at 91社区 (see below).
Introduction to Psychology or General Psychology in CEGEP is equivalent to PSYC 100 at 91社区. Students who have not completed either of those courses are advised to take PSYC 100 in their first year.
91社区 Freshman students are recommended to complete the following course in their U0 year:
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PSYC 100
Introduction to Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Introduction to the scientific study of mind and behavior, including basic concepts and methods in psychology while also highlighting the relevance of psychology to everyday life; attachment, aggression, depression, parenting and personality change.
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall
- 2 lectures; 1 conference
- Restriction: Not open to students who have passed an Introductory Psychology course in CEGEP: 350-101 or 350-102 or equivalent
Complementary Courses (18 credits)
6 credits selected from:
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PSYC 204
Intro to Psychological Stats
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: The statistical analysis of research data; frequency distributions; graphic representation; measures of central tendency and variability; elementary sampling theory and tests of significance.
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall and Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have passed a CEGEP statistics course(s) with a minimum grade of 75%: Mathematics 201-307 or 201-337 or equivalent or the combination of Quantitative Methods 300 with Mathematics 300
- This course is a prerequisite for PSYC 305, PSYC 406, PSYC 310, PSYC 336
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jens Kreitewolf
- Jens Kreitewolf
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PSYC 211
Intro Behavioural Neuroscience
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: An introduction to contemporary research on the relationship between brain and behaviour. Topics include learning, memory and cognition, brain damage and neuroplasticity, emotion and motivation, and drug addiction and brain reward circuits. Much of the evidence will be drawn from the experimental literature on research with animals.
Offered by: Psychology
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PSYC 212
Perception
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Perception is the organization of sensory input into a representation of the environment. Topics include: survey of sensory coding mechanisms (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory), object recognition, spatial localization, perceptual constancies and higher level influences.
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall 2 Lectures, 1 conference
- Terms
- Instructors
- M. Dean Graham
- Mathieu Roy
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PSYC 213
Cognition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Where do thoughts come from? What is the nature of thought, and how does it arise in the mind and the brain? Cognition is the study of human information
processing, and we will explore topics such as memory, attention, categorization, decision making, intelligence, philosophy of mind, and the mind-as computer
metaphor.
Offered by: Psychology
- Winter
- 2 lectures, 1 conference
- Prerequisite: One previous course in Psychology.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Brendan T Johns
- Signy A Sheldon
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PSYC 215
Social Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: The course offers students an overview of the major topics in social psychology. Three levels of analysis are explored beginning with individual processes (e.g., attitudes, attribution), then interpersonal processes (e.g., attraction, communication, love) and finally social influence processes (e.g., conformity, norms, roles, reference groups).
Offered by: Psychology
12 credits in Psychology at the 300 level or above.