Broad Structure
6 units required per year (2 units base course weight in current system)
1 unit is 10% buyout (AY salary)
The Unit Weights
6 units
Full year sabbatical
4 units
202 (Introductory Psychology)
3 units
210 (Intro statistics)
225 (Research methods)
Breadth
Depth
One semester sabbatical
2 units
411(Capstone)
211 (FIG)
Full semester degree relevant (content/method) grad courses1
610, 710 (Graduate statistics series)
Chair/semester (NOTE: 3 years is norm)
281 (Hon Intro)
280 (Hon Stats)
410 (Intermediate Stats)
1 unit
Honors section of Breadth/Depth/2252
Half semester grad content courses with minimum enrollments (e.g., 733, 74/1)
Prof. dev. grad course2
Associate chair/semester (NOTE: full term of chair is norm)
3862
6862
0 units (Other incentives sufficient to motivate faculty)
620 (Group instruction laboratory research/Capstone substitute)
621 (Group instruction laboratory research)
Footnotes
1 Minimum lecture time of 2.5 hours/week for 15 weeks. Minimum enrollment of 8 students.
2 386, 686 and grad prof. dev. courses require chairs approval. Honors section of 225 also by chairs
approval. Honors sections of Breadth/Depth require approval of chairs and area group. Minimum
enrollments apply for all courses (12 students for undergrad; 8 students for grad).
Level
Number
Course Title
Undergraduate
0
Buyout (Project/Grant)
Units per Semester
Undergraduate
1
Chair Release
2
Undergraduate
2
Associate Chair Release
1
Undergraduate
3
New Faculty Release
2
Undergraduate
4
Sabbatical (Semester)
3
6
Undergraduate
160
Undergraduate
201
Sabbatical (Academic Year)
Human Sexuality: Social and Psychological
Issues
Introduction to Psychology
4
Undergraduate
202
Introduction to Psychology
4
Undergraduate
210
Basic Statistics for Psychology
3
Undergraduate
211
Freshman Seminar in Psychology
2
Undergraduate
225
Research Methods
3
Undergraduate
280
Honors Basic Statistics for Psychology
2
Undergraduate
281
Honors Course-Introduction to Psychology
2
Undergraduate
285
Honors Course-Research Methods
2
Undergraduate
310
Topics in Psychology: Study Abroad
1
Undergraduate
311
Issues in Psychology
1
Undergraduate
315
Industrial Psychology
Undergraduate
325
Experimental Psychology for Graduate Students
Undergraduate
349
Introduction to Human Factors
Undergraduate
350
Undergraduate
354
Undergraduate
386
Human Sexuality
Human neuropsychology: Cognition and the
Brain
Topics in Psychology for Honors Students
Undergraduate
399
Service Learning in Psychology
Undergraduate
402
Literacy, Brain, and Behavior
Undergraduate
406
Psychology of Perception
Undergraduate
408
Psychology of Human Emotions
Undergraduate
409
Psychology of Motivation
Undergraduate
410
Intermediate Statistics for Psychology
Undergraduate
411
Current Topics in Psychology
Undergraduate
412
Field Experience in Psychology
Undergraduate
413
Language, Mind, and Brain
3
Undergraduate
414
3
Undergraduate
416
Undergraduate
417
Cognitive Psychology
Introduction to Mathematical Models of
Psychoogical Processes
Thinking and Problem Solving
Undergraduate
421
Psychology of Language
Undergraduate
430
History of Psychology
Undergraduate
431
Modern Viewpoints in Psychology
Undergraduate
449
Animal Behavior
Undergraduate
450
Animal Behavior-The Primates
3
Undergraduate
451
Laboratory in Animal Behavior
3
Undergraduate
454
Behavioral Neuroscience
3
Undergraduate
455
Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience
3
1
3
2
Undergraduate
481
Honors Seminar in Cognitive Psychology
1
Undergraduate
482
Literacy, Brain, and Behavior - Honors
1
Undergraduate
483
Honors-Language, Mind, and Brain
1
Undergraduate
484
Honors-Behavioral Neurosciences
1
Undergraduate
485
Honors Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience
1
Undergraduate
486
Honors: Psychology of Perception
1
Undergraduate
487
Honors Seminar in Psychology of Motivation
1
Undergraduate
488
Honors Psychology of Human Emotions
1
Undergraduate
489
Honors Animal Behavior
1
Undergraduate
501
Depth Topic
3
Undergraduate
502
Cognitive Development
3
Undergraduate
503
Social Development
3
Undergraduate
504
Affective Neuroscience
3
Undergraduate
506
Advanced Topics in Perception
Undergraduate
507
Undergraduate
508
Undergraduate
509
Psychology of Personality
Psychology of Human Emotions: From Biology to
Culture
Abnormal Psychology
Undergraduate
511
Behavior Pathology: Neuroses
Undergraduate
512
Behavior Pathology-Psychoses
Undergraduate
514
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Undergraduate
515
Development of Memory in Children
Undergraduate
517
Undergraduate
520
Undergraduate
521
Introduction to Clinical Psychology
How We Read: The Science of Reading & Its
Educational Implications
Structure of Human Knowledge
3
Undergraduate
522
Psychology of Women
3
Undergraduate
523
Undergraduate
524
Undergraduate
526
Undergraduate
528
Neurobiology
Neurobiology II: An Introduction to the Brain and
Behavior
The Criminal Mind: Forensic and
Psychobiologiical Perspectives
Introduction to Cultural Psychology
3
Undergraduate
530
Introduction to Social Psychology
3
Undergraduate
532
Psychology and Law
Undergraduate
534
Industrial Social Psychology
Undergraduate
535
Psychology of Attitudes and Public Opinion
Undergraduate
537
Social Behavior Dynamics
Undergraduate
538
Group Dynamics
Undergraduate
549
Undergraduate
550
Human Factors Engineering
Animal Communication and the Origins of
Language
Undergraduate
554
Advanced Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience
Undergraduate
555
Psychochemistry
Undergraduate
556
Hormones and Behavior
Undergraduate
560
Child Psychology
Undergraduate
561
Psychology of Adolescence
3
3
3
3
Undergraduate
562
Social and Personality Development
Undergraduate
563
Development in Infancy
Undergraduate
564
Adult Development and Aging
Undergraduate
580
Honors Seminar in Child Psychology
1
Undergraduate
581
Honors Depth Topic
1
Undergraduate
582
Honors Cognitive Development
1
Undergraduate
583
Honors Social Development
1
Undergraduate
584
Honors Affective Neuroscience
1
Undergraduate
585
Honors Seminar in Social Psychology
1
Undergraduate
586
Honors seminar: The Criminal Mind: Forensic
and Psychobiologiical Perspectives
1
Undergraduate
587
Honors Course-Psychology of Personality
1
Undergraduate
588
Introduction to Cultural Psychology - Honors
1
Undergraduate
589
Honors Seminar in Abnormal Psychology
1
Graduate
610
Statistical Analysis of Psychological Experiments
2
Undergraduate
611
Systems Neuroscience
Undergraduate
615
Quantitative Methods in Psychology
Undergraduate
617
Measurement Choice and Decision-Making
Undergraduate
618
Research Topics
Undergraduate
619
Biology of Mind
Undergraduate
620
Capstone Mentored Research and Seminar
Undergraduate
621
Mentored Research and Seminar
Undergraduate
652
Sociotechnical Systems
Undergraduate
653
Organization and Job Design
Undergraduate
677
Research Methods in Social Psychology
Undergraduate
678
Experimental Psychology of Perception
Undergraduate
681
Senior Honors Thesis
Undergraduate
682
Senior Honors Thesis
Undergraduate
686
Honors Seminar in Psychology
Undergraduate
690
Research Topics in Psychology
Undergraduate
691
Undergraduate Thesis
Undergraduate
692
Undergraduate Thesis
Undergraduate
693
Animal Behavior Problems
Undergraduate
694
Problems in Developmental Psychology
Undergraduate
695
Problems in Clinical Psychology
Undergraduate
697
Problems in Human Behavior
Undergraduate
699
Directed Study
Graduate
701
Proseminar in Experimental Psychology
1
Graduate
702
Proseminar in Experimental Psychology
1
Graduate
703
Proseminar in Social Psychology
1
Graduate
704
1
Graduate
705
Graduate
706
Proseminar in Clinical Psychology
Proseminar in Engineering Psychology and
Human Factors Engineering
Proseminar in Developmental Psychology
1
Graduate
707
Proseminar in Biological Psychology
1
2
1
Graduate
710
Graduate
711
Design and Analysis of Psychological
Experiments
Current Topics in Psychology
Graduate
713
Conditioning
Graduate
715
Language and Cognitive Development
Graduate
720
Speech Perception and Reading
Graduate
728
Classic Issues in Social Psychology
Graduate
729
Advanced Social Psychology
Graduate
730
Graduate
731
Graduate
732
Advanced Social Psychology
Research Methods in Social and Personality
Psychology
Psychology of Women
Graduate
733
Perceptual and Cognitive Sciences
Graduate
734
Perceptual Systems II
2
Graduate
740
Clinical I: Assessment, Etiology, and Treatment
1
Graduate
741
Clinical II: Assessment, Etiology, and Treatment
1
Graduate
749
Mechanisms of Animal Behavior
Graduate
753
Seminar in Organization and Job Design
Graduate
754
Behavioral Neuroscience II
Graduate
755
Behavioral Neuroscience I
Graduate
760
Comparative Neuropsychology
Graduate
762
Social and Personality Development
Graduate
770
Human-Computer Interaction
Graduate
776
Teaching of Psychology
Graduate
779
Theories of Perception
Graduate
799
Independent Reading
Graduate
801
Introduction to Clinical Assessment
Graduate
802
Advanced Clinical Techniques I
Graduate
803
Advanced Clinical Techniques II
Graduate
804
Psychophysiology
Graduate
805
Field Work in Clinical Psychology
Graduate
806
Principles of Psychotherapy Research
Graduate
854
Special Topics in Organization Design
Graduate
859
Special Topics in Human Factors Engineering
Graduate
906
Graduate
907
Methods and Hypothesis-Testing for Behavioral
Ecologists
Seminar-Personality
Graduate
910
Seminar-Psychometric Methods
Graduate
911
Seminar Clinical Psychology
Graduate
912
Seminar-Behavior Pathology
Graduate
913
Seminar - History of Psychology
Graduate
914
Seminar-Learning
Graduate
916
Seminar in Mathematical Psychology
Graduate
918
Seminar-General Psychology
Graduate
930
Seminar-Social Psychology
Graduate
949
Seminar-Animal Behavior
2
2
2
2
Graduate
950
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Animal Behavior
Graduate
954
Seminar-Physiological Psychology
Graduate
956
Seminar in Human Psychophysiology
Graduate
960
Seminar in Developmental Psychology
Graduate
962
Seminar in Social and Personality Development
Graduate
970
Seminar in Judgment and Choice
Graduate
971
Graduate
973
Graduate
977
Seminar in Vision
Seminar-Psychology of Hearing and
Communication
Seminar in Perceptual Development
Graduate
978
Seminar in Visual Perception
Graduate
990
Research
Graduate
995
Predoctoral Internshi