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Behavioral Science /
Psychology Double Major		  
This is a major for students who are preparing for careers in counseling, industrial psychology, health care, or education. The Behavioral Science Program is designed for students who wish to develop an interdisciplinary perspective on human behavior. Students may focus their studies on psychology to pursue a behavioral science / psychology double major. This major allows students to integrate courses from anthropology, psychology, and sociology to better understand human behavior. Three departments cooperatively offer the Behavioral Science Program—Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology—although the Department of Anthropology administers and provides the advising for the four behavioral science majors.

Skills Developed in this Degree

The behavioral science/psychology double major provides students with a flexible and broad foundational knowledge of human behavior. Students develop broad skills in collecting data, logically and consistently analyzing data, communicating clearly, and problem solving. The knowledge and skills behavioral science students learn help prepare them for a variety of jobs that require using social science data and working with other people.

Requirements
Be sure to consult a departmental advisor to clarify your graduation requirements. This page is not an official university document and is provided for your convenience only. Click here to view the official Catalog entry.
Research
Methods
Behavioral Science/Psychology Double Majors must take Psyc_120, Advanced Topics in Research: Experimental Designs (3 units).
Note:  This research methods class fulfills one course requirement for the psychology area.
Psyc 120
  
  
  
  
Note: Psyc001, Psyc018 and Stat095 are prerequisites for Psyc120.
 
Statistics
Behavioral Science/Psychology Double Majors must take a statistics class in support of the major (3 units).
  Stat 095 Soci 015 Soci 102    
 
Psychology

Behavioral Science/ Psychology Double Majors are required to take Psyc_001, General Psychology*, Psyc_030**, Introductory Psychobiology, Psyc 102, Child Psychology, and Psyc_110 Abnormal Psychology (12 units).

Double majors must also take either Stat_115, Intermediate Statistics, or Psyc_117, Psychological Tests and Measures,*** (3 units).

Behavioral Science/Psychology Double Majors are required to take at least one course from each of these three sets of options (9 units):

        1)  Psyc 135, Cognition, or
             Psyc 155, Human Learning, or
             Psyc 158, Perception

        2)  Psyc 139, Psychology of Personality, or
             Psyc 154, Social Psychology

        2)  Psyc 129, Neuroscience****, or
             Psyc 160, Clinical Psychology, or
             Psyc 170, Industrial and Organizational
                             Psychology.

One addition upper division psychology course (3_units) and one more upper or lower division course (3 units) completes the psychology requirement for the double major.  With the Research Methods course above you will take a total of 33 units in psychology.
Note: A maximum of two lower division courses (6 units) may be taken to fulfill the psychology requirements.
  Psyc 102 Psyc 110  
  Stat 115 or Psyc 117  Psyc 135 or Psyc 155 or Psyc 158
  Psyc 139 or Psyc 154    
  Psyc 129 or Psyc 160 or Psyc 170
  *         Psyc001 is a prerequisite for most psychology courses.
**       Biol_021 or Biol_065 is a prerequisite for taking Psyc_030
***     Stat_095 is a prerequisite for taking Psyc_117.
****  Either Psyc_030 and 3 units of biology, or 9 units of biology
           are prerequisites for Psyc_129.
 
Anthro-
      pology
Behavioral Science/Psychology Double Majors are required to take Anth_011 (3 units) and an additional three upper division anthropology courses (9 units) for a total of 12 units in anthropology.
Note: A three unit maximum of Individual Studies, Anth_180, may be applied to this requirement.
  Anth 011 Anth 102 to Anth 198
    ANTH 180, ANTH 184, ANTH 187, ANTH 195 and ANTH 198 are special courses and may only be taken as appropriate and with the approval of your advisor.
 
Sociology
Behavioral Science/Psychology Double Majors are required to take Soci_001, Soci_101 (6 units) and two additional upper division sociology courses (6 units) for a total of 12 units in sociology.
  Soci 001 Soci 101 Soci 102 - Soci 199H
 
Completing
Your
Bachelor's
Degree
In addition to the 57 units for the double major listed here, you must also complete 45 general education units, 2 physical education units and 16 more elective units (120 total units) to complete the requirements for a BA degree.
Note: Of the 51 general education units required by the university 6 may be satisfied by specific major and support requirements.  Double counting of transfer units may also change the number of elective units needed. A maximum of 6 units of advanced GE can be taken within the major.
Consult your major advisor for details.
 
Writing
Area Z of the General Education requirements is a Writing course (e.g. Psyc_100W).  The Department of Psychology strongly recommends that students double majoring in behavioral science and psychology take Psyc_100W to fulfill this requirement.  The 100W courses offered by the different departments are tailored to provide students with writing experiences in that particular discipline's writing style.
  Psyc100W Anth100W Soci 100W    

Resources

Behavioral Science/Psychology Double Major Checklist

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