Psychology 2021 Course Information Booklet (PDF)
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Detailed information about Psychology papers
An overview of requirements for each year level (i.e. 100-level, 200-level) can be accessed via each heading link. Further information about individual papers can be obtained by selecting links to papers (i.e. PSYC 111 Brain and Behaviour).
100-level papers - Overview
200-level papers - Overview
- PSYC 210 Principles of Psychological Research
- PSYC 211 Brain and Cognition
- PSYC 212 Social and Applied Psychology
- PSYC 203 Abnormal Psychology
- PSYC 204 Justice, Race and Class
300-level papers - Overview
- PSYC 310 Research Project
- PSYC 311 Quantitative Methods
- PSYC 313 Cognition and Neuropsychology
- PSYC 315 Social Psychology
- PSYC 317 Biopsychology
- PSYC 318 Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 319 Comparative Cognition
- PSYC 321 Special Topic
- PSYC 323 Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 324 Health Psychology
- PSYC 325 Psychology in Legal Contexts (Not offered in 2021)
- PSYC 326 Cognitive Engineering
- PSYC 327 Psychology of Language (Not offered in 2021)
- PSYC 328 Behaviour Analysis in Everyday Life
- PSYC 329 Cultural Psychology
- PSYC 330 Drugs, Behaviour, Addiction, and Policy
- PSYC 331 Applied Psychological Research
400-level papers - Overview
- PSYC 401 Behaviour Analysis
- PSYC 402 Assessment in Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology
- PSYC 403 Adult Psychopathology
- PSYC 404 Assessment in Clinical Psychology Practice
- PSYC 405 Clinical Neuropsychology
- PSYC 406 Foundations of Clinical Intervention
- PSYC 421 Advanced Research Methods
- PSYC 422 Contemporary Issues in Psychology
- PSYC 423 Advanced Topics in Health Psychology
- PSYC 424 Contexts of Development (Not offered in 2021)
- PSYC 425 Advanced Topics in Behaviour Analysis
- PSYC 426 Social Cognition
- PSYC 427 Topical Issues in Child Development (Not offered in 2021)
- PSYC 428 Culture and Development
- PSYC 429 Advanced Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience
- PSYC 430 Synaptic Plasticity Mechanisms
- PSYC 431 History and Theory of Drug Use and Abuse (Not offered in 2021)
- PSYC 432 Special Topic: Social and Affective Neuroscience
- PSYC 433 Advanced Theoretical Topic
- PSYC 434 Advanced Quantitative Methods
- PSYC 435 Developmental Psychopathology
- PSYC 436 Topical Issues in Adolescent Behaviour
- PSYC 437 Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar
- PSYC 438 Nervous System Plasticity in Health and Disease
- PSYC 439 Neurobiology and Behavioural Effects of Drugs (Not offered in 2021)
- PSYC 490 Dissertation
- PSYC 495 Thesis Preliminary
