Requirements

Psychology Major

The psychology major comprises ten courses; these are selected by students with their advisors and are subject to departmental review.

Psychology Minor

The psychology minor comprises six courses.

• 鼓励学生考虑独立学习，包括定向阅读, intermediate, or advanced independent study, or an intermediate or advanced collaborative study. Independent study courses do not count toward the core, laboratory, advanced course, or topics-level requirements for the major, 但可计入主修课程所需的十学分和辅修课程所需的六学分.
• 希望攻读心理学荣誉学位的学生应该在大三时确定一位潜在的教师导师. Honors is a two semester sequence in the senior year. Honors projects courses do not count toward the core, laboratory, advanced course, or topics level requirements for the major. Guidelines for the honors program are available on the department website. 
• 我们鼓励正在考虑心理学专业的学生报名参加 PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology during their first year at Bowdoin, and to enroll in PSYC 2510 Research Design in Psychology and PSYC 2520 Data Analysis during their second year.
• Students must take PSYC 2510 Research Design in Psychology before PSYC 2520 Data Analysis and any course numbered 2700 or higher.
• 在2024年秋季之前宣布心理学专业或辅修专业的学生可以参加 PSYC 2520 Data Analysis  concurrently with (or prior to) any course numbered 2700 or higher. Students who declare Psychology as a major or minor after Fall 2024 must take PSYC 2520 Data Analysis prior to any course numbered 2700 or higher.
• If possible, 学生应不迟于大三第一学期开始他们的实验工作.
• 学生必须在大三或大四时参加高级研讨会课程.
• 那些计划在大三的一个学期或两个学期在校外学习的学生应该在离开校园进行校外体验之前完成实验课程或高级研讨会课程，并计划他们的课程，以便他们在返回校园后完成专业. 学生应该与系主任讨论他们的校外学习计划和专业学分的转换. Laboratory or advanced courses taken elsewhere may be counted as electives, 但通常不计入实验室或高级课程的要求.
• 心理学不限制可以计入主修或辅修的学习课程的数量.
• 专业和未成年人可以将某些课程与其他部门或专业重复计算.  将心理学专业与数字和计算研究相结合的学生, education, or environmental studies may double count certain courses.  专业和未成年人可以将PSYC 2520数据分析计入另一个需要定量或数据分析课程的专业或未成年人.  Please meet with Chair to discuss your options for double counting.
• Students who major or minor in psychology may not also major in neuroscience; students who major in neuroscience may not also major or minor in psychology. 

Grade Requirements

To fulfill a major or minor requirement in psychology, 一门课程必须获得标准的字母成绩，并且必须获得C-或更高的成绩. There is one exception: PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology may be taken with the Credit/D/Fail grading option, 如果该课程获得了CR(学分)，则计入主修或辅修课程.

Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate (AP/IB)

在心理学AP考试中获得最低四分或在心理学IB考试中获得最低五分的学生被认为已经满足了所需课程的先决条件 PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology.  为了获得大学先修课程或国际学士学位课程的学分, 学生必须在买球平台大学二年级结束前将他们的成绩正式报告给注册办公室, but students who meet the minimum score requirements to place out of PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology强烈建议学生尽快将成绩提交给教务处，因为这些成绩将作为所有其他心理学课程的先决条件. If students place out of PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology, ten psychology courses must still be completed for the major, and six for the minor; any psychology course including any type of independent study, collaborative study, or honors project course in psychology may count as this tenth course.  

Career Paths

The psychology major can serve as preparation for many career paths, 虽然有些职位可能需要额外的教育或专门的培训. Careers include the profession of psychology or counseling or social work, but they also include medicine, public health, early education, secondary school teaching, government, 以及商业世界的许多领域，包括广告或市场研究, customer service, human resources, and data analytics. 心理学为学生提供了一种对人类行为的理解，这种理解适用于大多数职业.

Some students will begin their careers soon after graduation, 而其他人则会继续他们的教育或通过实习获得相关的工作经验, research positions, or entry-level positions that enhance their employability in specific fields. 未来专业的学生应该尽快和系里的人讨论他们的职业目标，因为他们可能想要相应地调整自己的教育和经历. 学生的专业顾问可以帮助学生反思他们的兴趣和目标，让他们在专业中定制自己的道路. Regardless of career goals, 心理学为学生提供了发展批判性思维和解决问题能力的机会, enhance their writing abilities, 并学习如何以一种允许他们提出和回答有关人类经验的问题的方式进行研究.

有关最近校友的职业道路的例子，请访问校友和职业页面. 有关开始心理学职业的资源，请访问“资源与机会”.

Information for Incoming Students

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior of individuals (particularly human individuals). The first course in the department is PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology which is a prerequisite to all other psychology courses. This course is offered every semester. 它提供了心理学主题的广泛概述，以及心理学研究是如何进行的介绍.

There is no placement test for PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology; we assume that most students have not had the opportunity to take a psychology course in high school. However, a student who has a score of 4 or better on the Psychology AP exam, or a score of 5 or better on the IB Higher level exam, may skip PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology. For these students, we recommend PSYC 2010 Infant and Child Development or PSYC 2025 Psychopathology in the fall; or PSYC 2012 Educational Psychology, PSYC 2030 Social Psychology, PSYC 2040 Cognition: The Science of How We Learn, Think, and Act, or PSYC 2050 Biological Psychology in the spring. Although these students are also eligible to take PSYC 2510 Research Design in Psychology 在第一年的秋天，我们建议他们至少等一个学期再这样做.