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Pre-Professional & Health Services


Looking for electives to take that align with your career goals? Check out the suggestions below. Whether you want to begin a career right after graduation or apply to graduate school, you'll find classes that fit your interests. Students interested in these career paths find employment in hospitals, private practice, community health centers, medical centers, dentistry practices, chiropractic offices and more. You can download a .pdf of these suggestions here


Pre-Med, OT, Dentistry, Etc.

Recommended Directed Electives:
PSY 261 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology
PSY 273 - Social Psychology
PSY 357 - Learning Theory
PSY 425 - Cognitive Psychology
PSY 312 - Sensation & Perception

Recommended Electives:
PSY 298 - Human Sexuality
PSY 325 - Tests & Measures
PSY 361 - Child & Adolescent Psychology
PSY 362 - Clinical Psychology
PSY 371 - Adulthood & Aging
PSY 377 - Sport Psychology
PSY 385 - Physiological Psychology
PSY 400 - Psychopharmacology
PSY 400 - Neuropsychology
PSY 435 - Community Psychology (Public Health)

Cognitive Science / Neuro

Recommended Directed Electives:
PSY 273 - Social Psychology
PSY 322 - Abnormal Psychology
PSY 312 - Sensation & Perception
PSY 385 - Physiological Psychology
PSY 425 - Cognitive Psychology

Recommended Electives:
PSY 261 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology
PSY 325 - Tests & Measures
PSY 361 - Child & Adolescent Psychology
PSY 371 - Adulthood & Aging
PSY 386 - Psycholinguistics
PSY 400 - Psychopharmacology
PSY 400 - Neuropsychology

Performance, & Health

Recommended Directed Electives:
PSY 273 - Social Psychology
PSY 357 - Learning Theory
PSY 312 - Sensation & Perception
PSY 385 - Physiological Psychology
PSY 462 - Personality

Recommended Electives:
PSY 298 - Human Sexuality
PSY 325 - Tests & Measures
PSY 361 - Child & Adolescent Psychology
PSY 362 - Clinical Psychology
PSY 377 - Sport Psychology
PSY 371 - Adulthood & Aging
PSY 381 - Psychology of Gender
PSY 400 - Psychology of Fear
PSY 425 - Cognitive Psychology
PSY 435 - Community Psychology


Pre-Professional 4-Year Plans