1.?Foundation-year Courses (9 credits)** |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| SS1011 | Social Welfare Services and Issues | 3 | | SS1101 | Basic Psychology | 3 | | SS1024 | Social Issues and Problems | 3 |
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2.?Core Courses (36 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| SS2028 | Basic Psychology II | 3 | | SS2033 | Research Methods for Behavioural Sciences | 3 | | SS2701 | Developmental Psychology | 3 | | SS2712 | Personality and Individual Differences | 3 | | SS3707 | Design and Analysis for Psychological Research I | 3 | | SS3708 | Design and Analysis for Psychological Research II | 3 | | SS3711 | Biological Psychology | 3 | | SS3712 | Cognitive Psychology | 3 | | SS3713 | Learning and Behaviour | 3 | | SS3714 | Social Psychology | 3 | | SS4708 | Research Project in Psychology | 6 |
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3.?Electives (18 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| SS2702 | Psychology of Interpersonal Relations | 3 | | SS2714 | Psychological Testing | 3 | | SS3710 | Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence | 3 | | SS3716 | Multivariate Analysis for Psychological Research | 3 | | SS3718 | Cultural Psychology | 3 | | SS3719 | Psychological Aspects of Crime | 3 | | SS3720 | Neuropsychology | 3 | | SS3721 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | | SS3722 | Psychology of Ageing | 3 | | SS3723 | Psychology of Language | 3 | | SS3724 | Positive Psychology | 3 | | SS3725 | Cognitive Neuroscience | 3 | | SS3726 | Designing Experiments in Psychology | 3 | | SS4707 | Counseling and Therapeutic Psychology | 3 | | SS4715 | Introduction to Health Psychology | 3 | | SS4716 | Introduction to Educational Psychology | 3 | | SS4719 | Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 3 | | SS4720 | Psychology Internship | 3 |
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4.?Streams of Specialization (Optional)
All students, except for Joint Degree students with Columbia University, can choose to graduate with a stream by completing at least 4 courses (12 credits units) of the courses listed under the corresponding stream.? All courses listed are core electives other than LT3234.? Each student is only allowed to declare one stream of specialization.? Declaration will be made with the Department in the graduating semester.? The stream will be recorded in the transcript of studies of students upon completion of the degree. |
?Stream I: Health and Development (12 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| SS2702 | Psychology of Interpersonal Relations | 3 | | SS3710 | Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence | 3 | | SS3721 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | | SS3722 | Psychology of Ageing | 3 | | SS3724 | Positive Psychology | 3 | | SS4707 | Counseling and Therapeutic Psychology | 3 | | SS4715 | Introduction to Health Psychology | 3 | | SS4716 | Introduction to Educational Psychology | 3 |
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Stream II: Mind and Brain (12 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units | Remarks |
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| SS3716 | Multivariate Analysis for Psychological Research | 3 | | | SS3720 | Neuropsychology | 3 | | | SS3723 | Psychology of Language | 3 | | | SS3725 | Cognitive Neuroscience | 3 | | | SS3726 | Designing Experiments in Psychology | 3 | | | LT3234 | Language and Cognition | 3 | LT3234 is a College-specified course. As such, LT3234 cannot be used to fulfil the requirements of both GE College-specified courses and the Mind and Brain stream. An additional College-specified course needs to be taken if LT3234 is to be used to fulfil the Stream requirement.
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Note:
**Students of second major and students changed to the major (only applicable to normative 4-year degree students and students admitted with Advanced Standing I) will follow the Advanced Standing I curriculum and will be required to take one designated Foundation-year course, i.e. SS1101 (3 credit units). |
Students taking Psychology as a 2nd major are required to complete all core courses except SS4708 Research Project in Psychology (i.e., 30 credits), and to take 18 credits in elective courses. |
