Depth Areas

Psychology courses by depth area are listed here.

All students majoring in psychology must complete a "depth requirement" by enrolling in a number of intermediate/advanced courses from the subfields in which they completed the department's introductory/survey course.  The five areas of depth are:

  • Abnormal / Health Psychology
  • Biological Bases of Behavior
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Psychology
If you are a student who matriculated prior to Fall 2009 and wish to pursue the 'old' major or minor requirements, please refer to this page.

Courses Renumbering

Duke has recently instituted a new course numbering system to be effective for fall 2012. Visit the Office of Curriculum and Course Development for further information about the course renumbering process and how it will affect students transcripts. A brief description of the new numbers is listed below:

0 - 99        Advanced Placement credit; House Courses;
                  First-Year Seminars; First-Year Writing;
                  Registrar / Department special purpose

100 -199  Introductory-level undergraduate courses; basic skills / activity 
                  courses; foundation courses; Focus program courses

200 -399  Undergraduate courses above introductory level

400 -499  Advanced undergraduate, senior seminars, capstone courses,
                  honors thesis courses
 
500 -699  Graduate courses open to advanced undergraduates

700 -999  Graduate only courses (not open to undergraduates)

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