Duke Psychology & Neuroscience

Courses Listed by Area of Depth for the 'Original'/'Old' Requirements

Note: If you are pursuing the Revised A.B. or B.S. major requirements, please refer to this page.

Changes to the Major and Course Renumbering

The requirements for the Psychology major have recently been changed. An important aspect of these changes is the increase from four to five 'areas of depth.' Also, due to the major revision we have had to renumber several courses. Thus, we have two different lists of courses categorized by depth area. Please be sure to choose the list correlating to the program you are pursuing. This list is appropriate for students pursuing the following programs of study:

  • The "Old" A.B. or B.S. Major requirements for students who matriculated prior to Fall 2009.
  • The "Old" Minor requirements for students who matriculated prior to Fall 2009.

General Courses (no area)

  • 11 -- Introductory Psychology*
  • 49S -- First-Year Seminars *
  • 50RE -- Research Practicum * (formerly numbered PSY 103)
  • 93FCS -- Focus Special Topics Seminar *#
  • 94FCS -- Psychosocial Development of the Mind Through the Life Course *#
  • 95FCS -- Neurobiology of Mind *#
  • 150RE -- Research Methods in Psychological Science (formerly PSY 101)
  • 117 -- Statistical Concepts in Psychology
  • 170S/270S -- Selected Problems
  • 191-194 -- Independent Study $
  • 196T -- Junior Tutorial
  • 197T -- Senior Tutorial
  • 200A/B -- Graduation with Distinction Workshop
        • * These courses do not count toward the major.
        • # Open to students in the Focus Program only.
        • $ Students may count a maximum of one independent study course toward a depth area, depending on content.


Biological Area

  • 101RE -- Biological Bases of Behavior: Introduction and Survey (formerly PSY 91)
  • 107 -- Affective and Mood Disorders
  • 110RE -- Alcohol: Brain, Individual, and Society (formerly PSY 102)
  • 111 -- Learning and Adaptive Behavior
  • 112 -- Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
  • 119 -- Neuroethics
  • 120B -- Looking Inside the Disordered Brain
  • 125 -- Memory and the Brain
  • 126 -- Behavior and Neurochemistry
  • 127 -- Drugs, Brain and Behavior
  • 132 -- Decision Neuroscience
  • 135 -- Principles of Neurobiology
  • 136 -- Brain and Behavior
  • 142S -- Thought without Language
  • 144S -- Thought in Action: The Origins of Human Tool Use
  • 147 -- Social and Affective Neuroscience
  • 148S -- Neuroscience and Cognitive Aging
  • 149S -- Reward and Addiction
  • 156 -- Behavioral Neuroimmunology: Brain and Behavior in Health and Disease
  • 159S -- Biological Psychology of Human Development
  • 165S -- Neurobiology of Learning & Memory
  • 166AS -- The Neuroscience of Stress
  • 167 -- Neuroscientific Approaches to Social Behavior
  • 169S -- The Neurobiology of the Pain System: It's Function and Dysfunctions
  • 177S -- Human Sexuality
  • 178L -- Functional Anatomy of hte Human Brain
  • 181C -- Brain Waves and Cognition
  • 181F -- Functional Neuroimaging
  • 182B -- Perception and the Brain
  • 184A -- Contemporary Neuroscience Methods
  • 190S -- History of Modern Psychology
  • 195S -- Topics in Neuroscience
  • 203S -- Gene-Environment Interplay
  • 204S -- Exploring the Prefrontal Cortex
  • 211S -- Biology of Nervous System Diseases
  • 223S -- Animal Learning and Cognition
  • 226S -- Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory
  • 227S -- Behavioral Physiology
  • 240S -- Biological Pathways to Psychopathology
  • 242S -- Nonverbal Cognition
  • 250S -- Hormones, Brain, and Cognition
  • 265 -- Introduction to Audition: What We Hear, What We Do
  • 272S -- Obesity and Eating Disorders


Cognitive Area

  • 102RE -- Cognitive Psychology: Introduction and Survey (formerly PSY 92)
  • 105 -- Myths and Mysteries of Memory
  • 108A -- Educational Psychology
  • 110RE -- Alcohol, Brain, Individual, & Society (formerly PSY 102)
  • 111 -- Learning and Adaptive Behavior
  • 112 -- Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
  • 113B -- Psychological Anthropology
  • 115 -- Psychology of Consumers
  • 121 -- Early Cognitive Development
  • 122 -- Psychology of Thinking
  • 123 -- Introduction to Human Memory
  • 128 -- The Creative Mind
  • 129 -- Human Cognitive Evolution
  • 132 -- Decision Neuroscience
  • 132B -- Cross Cultural Perspectives on Development
  • 134 -- Psychology of Language
  • 142S -- Thought without Language
  • 144S -- Thought in Action: Origins of Human Tool Use
  • 147 -- Social and Affective Neuroscience
  • 148S -- Neuroscience and Cognitive Aging
  • 152S -- Cognitive Psychology and Oral Traditions
  • 153S -- Language Development
  • 158S -- Seeing and Knowing: Introduction to Visual Cognition
  • 161AS -- Medical Decision Making
  • 161S -- Emotion and Cognition
  • 165S -- Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • 166AS -- The Neuroscience of Stress
  • 167 -- Neuroscientific Approaches to Social Behavior
  • 168S -- Cognition in the Classroom
  • 169S -- The Neurobiology of the Pain System: It's Function and Dysfunctions
  • 171S -- The Psychology of Trauma and Memory
  • 173S -- Theoretical Issues in General Psychology
  • 174S -- Infancy
  • 176S -- Great Ideas in Psychology
  • 181C -- Brain Waves and Cognition
  • 181F -- Functional Neuroimaging
  • 182B -- Perception and the Brain
  • 184A -- Contemporary Neuroscience Methods
  • 190S -- History of Modern Psychology
  • 202S -- Autobiographical Memory
  • 203S -- Gene-Environment Interplay
  • 223S -- Animal Learning and Cognition
  • 226S -- Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory
  • 238S -- Everyday Psychology
  • 240S -- Biological Pathways to Psychopathology
  • 242S -- Nonverbal Cognition
  • 249A -- Anthropology and Psychology
  • 250S -- Hormones, Brain and Cognition
  • 267S -- Language, Brain and Behavior
  • 268 -- Brain and Language



Developmental Area

  • 103RE -- Developmental Psychology: Introduction and Survey (formerly PSY 97)
  • 108A -- Educational Psychology
  • 113B -- Psychological Anthropology
  • 119B -- Child Clinical Psychology
  • 121 -- Early Cognitive Development
  • 124 -- Approaches to Human Development
  • 130 -- Psychosocial Aspects of Human Development
  • 131 -- Social Development
  • 132B -- Cross Cultural Perspectives on Development
  • 133 -- Psychology of Ethnicity and Context
  • 137 -- Adolescence
  • 142S -- Thought without Language
  • 151 -- Clinical Intervention with Children and Families
  • 153S -- Language Development
  • 154S -- Achievement Motivation
  • 157S -- Life Span Analysis of Social Relationships
  • 159S -- Biological Psychology of Human Development
  • 164S -- The Role of Race and Culture on Development
  • 169S -- The Neurobiology of the Pain System: It's Function and Dysfunctions
  • 173S -- Theoretical Issues in General Psychology
  • 174S -- Infancy
  • 183B -- Child Observation
  • 190S -- History of Modern Psychology
  • 203S -- Gene-Environment Interplay
  • 205S -- Children's Peer Relations
  • 206S -- Pediatric Psychology
  • 208S -- Seminar in Emotion
  • 215S -- Developmental Behavioral Genetics
  • 242S -- Nonverbal Cognition
  • 262S -- Minority Mental Health


Personality/ Social Area

  • 99 -- Personality and Social Behavior: Introduction and Survey (no longer offered after Fall 2009)
  • 100RE -- Abnormal Psychology (formerly 119A)
  • 104RE -- Social Psychology (formerly 116)
  • 106 -- Psychology of Gender
  • 109A -- Health Psychology
  • 109B -- Stress and Coping
  • 109C -- Behavioral Medicine
  • 109E -- Behavior, Biases, and Interventions in Global Health
  • 110RE -- Alcohol, Brain, Individual, & Society (formerly PSY 102)
  • 113A -- Self and Society
  • 113B -- Psychological Anthropology
  • 114 -- Personality
  • 115 -- Psychology of Consumers
  • 118 -- Special Topics in Social Psychology
  • 119B -- Child Clinical Psychology
  • 119C -- Advanced Abnormal Psychology
  • 120B -- Looking Inside the Disordered Brain
  • 129A -- Political Psychology
  • 131 -- Social Development
  • 133 -- Psychology of Ethnicity and Context
  • 138 -- Social Psychology of Business
  • 143S -- Clinical Issues for the LGBTQ Community
  • 151 -- Clinical Intervention with Children and Families
  • 154S -- Achievement Motivation
  • 155S -- Community Intervention Research
  • 157S -- Life Span Development
  • 159S -- Biological Psychology of Human Development
  • 161S -- Emotion and Cognition
  • 162S -- Personality and Individual Differences
  • 163S -- Coping with Catastrophic Events
  • 164S -- The Role of Race and Culture on Development
  • 166AS -- The Neuroscience of Stress
  • 167 -- Neuroscientific Approaches to Social Behavior
  • 171S -- The Psychology of Trauma and Memory
  • 173S -- Theoretical Issues in General Psychology
  • 174S -- Infancy
  • 175AS -- Motivational Approaches in Social Psychology
  • 185B -- Research Methods in Social Psychology
  • 185C -- Research Methods in Health Psychology
  • 185D -- Research Methods in Psychopathology & Psychotherapy
  • 190S -- History of Modern Psychology
  • 201S -- Psychology of Mindfulness Meditation
  • 203S -- Gene-Environment Interplay
  • 206S -- Pediatric Psychology
  • 208S -- Seminar in Emotion
  • 209S -- Disturbances in Eating and Body Experience Across the Lifespan
  • 214S -- Motives, Goals and Social Behavior
  • 216S -- Gender, Pain and Coping
  • 218S -- Personality, Stress & Disease
  • 222S -- Global Mental Health
  • 227S -- Behavioral Physiology: Basic Systems
  • 229S -- Psychosocial Determinants of Health
  • 230S -- Stereotypes and Stigma
  • 240S -- Biological Pathways to Psychopathology
  • 249S -- Anthropology/Psychology
  • 258S -- Social Behavior and Personality
  • 262S -- Minority Mental Health: Issues in Theory
  • 272S -- Obesity and Eating Disorders
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