Second Major in Psychology
To be awarded a Second Major in Psychology, students must complete five Psychology core and six Psychology elective courses.
Psychology Core
Students must complete the following two courses. These two courses are prerequisites for most other core courses.
- HP1000 Introduction to Psychology
- HP1100 Fundamentals of Social Science Research
Students must complete three courses from the following:
- HP2100 Research Design and Data Analysis in Psychology
- HP2200 Biological Psychology
- HP2300 Developmental Psychology
- HP2400 Social Psychology
- HP2500 Personality and Individual Differences
- HP2600 Cognitive Psychology
- HP2700 Abnormal Psychology
Psychology Electives
Psychology electives are level 3000 and 4000 courses. Students must complete six Psychology elective courses, out of which at least two must be level 4000 courses.
HP3002 Positive Psychology
HP3003 The Psychology of Everyday Design
HP3004 The Psychology of Food & Eating
HP3101 Applied Statistical Methods for Psychological Research
HP3200 Selected Topics in Social & Personality Psychology
HP3201 Evolutionary Psychology
HP3202 Primate Behavioural Ecology
HP3203 Conservation Psychology
HP3204 An Ape's Guide to Human Language
HP3205 Animal Behavior
HP3206 Environmental Psychology
HP3302 Cognitive Development
HP3303 Geropsychology
HP3304 Psychopathology & Mental Well-Being in Later Life
HP3305 Adolescence
HP3402 Social Cognition
HP3502 Psychology of Emotion
HP3601 Human Memory
HP3603 Sensation & Perception
HP3702 Child Psychopathology
HP3703 Health Psychology
HP3704 Introduction to Neuropsychology
HP3708 Biopsychosocial Criminology
HP3802 Personnel Psychology
HP3804 Psychological Testing
HP3805 Managing Organisational Behavior
HP3806 Consumer Psychology
HP3807 Occupational Health Psychology
HP3901 Cultural Psychology
HP3902 Community Psychology
HP4002 Qualitative Methods in Psychology
HP4012 Applied Multivariate Methods for Psychological Research
HP4021 Laboratory in Human & Animal Neuroscience
HP4031 Laboratory in Developmental Psychology
HP4032 Laboratory in Geropsychology
HP4041 Laboratory in Social Psychology
HP4051 Laboratory in Personality & Individual Differences
HP4061 Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology
HP4063 Research Lab in Language in Perception & Thought
HP4081 Laboratory in Industrial & Organizational Psychology
HP4101 Legal & Courtroom Psychology
HP4102 Trauma Psychology & Crisis Management
HP4103 Forensic & Criminal Psychology
HP4104 Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Psychology
HP4105 Correctional Psychology
HP4106 Mental Health in the Community
HP4107 Industrial-Organisational Psychology in Practice
HP4108 Psychological Therapies & Counselling
HP4109 Clinical Interviewing & Counselling Skills
HP4200 Seminar in Selected Topics
HP4201 Seminar in Selected Topics: Technology & Social Behaviour
HP4202 Criminal Behaviour
HP4210 Data Analytics for Neuroimaging
HP4222 The Neuroscience of Love
HP4232 Development of Self-Regulation
HP4233 Social Cognition in Childhood
HP4242 Advanced Topics in Social Cognition
HP4243 Intergroup Relations
HP4251 Human Motivation
HP4261 Seminar in Perceptual & Cognitive Neurosciences
HP4262 Multisensory Integration
HP4271 Cognitive Neuroplasticity
HP4272 Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology
HP4273 Introduction to Functional Neuroimaging
HP4274 The Last Dance: Perspectives of Death, Dying & Bereavement
HP4281 Seminar in Selected Topics: Psychology of Leadership
For list of course outlines, please click here.
Important notes to students going on exchange (both overseas and local)
- All Second Major courses must be read as GER-UEs / BDEs.
- All Psychology Core courses must be completed at NTU.
- Students are only allowed to complete up to three courses during the exchange and count them towards fulfilling their Psychology Elective requirement.
For information on Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) Option, please click here.
For information on Second Major programmes offered by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) can be found here.
