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Second Major in Psychology

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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.