Psychology Honours (B.A.)

60 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Program Prerequisites (0–6 credits)

Required Courses (33 credits)

U1

  • PSYC 204 Introduction to Psychological Statistics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 211 Introductory Behavioural Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 212 Perception (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 213 Cognition (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 215 Social Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

U1 or U2

  • PSYC 305 Statistics for Experimental Design (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

U2

  • PSYC 306 Research Methods in Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 380D1 Honours Research Project Seminar (4.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 380D2 Honours Research Project Seminar (4.5 credits) · Offered: Winter

U2 or U3

  • PSYC 439 Correlational Techniques (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (27 credits)

3-9 credits must be completed with the following course(s): Any 500-level Psychology course 18 credits of Honours courses are to be completed with the following courses:

  • PSYC 486 Independent Honours Research 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 487 Independent Honours Research 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 488D1 Independent Honours Research 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 488D2 Independent Honours Research 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 492 Special Topics Seminar 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

List A - (Behavioural Neuroscience, Cognition and Quantitative Methods) (6 credits)

6 credits in Psychology from the following:

  • NSCI 201 Introduction to Neuroscience 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 301 Animal Learning and Theory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 302 Pain (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 306 Research Methods in Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 310 Intelligence (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 311 Human Cognition and the Brain (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 312 Introduction to Perception (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 315 Computational Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 317 Genes and Behaviour (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 318 Behavioural Neuroscience 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 319 Computational Models - Cognition (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 329 Introduction to Auditory Cognition (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 340 Psychology of Language (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 341 The Psychology of Bilingualism (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 342 Hormones and Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 352 Research Methods and Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 353 Research Methods and Laboratory in Human Perception (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 355 Research Methods and Laboratory in Electroencephalography (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 403 Modern Psychology in Historical Perspective (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 406 Psychological Tests (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 410 Special Topics in Neuropsychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 413 Cognitive Development (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 427 Sensorimotor Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 433 Cognitive Science (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 439 Correlational Techniques (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 443 Affective Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 444 Sleep Mechanisms and Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • PSYC 470 Memory and Brain (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 502 Psychoneuroendocrinology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 506 Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 513 Human Decision-Making (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 514 Neurobiology of Memory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 522 Neurochemistry and Behaviour (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 526 Advances in Visual Perception (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 529 Music Cognition (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 531 Structural Equation Models (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 537 Advanced Seminar in Psychology of Language (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 538 Categorization, Communication and Consciousness (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 541 Multilevel Modelling (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • PSYC 545 Topics in Language Acquisition (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 560 Machine Learning Tools in Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 562 Measurement of Psychological Processes (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

List B - (Social, Health and Developmental Psychology) (6 credits)

6 credits in Psychology from the following:

  • PSYC 304 Child Development (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Winter
  • PSYC 309 Positive Psychology: Science of Well-Being (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 328 Health Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 331 Inter-Group Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 332 Introduction to Personality (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 333 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • PSYC 337 Introduction to Psychopathology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 339 Introduction to Applied Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 351 Research Methods and Laboratory in Social Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 408 Principles and Applications of Psychotherapy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 409 Positive Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 411 Discrimination & Wellbeing in Marginalized Communities (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 412 Child Development: Psychopathology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 414 Social Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 436 Human Sexuality and Its Problems (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 471 Human Motivation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 473 Social Cognition and the Self (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 474 Interpersonal Relationships (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 475 Neuroscience of Social Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 483 Seminar in Experimental Psychopathology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 491D1 Advanced Study: Behavioural Disorders (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 491D2 Advanced Study: Behavioural Disorders (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 507 Emotions, Stress, and Illness (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 509 Diverse Clinical Populations (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 512 Advanced Personality Seminar (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 528 Vulnerability to Depression and Anxiety (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 530 Applied Topics in Deafness (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 535 Advanced Topics in Social Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 539 Advanced Topics in Social Psychology 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

McGill Foundation students are recommended to complete the following courses in their U0 year:

McGill Foundation students are recommended to complete the following courses in their U0 year:

  • PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • BIOL 111 Principles: Organismal Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 115 Essential Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

6 credits at the 300 level or above selected from the following disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Linguistics (LING), Psychology (PSYC), or Sociology (SOCI). (6 credits)

6 credits at the 300 level or above selected from the following disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Linguistics (LING), Psychology (PSYC), or Sociology (SOCI).

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