This is not a concentration or minor plan. It is a list of recommended courses for students interested in this field of study.

Pre-requisites: Many of these courses have pre- requisites. Please refer to the current LS&A Bulletin or course guide for information regarding which courses are required. It is important that pre-requisites are taken early in a student’s academic career so that they will be completed in time to take the desired course.

This guide is helpful for students with a focus on the scientific study of language and cognition. These courses represent contributions to this study from several different disciplines, including psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics and cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology, philosophy of language and mind, and theoretical linguistics. Students should create a plan that includes a strong research focus, and take the core courses in cognitive and developmental psychology and linguistics early in their program. Students who wish to pursue graduate studies are particularly encouraged to complete an honors thesis based on empirical work conducted in one of the local labs in the Departments of Psychology or Linguistics.

Breadth Courses:
These courses are recommended to be taken early in the student’s concentration plan as they serve as prerequisites to many upper division courses.

240 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
250 Introduction to Developmental Psychology
260 Introduction to Organizational Psychology
280 Introduction to Social Psychology

Lab Courses:
The following courses may be used to satisfy a concentration lab requirement.

211 Project Outreach/Section 003: Juvenile Delinquency and Criminal Justice
310 Processes of Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation (SOC 320)
311 Practicum in Facilitating Intergroup Dialogues (SOC 321)
341 Advanced Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology
342 Laboratory in Judgment and Decision Making
371 Advanced Laboratory in Psychopathology
381 Advanced Laboratory in Social Psychology (SOC 472)

Upper Division (300-499) Psychology Courses:
Students are advised to take as many upper-division courses as possible to fulfill concentration credit hours. Most students wishing to specialize in this area are advised to take more than the minimum 34 credits required.

345 Introduction to Human Neuropsychology
353 Social Development
359 Psychology of Aging
373 Introduction to Community Psychology
386 Attitudes and Social Behavior (SOC 386)
393 Political Psychology
436 Drugs of Abuse, Brain and Behavior
448 Mathematical Psychology
449 Decision Processes
488 Sociological Analysis of Deviant Behavior (SOC 465)

Interdisciplinary Courses:
These courses, found across the university, are recommended to give students a broad, interdisciplinary background in the area of law, criminal justice, and forensics. Students should consider how these courses may be used to satisfy other degree requirements (e.g. Area Distribution credit, Race and Ethnicity, Quantitative Reasoning, and Upper Level Writing Requirements).

* Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are not offered through the college of Literature, Science and Arts (LS&A). These courses may have special restrictions and students may need to contact the department or instructor about requirements to elect the course.

AMCULT 399 Race, Racism, and Ethnicity
AMCULT 421/ SOC 423 Social Stratification
ANTHRCUL 333 Non- Western Legal Systems, I
CAAS 450 Law, Race, and the Historical Process, I
COMM 452 Media Law and Policy
ECON 325/ POLSCI 332 Inequality in the United States
ECON 327 Economics of Crime
ECON 485 Law and Economics
ENVIRON 392/ *NRE 392 Applications to Environmental Justice
ENVIRON 492/ *NRE 492/ *UP 492 Environmental Justice: Domestic and International
HISTORY 345/ RCSSCI 357 History and Theory of Punishment
HISTORY 475 The History of American Constitutional Law
HISTORY 477 Law, History, and the Dynamics of Social Change
PHIL 344 Ethics and Health Care
PHIL 356 Issues in Bioethics
PHIL 359 Law and Philosophy
PHIL 369 Philosophy of Law
POLSCI 316 Freedom of Speech and Press
POLSCI 317 Courts, Politics and Society
POLSCI 318 American Constitutional Politics
POLSCI 319 The Politics of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
POLSCI 322 Legislative Process
POLSCI 345 Law and Development
POLSCI 364 Public International Law
POLSCI 432 Law and Public Policy
SOC 368 Criminology
SOC 389 Practicum in Sociology (criminal justice sections)
SOC 452 Law and Social Psychology
SOC 454 Law and Society
SOC 467 Juvenile Delinquency
WOMENSTD 270 Women and the Law