Students in the Psychology Program work with advisors to create a curriculum of at least 28 credits. Students must meet the requirements listed below. For all Psychology course offerings, refer to the Columbia University Directory of Courses.
Broad survey of psychological science including: sensation and perception; learning, memory, intelligence, language, and cognition; emotions and motivation; development, personality, health and illness, and social behavior. Discusses relations between the brain, behavior, and experience. Emphasizes science as a process of discovering both new ideas and new empirical results.
Introduction to statistics that concentrates on problems from the behavioral sciences.
Course Number
PSYC UN1610/PSYC W1610
Format
In Person
Points
4
Prerequisite
PSYC UN1001
A friendly introduction to statistical concepts and reasoning with emphasis on developing statistical intuition rather than on mathematical rigor. Topics include design of experiments, descriptive statistics, correlation and regression, probability, chance variability, sampling, chance models, and tests of significance.
Course Number
STAT UN1001/STAT W1001
Format
In Person
Points
3
Designed for students in fields that emphasize quantitative methods. Graphical and numerical summaries, probability, theory of sampling distributions, linear regression, analysis of variance, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Practical experience with statistical software. Illustrations are taken from a variety of fields. Data-collection/analysis project with emphasis on study designs is part of the coursework requirement.
Course Number
STAT UN1101/STAT S1101/STAT W1111
Format
In Person
Points
3
Designed for students who desire a strong grounding in statistical concepts with a greater degree of mathematical rigor than in STAT W1111. Random variables, probability distributions, pdf, cdf, mean, variance, correlation, conditional distribution, conditional mean and conditional variance, law of iterated expectations, normal, chi-square, F and t distributions, law of large numbers, central limit theorem, parameter estimation, unbiasedness, consistency, efficiency, hypothesis testing, p-value, confidence intervals, maximum likelihood estimation.
Course Number
STAT UN1201/STAT W1201
Format
In Person
Points
3
One Course in Each of Three Areas
This requirement may be fulfilled by the following courses: 2200s, 3200s, or 4200s (also 1420, 1480, 1490)
Two Semesters of Supervised Research Participation - This requirement may be accomplished with one semester of Supervised Individual Research or two semesters of PSYC 3950 totaling 3 points.
At least 3 points. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. Except by special permission of the director of undergraduate studies, no more than 4 points of individual research may be taken in any one term. Readings, special laboratory projects, reports, and special seminars on contemporary issues in psychological research and theory.
Course Number
PSYC UN3950
Format
Online & In Person
Students are required to maintain an overall minimum GPA of 3.0 (B). Every course creditable toward the certificate must be taken for a letter grade. Courses with a grade of P or below a B- will not count toward the completion of the certificate.
