Approved Barnard Courses
The Columbia Psychology Major requires the completion of at least 30 points, including one course in each of categories 1 – 7 below. You may complete up to 9 points toward the Psychology Major, or 5 points toward the Psychology Concentration, with a combination of approved Barnard or transfer credits. You will not receive credit for courses that overlap substantially with other courses you have taken in our department. Please refer to the table of Overlapping Courses for a partial list of Barnard courses known to overlap with our courses.
The table below lists the seven requirements of the Columbia Psychology Major and, under each, all Barnard courses pre-approved as meeting that requirement. The same courses may be used for the comparable requirements of the concentration. Barnard courses listed as elective courses may only be applied toward the total point requirements of the major or concentration, not toward any of the specific requirements.
If you are interested in registering for a Barnard psychology course not listed below, please send a copy of the syllabus to your Psychology Program Advisor. Your Program Advisor will consult with other members of the curriculum committee to determine if the course meets any of the fixed major requirements.
Please note that seats for Columbia students in Barnard psychology classes are limited. The fact that you have been able to register for a Barnard class does not necessarily mean you have been admitted to it. Almost all Barnard courses require instructor approval to stay in the course, and such approval may not be given until the first class meeting. Spots in statistics courses and laboratory sections are particularly rare and generally not open to Columbia students.
1. The Science of Psychology: PSYC UN1001, S1001, or BC1001.
- *PSYC BC1001
- INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY – Lecture
- 3 pts
2. Statistics: PSYC UN1610 (recommended), or STAT UN1001, UN1101, or UN1201.
- *PSYC BC1101 & 2
- STATISTICS - Lecture + Recitation
- 4 pts
3. Laboratory: Any course numbered in the UN1400's.
**Beginning Fall 2019, Barnard Lab courses will not count towards the Research Methods requirement of the Psychology Major or Concentration.**
If you took a Barnard Lab course prior to Fall 2019 and were planning to use it toward the Laboratory requirement of the Psychology Major, please consult with your Major advisor.
4. Group I. Perception & Cognition: 2200's, 3200's, or 4200's. Also UN1420, UN1480, or UN1490.
Barnard has update some of their course numbers from 1000 level courses to 2000 level courses. They are the same courses but with updated course numbers. We have included both the old course numbers and the new course numbers in the list below.
- *PSYC BC1110
- PERCEPTION
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC 2110
- PERCEPTION
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC1115
- COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC2115
- COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC1129
- DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC2129
- DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC3394
- METACOGNITION
- Seminar
- 4 pts
5. Group II. Psychobiology & Neuroscience: 2400's, 3400's, or 4400's. Also UN1010.
Barnard has update some of their course numbers from 1000 level courses to 2000 level courses. They are the same courses but with updated course numbers. We have included both the old course numbers and the new course numbers in the list below.
- PSYC BC1107
- PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC2107
- PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC1119
- SYSTEMS & BEHAV NEUROSCI
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC2119
- SYSTEMS & BEHAV NEUROSCI
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC2154
- HORMONES AND REPRODUCTIVE BEHAV
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC2175
- ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC2177
- PSYCHOLOGY OF DRUG USE & ABUSE
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC2180
- NEURODEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC3380
- COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
- Seminar
- 4 pts
6. Group III. Social, Personality, & Abnormal: 2600's, 3600's, or 4600's. Also UN1450 or UN1455.
Barnard has update some of their course numbers from 1000 level courses to 2000 level courses. They are the same courses but with updated course numbers. We have included both the old course numbers and the new course numbers in the list below.
- PSYC BC1125
- PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC2125
- PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC1138
- SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC2138
- SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- *PSYC BC2141
- ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC2151
- ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC2165
- CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC3158
- HUMAN MOTIVATION
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC3166
- SOCIAL CONFLICT
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3379
- PSYCH OF STEREOTYPE & PREJUDICE
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3406
- PSYCHOSIS & BIPOLAR DISORDER
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3408
- SEMINAR IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY - DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
- Seminar
- 4 pts
7. Seminar Requirement: 3000- or 4000-level seminar of at least 3 credits. (Not UN3910, UN3920, or UN3950)
- PSYC BC3156
- POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3164
- PERCEPTION AND LANGUAGE
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3166
- SOCIAL CONFLICT
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3361
- ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENT IN COGNITION, LANGUAGE, AND BEHAVIOR
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3362
- ANXIETY AND OCD
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3365
- PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSPIRACY
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3366
- EATING DISORDERS
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3369
- LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3372
- COMPARATIVE COGNITION
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3373
- HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3376
- INFANT DEVELOPMENT
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3379
- PSYCH OF STEREOTYP & PREJUDICE
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- *PSYC BC3380
- COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3381
- THEORY OF MIND & INTENTIONALITY S
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3382
- ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3383
- NEUROPHARMACOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3387
- TOPICS IN NEUROETHICS
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3389
- CURRENT TOPICS IN PERSONALITY
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3390
- CANINE COGNITION
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3391
- PSYCHOLOGY OF TIME
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3393
- INTERVNTNS DEVELPMNTL DISABIL
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3394
- METACOGNITION
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3397
- NEURAL MODULATION
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3398
- SLEEP
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3399
- HUMANS AND MACHINES
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- NSBV BC3405
- NEUROSCIENCE OF TRAUMA
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3406
- PSYCHOSIS & BIPOLAR DISORDER
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3408
- SEMINAR IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY - DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3465
- TODDLER DEVLOPMENT
- Seminar
- 4 pts
8. Elective Courses: The following courses may be applied toward the 30-point requirement of the major, but have not been approved for any of the above specific requirements.
- PSYC BC1010
- INTRO LAB EXPERIMENTAL PSYCH
- 1.5 pt
- PSYC BC1088
- SCIENCE OF LIVING WELL
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC2134
- EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC2156
- INTRO TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC2163
- HUMAN LEARNING AND MEMORY
- Lecture
- 3 pts
- PSYC BC3152
- PSYCH ASPECTS HUMAN SEXUALITY
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3153
- PSYCHOLOGY AND WOMEN
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3155
- PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3162
- INTRO TO CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3165
- THE SOCIAL SELF
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3170
- INTRO TO PSYCHOANALYSIS
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3362
- ANXIETY AND OCD
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3363
- PEDAGOGY FOR HIGHER ED IN PSYCH
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3364
- PSYCHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3367
- CONCEPTS, QUESTIONS, EVOL PSYC
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3368
- PSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3388
- IMITATION & LANGUAGE (Spr08)
- Seminar
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3465/66
- FLD WRK&RSRCH SEM:TODDLR CENT
- 8 pts
- PSYC BC3473
- FLDWRK/RSRCH SEM:PSYC SERVCES
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3591/92
- SENIOR RESEARCH SEMINAR II
- 8 pts
- PSYC BC3593
- RSRCH/SEM-NEUROSCNCE&BEHAVIOR
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3594
- RSRCH/SEM-NEUROSCNCE&BEHAVIOR
- 4 pts
- PSYC BC3599
- INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
No more than 8 pts total of research and/or field work credits may be applied toward the major, or 4 pts toward the concentration. Such courses include BC3465/66, BC3473, BC3591/92, BC3593, and BC3599 as well as W3950.
*Courses marked with (*) overlap with courses within the Columbia Psychology Department. Credit towards the major cannot be received for any courses that overlaps with a course previously taken. Please refer to the table of overlapping courses here.