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PSYCHOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (BAPSY)

  Diploma Area Advisor: Emre Selçuk,Nihan Alp, Nebi Sümer
The program equips students with a strong basis in psychological science, the study of mind and behavior. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the program introduces students to established theory, contemporary issues and research questions in psychology. The program is strongly research-focused; students gain first-hand research experience by taking part in faculty members’ projects, an even by conducting their own studies. It also provides students with many opportunities to participate in social involvement and community projects. Graduates are fully prepared to enter graduate programs in psychology and related disciplines, have a broad range of research and statistical skills, and are ready to work in applied settings including the clinical, educational, and business sectors.

SUMMARY OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Course Category Min. ECTS Credits Min. SU Credits Min. Courses
University Courses - 44 -
Required Courses - 18 7
Philosophy Requirement Course - 3 1
Core Electives - 21 -
Area Electives - 18 -
Free Elective - 21 -
Faculty Courses - - 5
Total 240 125 -
 

University Courses

From the University Courses listed below, 17 courses and 44 SU credits must be completed.

- All freshman courses (1XX coded courses, including PROJ 201) and SPS 303 are required.

- At least 2 of the below listed HUM courses must be taken. First the 2xx coded course, then the 3xx coded course must be taken.

(Please visit Foundations Development Directorate web site (fdd.sabanciuniv.edu) for general information about University Courses.)

  Course Name ECTS Credits SU Credits Faculty
     IF 100 Computational Approaches to Problem Solving 5 3 FENS
     MATH 101 Calculus I 6 3 FENS
     CIP 101N Civic Involvement Projects I-N 1 0 FASS
     NS 101 Science of Nature I 6 4 FENS
     SPS 101 Humanity and Society I 6 3 FASS
     TLL 101 Turkish Language and Literature I 3 2 SL
     AL 102 Academic Literacies 5 3 SL
     MATH 102 Calculus II 6 3 FENS
     NS 102 Science of Nature II 6 4 FENS
     SPS 102 Humanity and Society II 6 3 FASS
     TLL 102 Turkish Language and Literature II 3 2 SL
     HIST 191 Principles of Atatürk and the History of the Turkish Revolution I 3 2 FASS
     HIST 192 Principles of Atatürk and the History of the Turkish Revolution II 3 2 FASS
     HUM 201 Major Works of Literature 5 3 FASS
     PROJ 201 Undergraduate Project Course 1 1 FENS
     HUM 202 Major Works of Western Art 5 3 FASS
     HUM 207 Major Works of Western Philosophy 5 3 FASS
     SPS 303 Law and Ethics 5 3 FASS
     HUM 311 Major Works of Literature: The World Before Modernity 5 3 FASS
     HUM 312 Major Works of Modern Art 5 3 FASS
     HUM 317 Major Works of Moral Philosophy 5 3 FASS
     HUM 321 Major Works of Literature: The Modern World 5 3 FASS
     HUM 322 Major Works of Art: The World Before Modernity 5 3 FASS
     HUM 371 Major Works of Literature: The Islamic World 5 3 FASS
 

Required Courses

All courses below
  Course Name ECTS Credits SU Credits Faculty
 * 
PSY 201 Mind and Behavior 6 3 FASS
     PSY 202 Research Methods and Statistics for Psychology I 7 3 FASS
     PSY 300 Project and Internship 5 0 FASS
 * 
PSY 310 Cognitive Processes 6 3 FASS
     PSY 320 Developmental Psychology 6 3 FASS
 * 
PSY 340 Social Psychology 6 3 FASS
     PSY 350 Introduction to Neuroscience 6 3 FASS
 

Philosophy Requirement Course

Either one of the courses below
  Course Name ECTS Credits SU Credits Faculty
     PHIL 300 Philosophy of Science 6 3 FASS
     PHIL 301 Philosophy of Social Sciences 6 3 FASS
 

Core Electives

At least 7 courses from the pool below. The extra courses taken from this pool are directly counted towards Area Elective Course requirements.

  Course Name ECTS Credits SU Credits Faculty
     ORG 302 Organizational Behavior 6 3 SBS
     PSY 304 Research Methods and Statistics for Psychology II 6 3 FASS
     PSY 305 Experimental Psychology 6 3 FASS
     PSY 306 Testing and Measurement 6 3 FASS
     PSY 311 Emotion 6 3 FASS
     PSY 312 Sensation / Perception 6 3 FASS
     PSY 314 Language 6 3 FASS
     PSY 315 Memory 6 3 FASS
     PSY 345 Stress and Well-Being in Adulthood 6 3 FASS
     PSY 360 Abnormal Behavior 6 3 FASS
     PSY 361 Personality 6 3 FASS
     PSY 366 Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 6 3 FASS
     PSY 443 Psychology of the Self 6 3 FASS
     PSY 452 Cognitive Neuroscience 6 3 FASS
 

Area Electives

At least 6 courses from all PSY coded undergraduate courses . At least 2 courses must be from PSY 4XX - level advanced Psychology courses. Maximum 3 graduate courses could be taken and counted towards the degree requirements, if the student is at his/her graduation year and upon the advisors and the course instructor's approvals. The extra courses taken from this pool are directly counted towards Free Elective Course requirements.

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Free Elective

21 SU credits are required (excluding University courses) at most two of the beginning/basic level second language courses can be used to fulfill the free elective requirements.
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Faculty Courses

  • At least 5 courses should be completed from FENS, FASS and SOM Faculty Courses, At least three of these courses must be from the pool of FASS Faculty Courses,
  • These five courses must be distributed over at least three out of eight areas: the FENS and SOM pool of faculty courses counting as seventh and eighth area in addition to the six FASS areas (CULT, ECON, HART, PSYCH, SPS/POLS/IR, VA)
  • These courses may have been taken while fulfilling the other degree requirements for the program.
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    * Faculty Courses

    **Courses in more than one areas are listed in the area according to order of appearence in Summary of Degree Requirements list. That is, if a course is both area elective and core elective,then it is listed in core elective courses list.

    ***Graduate courses are not listed in undergraduate area requirements even if they are among them.

    ****Since graduation requirements may change dependent to the enrollment year to the University, we advise our students who enrolled at SU in previous years and still continue their education, to track their graduation requirements completion via Information System - Degree Evaluation.