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Psychology Research program requirements

What the Psychology Research Specialist - Thesis requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.

Psychology Research Specialist - Thesis

  • Science program
  • 10.0 credits
  • ASSPE1958

Enrolment

Students apply at the end of their second year and begin the program in their third. Interested students should ideally apply for a PSY Major or Specialist (Non-thesis) at the end of their first year. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(10.0 credits)

1PSY100H1 (NOTE: We will also accept PSY100Y5 from UTM, or both of PSYA01H3 and PSYA02H3 together from UTSC, in place of PSY100H1 for this requirement)

2PSY201H1 (or one of ECO220Y1/ EEB225H1/ GGR270H1/ IRW220H1/ KPE291H1/ POL222H1/ SOC202H1/ STA220H1/ STA238H1/ STA248H1/ STA288H1)

3PSY202H1 (or one of ECO220Y1/ SOC252H1/ STA221H1)

4PSY203H1

51.0 credit (from Cluster A) PSY210H1, PSY220H1, PSY230H1, PSY240H1

61.0 credit (from Cluster B) PSY260H1, PSY270H1, PSY280H1, PSY290H1 (NOTE: HMB200H1 cannot be used in place of PSY290H1)

70.5 credit in PSY at the 300/400-level from Group 1 in Cluster A

80.5 credit in PSY at the 300/400-level from Group 1 in Cluster B

91.0 credit in PSY at the 300/400-level from Group 1 (any of Clusters A, B, and C)

10One lab course (0.5 credit), and no more, taken from the following: PSY319H1, PSY329H1, PSY339H1, PSY349H1, PSY359H1, PSY369H1, PSY379H1, PSY389H1

11PSY309H1

12PSY409H1

13PSY400Y1

141.5 credits from Group 1 (Clusters A, B, and C) and/or Group 2, at any level

Notes:

Note 11. No more than 2.0 credits from PSY304Y1, PSY306Y0, PSY299H1, PSY299Y1, PSY399H1, PSY399Y1, PSY405H1, PSY406H1, PSY405Y1, and PSY406Y1 can be used for program requirements.

Note 22. We will accept equivalent/exclusion statistics courses from UTM/UTSC in lieu of PSY201H1. Please contact us to verify if your stats course qualifies.

Note 33. These are all individual requirements and cannot overlap or be used twice within the Research Specialist.

Group 1 - Psychology Courses

Cluster A - Development, Social, Personality, and Psychopathology and Clinical Science

JLP315H1, PSY194H1, PSY195H1, PSY197H1, PSY210H1, PSY220H1, PSY230H1, PSY240H1, PSY311H1, PSY312H1, PSY313H1, PSY316H1, PSY319H1, PSY320H1, PSY321H1, PSY322H1, PSY323H1, PSY324H1, PSY326H1, PSY328H1, PSY329H1, PSY330H1, PSY331H1, PSY332H1, PSY333H1, PSY336H1, PSY337H1, PSY339H1, PSY341H1, PSY342H1, PSY343H1, PSY349H1, PSY410H1, PSY414H1, PSY417H1, PSY420H1, PSY421H1, PSY422H1, PSY424H1, PSY425H1, PSY426H1, PSY427H1, PSY428H1, PSY430H1, PSY435H1, PSY440H1, PSY450H1, PSY455H1

Cluster B - Learning, Perception, Cognition, and the Brain

JLP374H1, JLP471H1, PSY196H1, PSY198H1, PSY199H1, PSY260H1, PSY270H1, PSY280H1, PSY290H1, PSY312H1, PSY316H1, PSY359H1, PSY360H1, PSY362H1, PSY369H1, PSY370H1, PSY371H1, PSY372H1, PSY378H1, PSY379H1, PSY380H1, PSY389H1, PSY390H1, PSY395H1, PSY396H1, PSY397H1, PSY450H1, PSY455H1, PSY460H1, PSY470H1, PSY471H1, PSY473H1, PSY475H1, PSY480H1, PSY490H1, PSY492H1, PSY493H1, PSY494H1, PSY495H1, PSY496H1, PSY497H1

Cluster C - Methods and Applications

PSY201H1, PSY202H1, PSY203H1, PSY204H1, PSY205H1, PSY299H1, PSY299Y1, PSY304Y1, PSY305H1, PSY306Y0, PSY307H1, PSY308H1, PSY399H1, PSY399Y1, PSY400Y1, PSY402H1, PSY403H1, PSY404H1, PSY405H1, PSY405Y1, PSY406H1, PSY406Y1, PSY407H1, PSY408H1, PSY409H1, PSY422H1, PSY455H1

Group 2 - Related Courses

ANT331H1, ANT442H1, BIO120H1, BIO130H1, BIO220H1, BIO270H1, BIO271H1, BPM232H1, BPM330H1, BPM332H1, BPM333H1, BPM335H1, BPM336H1, BPM337H1, BPM338H1, BPM339H1, BPM432H1, BPM433H1, BPM438H1, BPM499H1, CJH332H1, COG250Y1, COG260H1, COG341H1, COG342H1, COG343H1, CRE345H1, CRI365H1, CRI431H1, ECO316H1, ECO326H1, ECO423H1, EDS261H1, EEB313H1, ENG384H1, HIS489H1, HMB200H1, HMB300H1, HMB310H1, HMB320H1, HMB420H1, HMB440H1, HMB460H1, HMB473H1, HPS110H1, HPS120H1, HPS200H1, HPS300H1, HPS347H1, IRE260H1, JFL388H1, JFP450H1, JHA410H1, JLS472H1, JLS473H1, JLS475H1, JLS476H1, LIN101H1, LIN102H1, LIN194H1, LIN195H1, LIN200H1, LIN208H1, NEW302Y1, NEW303H1, NFS489H1, PCL200H1, PCL475H1, PCL476H1, PHL240H1, PHL243H1, PHL244H1, PHL319H1, PHL340H1, PHL342H1, PHL358H1, PHL383H1, PSL201Y1, PSL300H1, PSL440Y1, PSL441H1, PSL442H1, PSL472H1, RLG106H1, RLG211H1, RLG380H1, RLG390H1, RLG417H1, RLG421H1, RSM260H1, RSM353H1, SOC213H1, SOC363H1, SOC412H1, VIC106H1, VIC206H1, WGS372H1, WRR307H1

Note 4Note: Some Group 2 courses may have enrolment restrictions. PSY students should not assume priority access to these courses unless they are enrolled in the host program.

Courses these requirements name

  • PSY100H1Introductory Psychology
  • PSY100Y5
  • PSY201H1Statistics I
  • ECO220Y1Introduction to Data Analysis and Applied Econometrics
  • EEB225H1Biostatistics for Biological Sciences
  • GGR270H1Introductory Analytical Methods
  • IRW220H1Statistics for Work and Organizations
  • KPE291H1
  • POL222H1Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I
  • SOC202H1Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Sociology
  • STA220H1The Practice of Statistics I
  • STA238H1Probability, Statistics and Data Analysis II
  • STA248H1Statistics for Computer Scientists
  • STA288H1Statistics and Scientific Inquiry in the Life Sciences
  • PSY202H1Statistics II
  • SOC252H1Intermediate Quantitative Methods in Sociology
  • STA221H1The Practice of Statistics II
  • PSY203H1Psychological Research
  • PSY210H1Introduction to Developmental Psychology
  • PSY220H1Introduction to Social Psychology
  • PSY230H1Personality and Its Transformations
  • PSY240H1Introduction to Psychopathology and Clinical Science
  • PSY260H1Introduction to Learning and Plasticity
  • PSY270H1Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
  • PSY280H1Introduction to Sensation and Perception
  • PSY290H1Behavioural Neuroscience
  • HMB200H1Introduction to Neuroscience
  • PSY319H1Developmental Laboratory
  • PSY329H1Social Psychology Laboratory
  • PSY339H1Individual Differences Laboratory
  • PSY349H1Laboratory in Social Psychological Field Methods
  • PSY359H1Human Neuroimaging Laboratory
  • PSY369H1Psychobiology Laboratory
  • PSY379H1Human Memory and Learning Laboratory
  • PSY389H1Perception Laboratory
  • PSY309H1Research Specialization: Practicum
  • PSY409H1Research Specialization: Theoretical Foundations
  • PSY400Y1Research Specialization: Thesis
  • PSY304Y1Group Research Project
  • PSY306Y0Special Topics in Psychology Abroad
  • PSY299H1Research Opportunity Program
  • PSY299Y1Research Opportunity Program
  • PSY399H1Research Opportunity Program
  • PSY399Y1Research Opportunity Program
  • PSY405H1Individual Projects
  • PSY406H1Individual Projects
  • PSY405Y1Individual Projects
  • PSY406Y1Individual Projects
  • JLP315H1Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition in Children
  • PSY194H1The Psychology of Student Success
  • PSY195H1The Science of Babies and Children
  • PSY197H1Rethinking the Human Mind
  • PSY311H1Social Development
  • PSY312H1Cognitive Development
  • PSY313H1Psychology of Aging
  • PSY316H1Perceptual Development
  • PSY320H1Social Psychology: Attitudes
  • PSY321H1Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • PSY322H1Intergroup Relations
  • PSY323H1Sex Roles and Behaviour
  • PSY324H1The Psychology of Good and Evil
  • PSY326H1Social Cognition
  • PSY328H1Psychology and the Law
  • PSY330H1Psychological Measurement
  • PSY331H1Social Psychology of Emotion
  • PSY332H1Organizational Behaviour
  • PSY333H1Health Psychology
  • PSY336H1Positive Psychology
  • PSY337H1Advanced Personality Psychology
  • PSY341H1Psychopathologies of Childhood
  • PSY342H1Cognition and Psychopathology
  • PSY343H1Theories of Psychopathology and Psychotherapy
  • PSY410H1Developmental Psychology Seminar
  • PSY414H1Moral Development
  • PSY417H1Aging and Social Cognition
  • PSY420H1Social Psychology Seminar
  • PSY421H1Person Perception
  • PSY422H1Community Psychology & Advocacy
  • PSY424H1Social Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships
  • PSY425H1Self and Identity
  • PSY426H1Motivational Theories in Social Psychology
  • PSY427H1Media Psychology
  • PSY428H1Critical Psychology
  • PSY430H1Personality Seminar
  • PSY435H1Environmental Psychology
  • PSY440H1Seminar in Psychopathology and Clinical Science
  • PSY450H1History of Psychology
  • PSY455H1Psychological Research Now and Then
  • JLP374H1Psycholinguistics: Language Processing in Adults
  • JLP471H1Advanced Psycholinguistics
  • PSY196H1Critical Periods, Brain Plasticity and Development last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
  • PSY198H1The Psychology of Magic
  • PSY199H1Psychology and History of Drug Use
  • PSY360H1Associative Learning
  • PSY362H1Animal Cognition
  • PSY370H1Thinking and Reasoning
  • PSY371H1Higher Cognitive Processes
  • PSY372H1Human Memory
  • PSY378H1Engineering Psychology
  • PSY380H1Vision Science
  • PSY390H1Behavioural Genetics
  • PSY395H1Neuroethics
  • PSY396H1Neurochemical Basis of Behaviour
  • PSY397H1Biological Rhythms
  • PSY460H1Seminar in Learning
  • PSY470H1Seminar in Human Memory
  • PSY471H1Seminar in Cognition
  • PSY473H1Social Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSY475H1Attention and Performance
  • PSY480H1Seminar in Perception
  • PSY490H1Seminar in Behavioural Neuroscience
  • PSY492H1Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • PSY493H1Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSY494H1Physiology and Psychology of Emotion
  • PSY495H1Sex and the Brain
  • PSY496H1Cognitive Dysfunction in Neurological Disorders
  • PSY497H1Seminar in Biological Timing
  • PSY204H1Psychology Careers and Applications
  • PSY205H1Psychological Strategies for Learning and Living Well
  • PSY305H1The Treatment of Psychological Data
  • PSY307H1Special Topics in Psychology
  • PSY308H1Special Topics in Psychology
  • PSY402H1Psychology Seminar
  • PSY403H1Psychology Seminar
  • PSY404H1Psychology Seminar
  • PSY407H1Special Topics in Psychology
  • PSY408H1Special Topics in Psychology
  • ANT331H1Hormones and Behaviour: Biocultural Anthropological Perspectives
  • ANT442H1Social Studies of Autism
  • BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
  • BIO130H1Molecular and Cell Biology
  • BIO220H1From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
  • BIO270H1Animal Physiology I
  • BIO271H1Animal Physiology II
  • BPM232H1Buddhism and Psychology
  • BPM330H1Mindfulness-Informed Interventions for Mental Health
  • BPM332H1Buddhism and Psychotherapy
  • BPM333H1Buddhism and Cognitive Science
  • BPM335H1Meditation and the Body
  • BPM336H1Special Topics in Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health
  • BPM337H1Special Topics in Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health
  • BPM338H1Exploring Mindful Awareness
  • BPM339H1Mind, Consciousness and the Self
  • BPM432H1Advanced Research in Meditation, Psychology and Neuroscience
  • BPM433H1Advanced Exploration of Buddhist Psychology and Practice
  • BPM438H1Mindfulness Meditation: Science and Research
  • BPM499H1Advanced Topics in Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health
  • CJH332H1Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology of the Synapse
  • COG250Y1Introduction to Cognitive Science
  • COG260H1Data, Computation, and the Mind
  • COG341H1Issues in Cognitive Science I: Attention, Perception, and Consciousness
  • COG342H1Issues in Cognitive Science II: Concepts, Theories of Mind, and Cognitive Evolution
  • COG343H1Issues in Cognitive Science III: Computational Cognition last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • CRE345H1Evidence Based Approaches to Creativity
  • CRI365H1Crime and Mind
  • CRI431H1Mental Health, Morality & Legal Controls
  • ECO316H1Applied Game Theory
  • ECO326H1Advanced Microeconomics - Game Theory
  • ECO423H1Economics and Biosocial Data last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • EDS261H1Child and Adolescent Development in Education
  • EEB313H1Quantitative Methods in R for Biology
  • ENG384H1Literature and Psychoanalysis
  • HIS489H1The History of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Illness
  • HMB300H1Neurobiology of Behaviour
  • HMB310H1Laboratory in Neuroscience
  • HMB320H1Neuroanatomy
  • HMB420H1Seminar in Neurobiology of Behaviour
  • HMB440H1Dementia
  • HMB460H1Seminars in Neurobiology of Mental Health
  • HMB473H1Exercise and Mental Health
  • HPS110H1The Science of Human Nature
  • HPS120H1How to Think about Science
  • HPS200H1Science and Values
  • HPS300H1Topics in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • HPS347H1History of Autism Across Time and Cultures
  • IRE260H1Organizational Behaviour
  • JFL388H1Bilingualism, Multilingualism, and Second Language Acquisition
  • JFP450H1Indigenous Issues in Health and Healing
  • JHA410H1Clinical Neuroimaging
  • JLS472H1Child Language Disorders
  • JLS473H1Adult Speech and Language Disorders
  • JLS475H1Literacy and Reading Disorders
  • JLS476H1Linguistics in the Workforce: Clinical Practice and Research
  • LIN101H1Introduction to Linguistics: Sound Structure
  • LIN102H1Introduction to Linguistics: Sentence Structure and Meaning
  • LIN194H1The Science Behind Our Accents
  • LIN195H1Babel: Language in the Mind of Speakers
  • LIN200H1Introduction to Language
  • LIN208H1Linguistic Discrimination and Justice
  • NEW302Y1C.G. Jung: Stories, Patterns, Symbols
  • NEW303H1Hypotheses of the Unconscious
  • NFS489H1Nutritional Neurosciences
  • PCL200H1Drugs & the Brain
  • PCL475H1Neuropsychopharmacology 1
  • PCL476H1Neuropsychopharmacology 2
  • PHL240H1Persons, Minds and Bodies
  • PHL243H1Philosophy of Human Sexuality
  • PHL244H1Human Nature
  • PHL319H1Philosophy and Psychoanalytic Theory
  • PHL340H1Issues in Philosophy of Mind
  • PHL342H1Minds and Machines
  • PHL358H1Philosophy of Psychiatry
  • PHL383H1Ethics and Mental Health
  • PSL201Y1Basic Human Physiology
  • PSL300H1Human Physiology I
  • PSL440Y1Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • PSL441H1Systems Neuroscience I: Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology and Higher Cognition
  • PSL442H1Systems Neuroscience II: Sensory and Motor
  • PSL472H1Sleep Physiology and Chronobiology
  • RLG106H1Happiness
  • RLG211H1Psychology of Religion
  • RLG380H1Trauma, Healing & Transformation
  • RLG390H1Thinking with Spirits
  • RLG417H1Radical Evil: Philosophical, Psychoanalytic and Religious Perspective
  • RLG421H1Fragments of Redemption: Sigmund Freud and Theodor Adorno
  • RSM260H1Organizational Behaviour
  • RSM353H1Consumer Behaviour
  • SOC213H1Sociological Social Psychology
  • SOC363H1Sociology of Mental Health and Mental Disorders
  • SOC412H1Medicalization of Deviance
  • VIC106H1Psychology and Society
  • VIC206H1Psychology and Society last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • WGS372H1Women and Psychology/ Psychoanalysis
  • WRR307H1Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
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