Psychology and Design, BS (Boston)

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Psychology Foundations

PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Statistics

From the catalog
Complete the following course. Students who receive transfer credit for the Advanced Placement Statistics exam may complete the 1-semester-hour PSYC 2315 course (requires department permission):

PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research

Psychology Area Courses

PSYC 3402 — Social Psychology
PSYC 3466 — Cognition
From the catalog
Area A
Complete one of the following:
One of:
- PSYC 3400 — Personality
- PSYC 3404 — Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 3406 — Clinical Psychology and Mental Health
From the catalog
Area B
Complete one of the following:
One of:
- PSYC 3450 — Learning and Motivation
- PSYC 3458 — Biological Psychology
- PSYC 3464 — Psychology of Language

Psychology Laboratory

From the catalog
Complete one of the following. This requirement may not be fulfilled via transfer credit.
One PSYC laboratory course numbered 4600–4649

One of:
- All of:
  - PSYC 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
  - PSYC 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
- PSYC 4991 — Directed Study Research

Psychology Seminar (Capstone)

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete one PSYC seminar course numbered 4650–4699.

Psychology Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete one PSYC course, numbered 2350–2399 or 3000+, and not counted elsewhere.

Art + Design Fundamentals

ARTF 1220 — Elements of Visual Composition

Art + Design Fundamentals Electives

From the catalog
Complete 6 semester hours of the following:

Choose 6 semester hours from:
- ARTF 1200 — Representational Drawing
- ARTF 1210 — Abstract Drawing
- ARTF 1230 — Making with Form and Materials
- ARTF 1240 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation
- ARTF 1250 — Designing Interactive Experiences

Design Required

All of:
- ARTG 1001 — Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World
- ARTG 1002 — Seminar for Design Perspectives
All of:
- ARTG 1270 — Design: Process + Practices
- ARTG 1271 — Studio for Design: Process + Practices
All of:
- ARTG 1290 — Typographic Systems
- ARTG 1291 — Studio for Typographic Systems

Art + Design History Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTH courses.

Art + Design Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTF, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME courses as long as prerequisites have been met.
If ARTG 5000 Topics in Design is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.

Degree Project

ARTG 4550 — Design Degree Project

Design Option

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Complete one of the following options:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- Creative Fabrication
  - ARTG 2810 — Creative Fabrication Design Principles
  - ARTG 3810 — Topics in Creative Fabrication Inquiry
- Experience Design Option
  - ARTG 3462 — Experience Design Principles
  - ARTG 3464 — Topics In Experience Design Inquiry
- Graphic Design Option
  - ARTG 2252 — Graphic Design Principles
  - ARTG 3452 — Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry
- Information Design Option
  - ARTG 2242 — Information Design Principles
  - ARTG 3444 — Topics in Information Design Inquiry
- Interaction Design Option
  - ARTG 2400 — Interaction Design Principles
  - ARTG 2401 — Interaction Design Principles Tools
  - ARTG 3400 — Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry

Integrative Requirements

ARTG 5310 — Visual Cognition
PSYC 3452 — Sensation and Perception

Introduction to College

One of:
- INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern
- ARTF 1000 — Art and Design at Northeastern

Experiential Learning Introduction

One of:
- EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
- EEAM 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Mathematics Requirement

From the catalog
Complete one of the following courses:

One of:
- CS 1800 — Discrete Structures
- MATH 1213 — Interactive Mathematics
- MATH 1215 — Mathematical Thinking
- MATH 1231 — Calculus for Business and Economics
- MATH 1241 — Calculus 1
- MATH 1242 — Calculus 2
- MATH 1340 — Intensive Calculus for Engineers
- MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
- MATH 1342 — Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering

Writing Requirements

One of:
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
One of:
- ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

GPA requirements

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in PSYC courses

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

EEAM 2000 ↔ EESC 2000 (tier B)
ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

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