{"id":11077,"date":"2012-06-01T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T15:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/?page_id=11077"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:31:03","slug":"b-a-honours-psychology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/undergraduate-programs\/b-a-honours-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"BA (Honours)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2025\/12\/P_CarletonPhotography_FallUGRstudents_94_011225-768x439.jpg); background-position: 38% 31%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        BA (Honours)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Psychology____BA_Honours\">BA Honours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/psychology\/#Psychology__BA_Honours\">2025-2026 Program Requirements<\/a> apply to students admitted in the Fall of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who were admitted prior to Fall of 2025 need to check the <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/psychology\/\">Undergraduate Calendar<\/a> of the year they were admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"sample-program-layout\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sample Program Layout<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the program requirements in the 2025-2026 Undergraduate Calendar, this is one possible way in which to complete your program. If you have any questions, please contact the undergraduate office for <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">academic advising<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"year-1\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1.0 credit First Year Seminar (Doesn\u2019t need to be Psychology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 Introductory Psychology (PSYC 1001 <strong>and <\/strong>PSYC 1002)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 Elective credit (non-PSYC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 Science credit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 Elective credit (Non-PSYC)(Try to satisfy a <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/regulations\/academicregulationsandrequirementsforthebachelorofartsdegree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breadth requirement<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"year-2\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1.0 credit PSYC 2001 <strong>and <\/strong>PSYC 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0.5 credit:\u00a0PSYC 2307 or 2700<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.5 credit (<strong>Three of:<\/strong>) PSYC 2100, 2301, 2400, 2500, 2600, 2801<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 Science credit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 Elective credit (non-PSYC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"year-3\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year 3<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1.0 PSYC 3000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 credit Honours Seminar (One of:) 3100, 3300, 3400, 3500, 3600 or 3700<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Note: Pre-req for Honours Seminar is a major CGPA of 9.0.\u00a0 Honours Seminar is required for Thesis Stream.\u00a0 If taking Honours Project \u2013 PSYC 4910 then replace Seminar with 1.0 Psych credit @ 3000 level.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 Elective credit (can be PSYC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 Elective credit (non-PSYC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 Elective credit (non-PSYC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"year-4\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year 4<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1.0 credit PSYC 4910 (MAJOR GPA 6.0) or PSYC 4908 (MAJOR GPA 10.0)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 credit PSYC (3000 level or above)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 credit Elective (can be PSYC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 Elective credit (can be PSYC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 PSYC credit 2000 level or above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Please note: Students are only allowed to register in 7.0 credits at the 1000 level for their entire program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA Honours The 2025-2026 Program Requirements apply to students admitted in the Fall of 2025. 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