The courses related to the basics of psychology are typically taken at the beginning of a general psychology program. These courses provide students with an introduction to the purpose of psychology as well as introductory information for certain aspects of the human psyche. Some of the main topics covered within this course may include eating disorders, sexual disorders, human sexuality and basic information for memory and how the brain learns.
Developmental psychology is another common course taken by general psychology students. Again, although this course does not delve deeply into specifics, upon completion of this type of course students will have a solid understanding of how humans develop and what helps shape the developmental course. Some of the main topics studied in this coursework may include human evolution, infancy/childhood, teenagers and the development of cognitive and moral personas.
Statistics is a requirement for all psychology students as it is how many professional psychologists investigate human behavior. Although statistics courses for general psychology students do not delve deeply into a specific form of statistics, this course typically outlines various statistical methods and provides students with a basic understanding of how to perform these types of techniques. If you plan to pursue a graduate degree in psychology, many graduate programs require at least one statistics course under the students' belt.
Cognitive psychology is typically taken after a student has completed developmental psychology as this course delves deeper into how human behavior is formed. Typically, this type of course is referred to as the foundation of human behavior because of the topics covered. Upon finishing this course, general psychology students will have a solid understanding of how the human mind develops language, solves problems, makes decisions and stores information.