Which courses count as Social Science versus Natural Science?

Because psychology is so diverse a subject, we require that every student take at least two courses from the social science point of view in psychology and at least two from the natural science point of view. To determine what courses fulfill these requirements please use the attribute search feature at courses.yale.edu.

Also, please do not confuse this distinction with the Sc (Science) and So (Social Science) university distribution requirements. For instance, some of the psychology courses that are counted as So are courses taking the natural science point of view.  

Note that core courses in natural science or social science (see above) can also count as natural science or social science electives.  For example, a student can take two social science core courses to fulfill both the core and elective social science requirement.

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