Historical Background

• 1969-1970: Psychology 304: Adolescent Psychology: This is the first listing of this course. In this year the college acquired more land and two new residential halls are built, Prince George Hall and Caroline Hall.
• 1971-1972: Psychology becomes a part of the social science degree. Four new classes added.
• 1973-1973: This year is missing from the St. Mary's College of Maryland Archives but there were eight new courses. Those new courses were, Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Learning, Humanistic Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Psychological Measurement, History and Systems of Psychology, Practicum Testing, and Independent Study in Psychology.
• 1973-1974: Psychology is a part of the human development major. They also added Developmental psychology.
• 1974-1975: Only one course was added during this year and that was Independent Study in Psychology.
• 1975-1976: Psychology is now a part of the social science major and the Human Development major. There were three courses that were added during this year, those being Psychological Statistics, Psychopathology, and Comparative and Physiological Psychology.
• 1976-1977: Psychology has courses in the Social Science major and the Human Development major.
• 1977-1978: Psychology has courses in the Social Science major and the Human Development major.
• 1978-1979: This year there were two courses added, Experimental Child Psychology and Principles in Community Psychology. Psychology had courses in the Human Development major and Social Science major.
• 1979-1980: There were no major changes in this year, however, psychology still has courses in both the Social Science major and the Human Development major.

Changes in the Curriculum

1971

Another major change happened; this was the year in which psychology was no longer listed on it's own but as a part of the Social Science Degree. Now all of the psychology courses are courses that go toward this degree. Also in this year there were four new classes added, those being, Human Growth and Development: Childhood and Youth, Abnormal Psychology, Counseling and Interpersonal Relationships, Clinical Psychology, and Personality Theory.

1973

Psychology became a part of the Human Development major. The Division of Human Development offers a major in human development which is designed to provide the broad, cultural basis of a liberal education through core courses on the nature and development of human beings over the life-cycle and specified courses in the related disciplines of philosophy, psychology and education. The division also offers courses and a practicum in secondary teacher education leading to Maryland certification. The major provides opportunities for the student to select a course of study which will prepare him/her for graduate study in philosophy psychology, human development, education, counseling and student personnel services as well as professional training in law and theology. There are numerous paraprofessional roles in counseling, community and human services, child care, religious education and recreation for which the program provides preparation.

1975-1976

Within this year psychology courses were offered within two different majors, the Human Development major and the Social Science major. This would continue throughout 1979-1980.

� Source: Haugaard, Wilkinson, and King (2007); Stanton (2013); St. Mary's College of Maryland (1964-1974); St. Mary's College of Maryland (1974-1980)