Psychology Bachelor of Arts degree

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology

I. Courses in Psychology

Core Group - all required

PSY 129Introduction to Psychology

3

PSY 200Statistics

3

PSY 210Research Methods

4

The above courses are to be completed by the end of the junior year.

Freshman Year Experience
PSY 100Freshman Seminar

1

PSY 130Psychology Laboratory

1

PSY 100 Recommended for all First Semester Freshman majors.

PSY 130 Required of all majors entering the program with under 30 hours of undergraduate coursework completed.

One course from the Psychophysiology Area:

PSY 342Perception

3

PSY 351Physiological Psychology

3

PSY 361Cognitive Neuroscience

3

One course from the Cognitive Area:

PSY 244Cognitive Psychology

3

PSY 344Psychology of Language

3

PSY 364Cognitive Development

3

One course from the Social Area:

PSY 245Social Psychology

3

PSY 246Personality

3

PSY 365Social Development

3

One course from the Clinical/Counseling Area:

PSY 356Abnormal Psychology

3

PSY 379Child Psychopathology

3

PSY 447Introduction to Counseling

3

One Theoretical Thinking course (Capstone experience):

PSY 429History and Systems of Psychology

3

PSY 430Theories of Psychology

3

PSY 439Senior Honors Seminar

3

PSY 445Seminar in Social Psychology

3

PSY 454Theories of Memory

3

Also required: One course of a developmental focus. PSY 364, PSY 365 or PSY 379 may count here as well as in the groupings above. PSY 349 (Child Psychology) also meets this requirement. Students choosing to take PSY 364, PSY 365 or PSY 379 to meet both requirements must take an additional psychology elective in order to fulfill the requirement that they have 35 hours of psychology courses.

Psychology electives: 6 credit hours of any psychology courses to bring total psychology credits to 35 credit hours

II. A minor in a field other than Psychology, chosen with advisement to complement the major.

III. At least one course in mathematics as advised by department.

IV. Of the total hours counting for graduation, a minimum of 30 hours must be at the 300 level or above, and 66 hours must be outside of psychology.

V. A minimum of 2.00 cumulative quality point average in all psychology courses.

 

As an alternative to the general psychology program, students may elect to specialize in one of the following tracks: School and Child, Counseling and Health, or Forensics.