Psychology, B.A.                                                    
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A.

General Education

 

 

Special Requirement for Psychology Majors:

 

 

Basic Biology (BIOL101) or Principles of Biology I (BIOL106) is required.  We recommend that majors take the combination Principles of Biology I (BIOL106) and Principles of Biology II (BIOL107) to satisfy general education requirements for lab sciences.
We recommend that majors take MATH107, Basic Statistics, to satisfy the Mathematics general education requirement.  A minimum grade of C minus in MATH107  is a prerequisite for PSYC205.
Psychology majors have 18 sh of free electives.

B.

Core Requirements (12 sh total)

 

 

PSYC100 Introduction to Psychology (minimum grade is C-) (counted towards the general education requirement)

  3 sh

 

PSYC202 Psychological Methods (minimum grade is C-)

  3 sh

 

PSYC205 Applied Psychological Statistics (minimum grade is C-)

  3 sh

 

PSYC215 Brain and Behavior

  3 sh

 

PSYC409 Experimental Psychology (minimum grade is C-)

  3 sh

C.

Supplemental Core Requirements (12 sh total)

 

 

Students must take at least one course from each of the following four foundation areas.

 

 

Developmental Processes (choose one course from this group)

 

 

  PSYC102 Child Development

  3 sh

 

  PSYC103 Adolescent Development

  3 sh

 

  PSYC240 Life-Span Development

3 sh

 

Cognitive Processes (choose one course from this group)

 

 

  PSYC305 Theories of Learning

  3 sh

 

  PSYC310 Cognitive Psychology

  3 sh

 

Social Processes (choose one course from this group)

 

 

  PSYC250 Social Psychology

  3 sh

 

  PSYC235 Interpersonal Skills

  3 sh

 

Individual Processes (choose one course from this group)

 

 

  PSYC307 Abnormal Psychology

  3 sh

 

  PSYC308 Psychology of Personality

  3 sh

D.

Track Electives (9 sh total)

 

 

Students must choose one of the following tracks from which to select at least 9 sh of track electives.  Any of the supplemental core courses taken which are also in a students track list of courses may NOT be used towards fulfilling the track elective requirement.

 

Clinical and Counseling Track

 

 

PSYC305 Theories of Learning

  3 sh

 

PSYC307 Abnormal Psychology

  3 sh

 

PSYC308 Psychology of Personality

  3 sh

 

PSYC315 Health Psychology

3 sh

 

PSYC322 Drugs and Human Behavior

 3 sh

 

PSYC412 Human Neuropsychology

3 sh

 

PSYC421 Tests and Measurements

  3 sh

 

PSYC450 Psychotherapies

  3 sh

 

PSYC470 Counseling Skills

3 sh

 

Experimental & Physiological Track

 

 

PSYC250 Social Psychology

3 sh

 

PSYC305 Theories of Learning

  3 sh

 

PSYC306 History and Systems

  3 sh

 

PSYC310 Cognitive Psychology

  3 sh

 

PSYC315 Health Psychology

3 sh

 

PSYC322 Drugs and Human Behavior

  3 sh

 

PSYC410 Physiological Psychology

  3 sh

 

PSYC412 Human Neuropsychology

  3 sh

 

PSYC445 Neuroscience Laboratory

  1 sh

F.

Other Psychology Electives (6 sh total)

 

 

You may choose ANY psychology course to fulfill the remaining 6.0 sh.  Thus, you may select any course listed before or below that does not already fulfill one of the preceding requirements.  However, those in the Clinical and Counseling Track are highly encouraged to do an Internship (PSYC369) and students in the Experimental and Physiological Track are highly encouraged to do an Independent Study (PSYC499).

 

Additional Psychology Electives Not Listed Above

 

 

PSYC201 Educational Psychology

  3 sh

 

PSYC209 Psychology of Early Childhood

  3 sh

  PSYC204 Writing for Psychology

3 sh

  PSYC300 Primatology

3 sh

 

PSYC306 History and Systems

  3 sh

 

PSYC313 Industrial & Organizational Psychology

 3 sh

 

PSYC369 Internship

6-15 sh

  PSYC400 Advanced Topics Seminar

3 sh

 

PSYC425 Psychology of Women

  3 sh

 

PSYC440 Adult Development and Aging

  3 sh

 

PSYC499 Independent Study

1-3 sh

 

PSYC*59 Special Topics in Psychology

  3 sh

 

 

 

Updated 12/2003