B.A. or B.S. in Psychology
Program Admissions Requirements
There are no program admission requirements for the B.A. or B.S. in Psychology.
General Education
The listing below includes program requirements that also fulfill General Education requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Objective 1 | 6 | |
| Objective 2 | 3 | |
| Objective 3 - MATH 1153 1 | 3 | |
| Objective 4 | 6 | |
| Objective 5 | 7 | |
| Objective 6 - PSYC 1101 | 6 | |
| Students must fulfill Objective 7 or Objective 8 | 3 | |
Objective 7 | ||
Objective 8 | ||
| Objective 9 | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 37 | |
- 1
“P” courses are equivalent to the original course.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MATH 1153 | Statistical Reasoning 1 | 3 |
| PSYC 1101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 2201 | Careers in Psychology | 1 |
| PSYC 2227 | Basic Statistics | 3 |
| or SOC 3309 | Social Statistics | |
| PSYC 3303 | Psychology Research Methods | 4 |
| Core Areas | ||
| Category 1: Select two of the following four courses: | 6 | |
| Child Development | ||
| Psychopathology | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Theories of Personality | ||
| Category 2: Select two of the following five courses: | 6 | |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Behavioral Neuroscience I | ||
| Learning and Behavior | ||
| Cognitive Process | ||
| History of Psychology | ||
| Choose fifteen (15) program elective credits, at least twelve (12) of which must be upper-division. No more than nine (9) credits can come from PSYC 4483, Research Experience. 2 | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 41 | |
- 2
Students planning to apply to graduate school are encouraged to enroll in PSYC 4491, Senior Seminar, which offers opportunities for design and conduct of experiments, as well as additional training in writing. These students are also encouraged to take more classes from the core areas that will be counted as electives and will prepare them for graduate school.
Degree Totals
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Program Admission Requirements | 0 | |
| General Education | 37 | |
| Major Requirements (w/o General Education) | 35 | |
| Upper Division Free Electives | 14 | |
| Free Electives | 34 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |