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B.A. in Psychology (128 Hours)

Students must complete requirements outlined in:
I. General Education Requirements
II. Major Requirements
III. Electives

I. General Education Requirements
Students must complete the Liberal Arts in Action Commons and Connector course requirements. Three semester hours of Connector requirements may be met by major requirements as follows:
Social Science: PSY 111 General Psychology 3

II. Major Requirements
Four required courses (12 credits):
PSY 111 General Psychology
PSY 220 Behavioral Science Statistics
PSY 225 Research Methods in Psychology
PSY 470 Senior Thesis (Capstone)

One course from each group (12 credits):

Group A: Clinical Psychology

PSY 311 Personality Theory OR
PSY 421 Abnormal Psychology OR
PSY 422 Foundations of Counseling and Psychotherapy

Group B: Socio-cultural Psychology

PSY 308 Social Psychology OR
PSY 316 Language, Culture, and Psychology OR
PSY 317 Psychology of Gender and Sexuality

Group C: Developmental Psychology

PSY 313 Child Psychology OR
PSY 314 Adolescent and Adult Development

Group D: Cognitive/Physiological Psychology

PSY 221 Cognition OR
PSY 222 Physiological Psychology

Three additional courses (9 credits)
These additional courses can either be from groups A-D, PSY 312 History and Systems of Psychology, PSY 327 a special topics course, PSY 400 research activity, PSY 457 Directed reading, or PSY 461 Internship.

III. Electives
Students may choose to meet the elective hours required by completing a second major, a minor, or selected courses of personal interest.

Minor in Psychology (18 Hours)

Students desiring to complete a minor in Psychology must complete the following requirements.

PSY 111 General Psychology (3 credits)
Five additional courses (three of which must be from the required courses or the different groups A-D above) (15 credits)

 

Note On Prerequisites

Three psychology required courses have prerequisites in other disciplines. Prerequisite to Psychology 222 is NS 111 or BIO 113. Prerequisite to Psychology 312 is LAA 231. Prerequisite to PSY 220 is the general education math requirement and PSY 111. All psychology courses except Psychology 111 have one or more prerequisites in psychology (see course listings).

Note On Credit Limits

A total of six semester hours of the following psychology courses may count toward the major and three toward the minor: Psychology 400, 457, 458, 460, and 461.