Psychology, BS

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To satisfy requirements for graduation, students majoring or minoring in psychology must earn a grade of no less than C- in all psychology courses that are applied to the major or minor (41-43 credits).

All psychology majors are required to take the 22-24 credits of core requirements and 13 credits of area requirements and 6 credits of psychology electives.

General Education Requirement (38 credits)

Please see the General Education section of this catalog for options for other Goals.

Additional Degree Requirements (7 credits)

(cannot take Social Science)

Major Requirements (41-43 credits)

Core Requirements (22-24 credits)

PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 151 - Introduction to Biopsychology.
PSYC 233 - Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC 234 - Quantitative Methods in Psychology Prerequisite is MATH 171 -satisfies Goal 5 or ADR
PSYC 457 - History and Systems of Psychology
PSYC 460 - Advanced General Psychology
PSYC 461 - Seminar in Psychology
PSYC 492 - Internship in Psychology (satisfies General Education Goal 14)
or
PSYC 490 - Independent Research in Psychology
or
PSYC 498 - Honors Research in Psychology (May be taken for additional credit applied toward PSYC electives)

Area Requirements (13 credits)

All students must successfully complete at least one class from each area below.

Developmental Area

Industrial/Organizational/Social Area

Pre-Clinical/Counseling Area

General/Experimental Area

Psychology Elective Requirements (6 credits)

Six credits of electives selected from any of the Psychology courses.

General electives

General Electives for BS in Psychology 32-34

Total credits required

BS in Psychology 120