2023-2024 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Requirements for a Major in Psychology
Requirements include a minimum of 13 courses in psychology totaling 39 hours of credit.
The following courses are required for all psychology majors:
- PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3 credits)
- PSY 300 - Research Methods in Psychology (3 credits)
- PSY 350 - Psychology Research and Data Applications (3 credits)
- PSY 400 - Advanced Research in Psychology (3 credits)
- PSY 492 - Advanced General: The Capstone (3 credits)
Category Requirements
In addition, one course must be taken from each of these six categories (18 credits):
1. Biological
- PSY 330 - Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience (3 credits)
- PSY 375 - Comparative Psychology (3 credits)
- PSY 431 - Introduction to Neuropsychology (3 credits)
- PSY 432 - Psychopharmacology (3 credits)
2. Developmental
- PSY 301 - Child Development (3 credits)
- PSY 305 - Infant and Early Childhood Development (3 credits)
- PSY 331 - Adolescent Development (3 credits)
- PSY 364 - Life Span Developmental Psychology (3 credits)
3. Personality/Clinical
- PSY 303 - Psychopathology (3 credits)
- PSY 324 - Developmental Psychopathology (3 credits)
- PSY 420 - Theories of Personality (3 credits)
- PSY 452 - Counseling: Theories and Applications (3 credits)
4. Social Context
- PSY 355 - Psychology and Culture (3 credits)
- PSY 360 - Social Psychology: Psychology's View (3 credits)
- PSY 381 - Group Dynamics (3 credits)
- PSY 445 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3 credits)
5. Cognitive
- PSY 357 - Psychology of Language (3 credits)
- PSY 361 - Perception (3 credits)
- PSY 365 - Cognition (3 credits)
6. General
- PSY 311 - Controversial Issues in Psychology (3 credits)
- PSY 362 - Environmental Psychology (3 credits)
- PSY 366 - Perspectives on Aging (3 credits)
- PSY 370 - Cognitive Neuroscience (3 credits)
- PSY 405 - History and Systems (3 credits)
- PSY 410 - Tests and Measurements (3 credits)
Elective Courses
Students must choose two additional psychology course electives totaling six credits.
Course Restrictions in Major
For students who take PSY 399 and/or PSY 499, no more than six credits in these courses may be counted toward the major. Psychology majors must take at least one-third of the psychology credits constituting their major from the Psychology Department. Students may earn either a B.A. or B.S. degree.
B.A. and B.S. Degree Requirements
B.A. Degree Requirements
The B.A. degree requires third-semester proficiency in a foreign language.
B.S. Degree Requirements
The B.S. degree requires the following:
- PSY 300 - Research Methods in Psychology (3 credits)
- PSY 400 - Advanced Research in Psychology (3 credits)
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)