Psychology, BA

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First Year

Fall Semester

ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
PSYC 1010 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†
MATH 1050 - FINITE MATHEMATICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^{G, 1}
or MATH 1070 - APPLIED ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s) &
MATH 1080 - APPLIED ALGEBRA LABORATORY 2 Credit Hour(s)
or MATH 1610 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s)
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 14-16

Spring Semester

PSYC 1020 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY II 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†
MATH 1050 - FINITE MATHEMATICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G,1
or MATH 1070 - APPLIED ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s) &
MATH 1080 - APPLIED ALGEBRA LABORATORY 2 Credit Hour(s)
or MATH 1610 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s)
or MATH 1620 - TRIGONOMETRY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or MATH 1630 - APPLIED CALCULUS 3 Credit Hour(s)
COMPUTER SCIENCE or FOREIGN LANGUAGE ² Credits / Units: 3
ANY HIST FROM HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
LS 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION RESEARCH 1 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 16-18

Second Year

Fall Semester

PSYC 2100 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†
PSYC 2200 - PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH DESIGN 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†
COMPUTER SCIENCE or FOREIGN LANGUAGE ² Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
BIOL 1510 - GENERAL BIOLOGY I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G,6
BIOL 1520 - GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB I 1 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

PSYC 2040 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†
PSYC 2210 - PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†
PSYC 2220 - PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS LABORATORY 1 Credit Hour(s) ^†
ENGL 3220 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING 3 Credit Hour(s)
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
HIST 1020 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s) ³
or HIST 1027 - HONORS: WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 1080 - WORLD CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 2020 - AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 2027 - HONORS: AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 16

Third Year

Fall Semester

PSYC 3350 - RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†
or PSYC 3650 - ADVANCED RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC FOUNDATIONS ELECTIVE ^{† 4} Credits / Units: 3
PSYC APPLIED ELECTIVE ^{† 5} Credits / Units: 3
PHYSICAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G,6 Credits / Units: 3
PHYSICAL SCIENCE LAB Credits / Units: 1
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

PSYC FOUNDATIONS ELECTIVE ^{† 4} Credits / Units: 3
PSYC ELECTIVE ^{† 7} Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,6 Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
ART, DANCE, ENGLISH, MUSIC or THEATRE ELECTIVE ⁸ Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

PSYC 4400 - COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†
PSYC ELECTIVE ^{† 7} Credits / Units: 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED^G,9 Credits / Units: 3
ANY COMM from COMM/LANG GEN ED^G Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

PSYC APPLIED ELECTIVE ^{† 5} Credits / Units: 3
PSYC 4620 - PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G,9 Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Total Semester Hours Required 120-122

^GGeneral Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^† Major Course. These courses will be used to calculate the major grade point average, which must be an adjusted or degree 2.0 grade point average or above.

¹The 6 credit hours in Mathematics must include exactly one of MATH 1070 or MATH 1610 .

²Either 6 hours in Computer Science (excluding CMPS 1010 and CMPS 1050 ) or 6 hours in one Foreign Language are required.

³ The 6 credit hours in History must be paired as HIST 1010 with HIST 1020 , HIST 1070 with HIST 1080 , or HIST 2010 with HIST 2020 .

⁶ A two-course sequence is required (see GER section of this catalog for options). If the two-course sequence is taken in the physical sciences, the additional three-hour course must be taken from the life sciences, and vice versa.

⁷ Any Psychology course.

⁹ Taken from any courses on the GER Social Science list other than Psychology.

Psychology Foundations Elective

⁴Taken from

PSYC 3430 - CONDITIONING AND LEARNING 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC 4160 - PERSONALITY 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC 4210 - HISTORY AND SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC 4220 - ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)

Psychology Applied Elective

⁵ Taken from

PSYC 2850 - PSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC 3500 - INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC 3530 - INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC 3640 - TESTS AND MEASUREMENT 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC 4520 - INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC 4700 - ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)

Art, Dance, English, Music or Theatre Elective

⁸ The English elective, if selected, must be taken from

ENGL 2300 - WORLD LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 2310 - ENGLISH LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 2320 - AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3100 - LITERATURE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3160 - THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4290 - GENDER STUDIES AND LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)