Psychology
The courses in psychology are designed to:
- Provide a basic education within the field of
psychology as a foundation for graduate work in a professional field
of psychology, such as clinical, counseling, marriage and family counseling,
research, industrial psychology, or college teaching.
- Provide knowledge from the field of psychology,
which can be applied to related careers such as human services, business,
communications and research through a broadly-based psychology curriculum.
- Contribute to the education of students majoring
in other areas of study.
The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in psychology
requires a minimum of 37 semester hours in psychology, including General
Psychology. At least 25 of these hours must be at the upper-division level.
The College of Arts and Humanities also requires students in Psychology
to take at least 6 hours of a second language.
A primary objective of the psychology program is to provide the psychology
major with a broadly-based education in the discipline. Therefore, all
psychology majors
are expected to complete the required curriculum listed below. Remaining course
work will be selected by the student in consultation with the faculty advisor
and is designed to meet individual students’ needs and interests. The combination
of psychology with a minor from another area, such as sociology or communications,
often provides more marketable credentials at the bachelor’s level of training.
A course in General Psychology (PSYC 2301) or permission of the instructor is
required for admission into all psychology courses beyond the 1000-level. The
student majoring in psychology shall take the following:
Required Courses:
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PSYC 2301 General Psychology |
3
hrs
3 hrs
4 hrs
3 hrs |
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PSYC 1342 Social Science Statistics |
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PSYC 3411 Experimental Psychology |
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PSYC 4309 History & Systems
of Psychology |
Note: MATH 1442 will meet the University Core requirement, but will not meet the statistics requirement for the Psychology Program |
| Choose 2 of 4 from: |
6 hrs |
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PSYC 3342 Cognitive Psychology |
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PSYC 3343 Learning & Memory |
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PSYC 4352 Physiological Psychology |
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PSYC 4354 Sensation & Perception |
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| Choose 2 of 4 from: |
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6 hrs |
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PSYC 2314 Lifespan Developmental Psychology
PSYC 2326 Social Psychology
PSYC 3361 Psychology of Personality
PSYC 3363 Abnormal Psychology |
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| Psychology Electives - 4 courses |
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12 hrs |
The student should take Statistical Methods in the sophomore year, followed by
Experimental Psychology early in the junior year.
The student minoring in psychology shall take 18 hours of course work to include
the following courses:
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PSYC 2301 General Psychology |
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3 hrs |
| Choose 2 of 4 from: |
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6 hrs |
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PSYC 3342 Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 3343 Learning & Memory
PSYC 4352 Physiological Psychology
PSYC 4354 Sensation & Perception |
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| Psychology Electives – 3
courses |
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9 hrs |
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
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