Requirements

The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree with a major in Psychology is offered through the Psychology and Communicative Disorders department.

Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology (35 hours)

• PSYC 156 Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC 201 Statistics in Psychology
• PSYC 202 Research Methods in Psychology
• PSYC 301 Developmental Psychology
• PSYC 339 Physiological Psychology
• PSYC 495 Senior Seminar in Psychology
• Two of the following:
  • PSYC 319 Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies
  • PSYC 323 Psychology of Personality
  • PSYC 326 Abnormal Psychology
  • PSYC 381 Clinical Psychology
• Two of the following:
  • PSYC 332 Animal Learning and Cognition or PSYC 342 Historical Roots of Modern Psychology
  • PSYC 337 Social Psychology
  • PSYC 364 Cognitive Psychology
• One additional 300/400-level PSYC course

While not required, the following are recommended:

• Students contemplating a major or minor in psychology take MATH 104 Finite Mathematics to satisfy the General Education requirement in mathematics and BIO 103–104 Biology and Human Values I,II or BIO 153–154 Foundations of Biology I,II to satisfy the General Education requirement in science.
• To ensure a diversity of perspectives, students complete at least one course with each full-time member of the department
• Students planning on graduate school in psychology or allied areas consult with their advisor and begin to develop their long-range schedule shortly after entering the major.