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2008–2010 Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.

All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

The Psychology Department encourages students’ participation in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts Signature Experience by offering students a variety of opportunities to apply their ideas and knowledge to real-world settings. All Psychology majors enroll in Experimental Psychology and the accompanying laboratory. Experimental Psychology offers students the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of research design and use these fundamentals to design an original research project which addresses many questions of applied interest. In addition, students can enroll in internships and independent study projects as part of their program of study. Internships are arranged through the Department of Psychology Internship Coordinator and are designed to provide students with experiences at a wide variety of organizations and institutions in the San Antonio area. Independent study projects are arranged through consultation with individual members of the Psychology faculty and are designed to provide students with an opportunity to further develop their research skills. These projects are conducted under the supervision of a faculty member and usually involve work associated with the faculty member’s primary line of research.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 5–9 of this catalog.

Core Curriculum Component Area	Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Communications	English Rhetoric/Composition (6 semester credit hours) All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement: WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II
Mathematics	Mathematics (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Psychology majors are encouraged to choose one of the following to satisfy this core requirement: MAT 1023 College Algebra with Applications MAT 1033 Algebra with Calculus for Business MAT 1073 Algebra for Scientists and Engineers
Natural Sciences	Science (6 semester credit hours) Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts	Literature (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. The Arts (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences	United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours) Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Political Science (6 semester credit hours) POL 1013 Introduction to American Politics, plus three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Social and Behavioral Science (3 semester credit hours) PSY 1013 Introduction to Psychology Economics (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
World Society and Issues	(3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Degree Requirements

1. 36 semester credit hours in the major, 24 of which must be at the upper-division level:
   
   
   1. 12 semester credit hours of lower-division courses:
      
      
      1. PSY 1013    Introduction to Psychology     
           
      2. 6 semester credit hours selected from the following:
         
         

         PSY 2503	Developmental Psychology
         PSY 2513	Abnormal Psychology
         PSY 2523	Personality
         PSY 2533	Social Psychology

                     
      3. 3 semester credit hours selected from the following:
         
         

         PSY 2543	Theories of Learning
         PSY 2573	Psychology of Thought

   2. 24 semester credit hours of upper-division courses:
      
      
      1. PSY 3403    Experimental Psychology
         PSY 3413    Experimental Psychology Laboratory
         
        
      2. 6 semester credit hours selected from the following:
         
         

         PSY 3103	Cognition
         PSY 3153	Sensation and Perception
         PSY 4113	Cognitive Development
         PSY 4143	Memory
         PSY 4163	Sensory Processes
         PSY 4213	Social Cognition
         PSY 4293	Visual Information Processing
         PSY 4323	Psychology of Language

                      
      3. 12 semester credit hours of upper-division courses in psychology. No more than 3 hours of Independent Study, Internship in Psychology, or Honors Thesis may be counted toward this requirement.
2. 12 semester credit hours of support work outside of psychology. The courses taken to meet this requirement must have a common focus and must be approved by the student’s faculty advisor. A list of the sets of courses that meet this requirement is available from the student’s academic advisor. This requirement may be satisfied by completing a minor outside psychology.
   
   
3. PSY 2073 Statistics for Psychology or approved substitute (Prerequisites: MAT 1023, MAT 1033, or MAT 1073, and one psychology course.)
   
   NOTE: Requirement C must be satisfied before enrolling in PSY 3403 and PSY 3413, and should be completed during the freshman or sophomore year.
   
   
4. 27 semester credit hours of electives

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