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.

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 9-13 of this catalog. Top

Degree Requirements

A. 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:

a. PSY 1013 Introduction to Psychology

b. 6 semester credit hours selected from the following:

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

c. 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:

a. PSY 3403 Experimental Psychology
PSY 3413 Experimental Psychology Laboratory

b. 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 4273 Styles of Thought
PSY 4293 Visual Information Processing
PSY 4323 Psychology of Language
PSY 4333 The Perception of Sound

c. 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.

B. 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.

C. STA 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.

D. 27 semester credit hours of electives Top