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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 in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements
Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Rhetoric (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
Domain I: Mathematics and Science

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 MTC 1023, MTC 1033, or MTC 1073 to satisfy this core requirement.
Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
Domain II: Society and Culture
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 Studies (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 plus 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (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.

Domain III: Literature and the 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.

Domain IV: 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.

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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: MTC 1023, MTC 1033, or MTC 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

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