Degree Requirements

The degree includes 120 hours of total course work including the following:

• Complete the basic Humanities and Social Sciences BA degree curriculum
• Psychology Major (39-42 credit hours, below; all psychology courses require a grade of C- or higher to count towards the major)

Required major courses for B.A. in Psychology (18 credit hours):

• P103 General Psychology (3 credits; taken as part of general education)
• P211 Methods of Experimental Psychology (3 credits) or P259 Introduction to Psychological Inquiry (3 credits)
• P216 Lifespan Development (3 credits)
• K300 Statistical Techniques (3 credits)
• P355 Experimental Methods (3 credits) - not required for students declaring the psychology major prior to Fall 2012
• P459 History and Systems of Psychology (3 credits)

Students must choose courses from each of the following options (24 credit hours):

• Two of the following four courses (6 credits):
  • P303 Health Psychology
  • P319 Psychology of Personality
  • P320 Social Psychology
  • P324 Abnormal Psychology
• Two of the following three courses (6 credits):
  • P325 Psychology of Learning
  • P326 Neuroscience
  • P335 Cognitive Psychology
• One of these two, two-semester courses (6 credits):
  • P493 & P494 Supervised Research I & II (click here for more info)
  • P381 Helping Skills & P495 Practicum (click here for more info)
• Two Psychology electives (6 credit hours)