Degree Requirements
Degree Requirements
The degree includes 120 hours of total course work including the following:
IU Kokomo General Education Requirements (41 credit hours):
- Communication (W131, W132, S121)
- Quantitative Literacy [One math course M118 or higher + Stat (fulfilled in the major)]
- Critical Thinking [one course; required by psychology major (i.e., P211)
- Cultural Diversity (one course)
- Ethics and Civic Engagement (one course)
- Social Science (two courses from different disciplines; one course can be P103)
- Humanities and Arts (one course in Arts and one course in Literature or Philosophy)
- Physical and Life Sciences (two courses from two different disciplines, including one lab)
Additional General Education Requirements (12-15 credit hours):
- Three Physical and Biological Science courses (two must be lab courses)
Psychology Major Requirements, General Science Track (39-42 credit hours; all psychology courses require a grade of C- or higher to count towards the major):
Required Courses (15 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
- K300 Statistical Techniques (3 credits)
- P355 Experimental Methods - not required for students who declared a psychology major before Fall 2012
- P459 History and Systems of Psychology (3 credits)
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 Behavioral 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)
Additional courses to total 120 credit hours. Students will be advised to take additional elective courses in mathematics and in other scientific fields.
To view School of Arts and Sciences requirements for all B.S. degrees, click here.
