Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Psychology (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 10 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

 

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

 

MATH 1300

           

Elementary Statistics

3

IC: Critical Thinking 

 

PSYC 2290

           

Human Growth and Development

3

ID: Scientific Method

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

0 to 1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

 

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

PSYC 1101

           

General Psychology

3

IID: Humanities 

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

6 to 9

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:46-50

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Psychology Major

PSYC 1101General Psychology

3

PSYC 2202Introduction to Research Methods

3

PSYC 4401History and Systems

3

PSYC 4494Advanced Research Methods and Statistics

3

PSYC 4495Advanced Experimental Psychology (Senior Seminar)

3

MATH 1300Elementary Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours:18

Psychology Electives

CHOOSE FOUR:

12

PSYC 2290Human Growth and Development

3

PSYC 3360Sensation and Perception

3

PSYC 3380Psychology of Learning

3

PSYC 4410Cognitive Psychology

3

NRSC 4300Brain and Behavior

3

 

CHOOSE TWO:

6

PSYC 3303Social Psychology

3

PSYC 3381Theories of Personality

3

PSYC 4415Abnormal Psychology

3

 

Choose any three PSYC or NRSC courses

9

Total Credit Hours:27

General Electives

General Electives

31-35

Total Credit Hours:31-35

Total Credit Hours: 121