Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Psychology (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

 

ENGL 1101*

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

                     
Literature and Composition 
ENGL 1102*             Literature and Composition 3

Communication 

               

Choose course from approved list

3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

Modern Languages

               

Choose sequence from approved list

6

                     

English Literature

 

 

            Choose one 2000-level English Literature course
(ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 may NOT be used)

3

                     

Philosophy and Religion

                Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the
1000-2000 level

3

                     

Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)

World History

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Government

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

                     
Social Science    PSYC 1101             General Psychology 3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (10 to 12 hours)

                     
Mathematics    MATH 1300*             Elementary Statistics 3
                     
Natural Science                 Choose a pair in sequence from approved list   7 to 8
                     

V. Ethics (3 hours)

                     
Ethics                  Choose course from approved list 3
                     

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

First-Year Experience

 

*Grade of C or higher required.

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

 

1

Total Credit Hours:46-49

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

Total Credit Hours:15

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 2900Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience

3

 

CHOOSE TWO:

6

PSYC 3303Social Psychology

3

PSYC 3381Theories of Personality

3

PSYC 4415Abnormal Psychology

3

 

Choose any four PSYC or NRSC courses

12

Total Credit Hours:30

General Electives

General Electives

31-35

Total Credit Hours:31-35

Total Credit Hours: 121