Psychology, BA

Freshman Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

• PSYC 1001 - Psychology Orientation Credit Hours: 1 ²
• PSYC 1163 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3 ²
• SPCH 1203 - Introduction To Speech Communication Credit Hours: 3
• English Composition requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Mathematics requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Freshman Year Spring Semester - 15 Hours

• PSYC 2803 - History And Systems Of Psychology Credit Hours: 3 ²
• English Composition requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Lab Science requirement Credit Hours: 4 ¹
• World Language requirement Credit Hours: 4 ⁵
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 1 ⁴

Sophomore Year Fall Semester - 17 Hours

• PSYC 2513 - Introduction To Behavioral Statistics Credit Hours: 3 ²
• PSYC 2963 - Developmental Psychology: A Life Span Credit Hours: 3 ²
• Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Lab Science requirement Credit Hours: 4 ¹
• World Language requirement Credit Hours: 4 ⁵

Sophomore Year Spring Semester - 15 Hours

• PHIL 2753 - Introduction To Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 2613 - Research Methods In Psychology Credit Hours: 3 ²
• Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• World Language requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁵

Junior Year Fall Semester - 15 Hours

• PHIL 3203 - Ethics Across The Disciplines Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 3503 - Behavioral Statistics Credit Hours: 3 ²
• PSYC 3613 - Experimental Psychology Credit Hours: 3 ²
• History/Government requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴

Junior Year Spring Semester - 15 Hours

• PSYC 3133 - Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3 ²
• PSYC 3183 - Cognitive Psychology Credit Hours: 3 ²
• PSYC 4133 - Physiological Psychology Credit Hours: 3 ²
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴

Senior Year Fall Semester - 15 Hours

• PSYC 4153 - Conditioning And Learning Credit Hours: 3 ²
• PSYC 4223 - Psychology Of Personality Credit Hours: 3 ²
• PSYC 4303 - Sensation And Perception Credit Hours: 3 ²
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴

Senior Year Spring Semester - 12 Hours

• PSYC 4953 - Psychology Capstone Credit Hours: 3 ²
• Psychology requirement Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 3}
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴

120 Total Hours

At least 40 hours must be upper-level

Notes

1. General Education Core Requirements, see General Education Core requirements  of this catalog. Follow requirements with following stipulations: humanities-select one course other than PHIL 2753 ; lab science-select BIOL 1153 /BIOL 1151  is required select either CHEM 1303 /CHEM 1301  or PHSC 2713 /PHSC 2711 ; social sciences-select two courses other than PSYC 1163 .
2. These courses are used to determine major GPA, see Graduation Requirements section of this catalog. Must earn a grade of C or better in all PSYC courses applied toward the major.
3. Psychology requirement, three hours. Consult with faculty advisor. Select from PSYC 3123 , PSYC 3173 , PSYC 3414 , PSYC 3653 , PSYC 3703 , PSYC 3763 , PSYC 4233 , PSYC 4243 , PSYC 4613 , PSYC 4803 , PSYC 4923 , PSYC 493V .
4. Additional degree requirements, 22 hours; at least seven must be upper-level. Consult with faculty advisor. A minor is required; follow the respective minor requirements. Remaining hours may be additional PSYC courses or other electives.
5. World language requirement, 11 hours. Must complete through Intermediate I of a world language.

Prior to graduation students must demonstrate competency in financial literacy by satisfactory completion of FIN 1521 - Personal Finance Applications  (or an approved substitution) with a grade of C or better, or by a score of 70% or more on a challenge exam for FIN 1521 .