Psychology

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The core and distribution requirements for a major in psychology are those listed for the baccalaureate degree . Majors must take a designated social science course outside of the Psychology department to meet the social science distribution requirement. To graduate with a baccalaureate degree with a major in psychology, students must earn a total of 126 hours, 59 of which will come from the core curriculum and 24 of which will come from electives.

Requirements for Major

Core Curriculum Requirements 59 hour(s).
Electives 24 hour(s).

Upper Division Psychology Electives (6 hours)

Psychology majors must have an additional six hours of upper division (300-level or higher) course credit that may be selected from the above categories or from the list below. Only three hours of non-departmental credit may be applied to the upper division requirement.

PSY 302 Special Topics in Psychology 1 to 3 hour(s).
PSY 310 Psychology Field Trip (Convention) 2 hour(s).
(may only be applied once toward upper division PSY requirement)
PSY 399 Independent Study 1 to 3 hour(s).
PSY 440 Advanced Research 1 to 3 hour(s).
PSY 441 Psychology Internship 2 to 4 hour(s).
LIN 415 Child Language Acquisition 3 hour(s).
SOC 244 Social Psychology 3 hour(s).
SOC 347 Relational Counseling 3 hour(s).
SOC 348 Marriage and Family Counseling 3 hour(s).

Psychology

Requirements for Major

Core Psychology Course Requirements (19 hours)

Cognitive Content Area (6 hours)

Clinical Content Area (6 hours)

Developmental/Social Content Area (6 hours)

Upper Division Psychology Electives (6 hours)

Total hours for the major: 43

Total degree hours: 126