Psychology (B.A. or B.S.)

Students first entering college in fall 1999  or after should see section on “New Core Curriculum” under “General Requirements for a Bachelors Degree.”

1.  Satisfy the core requirements for the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science degree.
2.  General requirements – 13-17 semester hours including ENG 3430 Professional Writing, HUM 4322 Ethics, and six semester hours of any upper division HUM, HIS or ENG courses.  For Bachelor of Science candidates, four semester hours in one natural science course with a lab are required in addition to any natural science courses taken to satisfy the core curriculum requirements.  The four semester hours must be selected from biology, biophysical sciences, chemistry, geology, or physics.
3.  Specialization - 27 advanced semester hours, including PSY 3315 Statistics for the Social Sciences; PSY 3316 Child and Adolescent Development or PSY 3317 Adult Development and Gerontology; PSY 3314 Physiological Psychology; PSY 4310 Tests and Measurements; PSY 4311 Abnormal Psychology; PSY 4312 Social Psychology; PSY 4314 History and Systems; PSY 4320 Principles of Learning; PSY 4318 Research Methods for the Social Sciences.
4.  Free electives—Additional hours to satisfy the minimum of 122 credit hours on the degree plan and any other minimums, such as 54 upper division credit hours.

These requirements are summarized in the following table:

Psychology Plan
I.  CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS (42 total core hours required.)
II.  PLAN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS	LD	LD/UD	UD	TOTAL
A.  General
ENG 3430 Professional Writing			4	4
Computer Literacy / Proficiency	3			3
SPCH	3			3
Foreign Language --  (6 s.h. in sophomore level courses in           same foreign language or 3 s.h. in sophomore-level foreign           language and 3 s.h. in linguistics.) (B.A. option)	3	3		6
Natural Science with lab (B.S. option)	4			4
HUM 4322 Ethics			3	3
6 s.h. UD HUM/HIS/ENG			6	6
B.  Specialization (27 s.h.)
PSY 3315 Statistics for the Social Sciences			3	3
PSY 3316 Child and Adolescent Development          or PSY 3317 Adult Development and Gerontology			3	3
PSY 3314 Physiological Psychology			3	3
PSY 4310 Tests and Measurements			3	3
PSY 4311 Abnormal Psychology			3	3
PSY 4312 Social Psychology			3	3
PSY 4314 History and Systems			3	3
PSY 4318 Research Methods for the Social Sciences			3	3
PSY 4320 Principles of Learning			3	3
C.  FREE ELECTIVES (Additional hours to satisfy the minimum of 122 credit hours on the degree plan and any other minimums such as 54 upper division hours.)
*TOTAL				122

*Total must be minimum of 122 s.h. with minimum of 54 s.h. at upper division level.