Dec 03, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Psychology Major

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Psychology is the science concerned with the understanding of behavior and mental processes. A major in psychology provides students with (1) a useful foundation for further study at the graduate level, leading to various careers in psychology, or to study in the health professions and social work; (2) skills related to employment at the baccalaureate level for the pursuit of careers in mental health services, industry, human services or areas where the knowledge of behavior would be deemed beneficial; and (3) a sound preparation for describing, understanding, predicting, and controlling the events in their own lives. Students who obtain an advanced degree have a growing range of new opportunities for employment in medical settings, sports, business, the military, as well as private practice, university teaching, and research.

Specialized General Studies Requirements

Area IV

Required (6 Hours)

PSY 2200 - Introduction to Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 2210 - Developmental Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)

Electives (21 Hours)

Students must choose an additional 21 hours of free electives.

Major Requirements

Required Core (12 hours)

PSY 2230 - Orientation to the Psychology Major 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 3301 - Basic Statistics 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 3311 - Research Methods 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 4480 - Senior Seminar in Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)

Group 1 (6 Hours)

(Select 2 Courses)

PSY 3310 - Sensation and Perception 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 3340 - Psychology of Learning 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 3370 - Comparative Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 3385 - Evolutionary Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 4421 - Physiological Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 4460 - Cognitive Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)

Group 2 (6 Hours)

(Select 2 Courses)

PSY 3304 - Abnormal Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 3312 - Psychology of Women 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 3315 - Cultural and Diversity Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 3380 - Social Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 4402 - Principles of Counseling 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 4450 - Theories of Personality 3 Credit Hour(s)

Group 3 (6 Hours)

(Select 2 Courses)

PSY 3330 - Health Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 3332 - Family Violence 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 3360 - Forensic Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 4410 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 4451 - History and Systems of Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 4459 - Foundations of Behavior Analysis 3 Credit Hour(s)

Group 4 (6 Hours)

Select any 2 psychology courses not completed in another area or EDU 4490