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Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2012 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2012 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Psychology, BS


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Psychology Curriculum


  Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course Fall
Cr.
Spr.
Cr.

First Year

   
MAJOR PSYC 110 - (S) Fundamentals of Psychology 6- ELECT - PSYC. Elective 3.5 3
GE C/IL C/IL 102 - Computing and Information Literacy  3  
GE QUAN MATH - Mathematics Elective1 3  
GE S/BH SOC 110 - (S) Introduction to Sociology  2   3
GE WRTG–SPCH WRTG 107 - Composition  - COMM 100 - Public Speaking  3 3
GE HUMN HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective   3
GE PHIL PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy   - PHIL 210 - Ethics  3 3
GE FSEM INTD 100 - Freshman Seminar  1  
GE PHED PHED ELECT - Physical Education   1
   

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16.5

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16

Second Year

   
MAJOR PSYC 210 - (Q) Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences  -  3 3 3
MAJOR PSYC 330L - (W) Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences Laboratory 3   1.5
MAJOR MAJOR ELECT - Psychology Electives 3 3
GE ELECT WRTG2 3  
GE NSCI NSCI ELECT - Elective4- Elective4 3 3
GE S/BH S/BH ELECT - Soc/Beh Science Elective   3
GE HUMN HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective 3  
 GE PHED  PHED ELECT - Physical Education 1
1
 

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16

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14.5

     

Third Year

   
MAJOR MAJOR ELECT - Psychology Electives 6 9
MAJOR PSYC 390 - Career Development in Psychology  1  
GE ELECT ELECT5- Elective - Elective 3 3
GE HUMN HUMN ELECT Humanities Electives 3 3
GE T/RS T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology  3 3
   

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16

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18

Fourth Year

   
MAJOR MAJOR ELECTIVE - Psychology Elective 3  
MAJOR PSYC 490 - History and Literature of Psychology I  - PSYC 491 - (W) History and Literature of Psychology II  1.5 1.5
GE PHIL or T/RS PHIL ELECT- Philosophy or T/RS ELECT - T/RS Elective 3  
GE ELECT FREE ELECT - Free Electives 9 15
   

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16.5

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16.5

 

Total: 130 Credits

1 MATH 103 , MATH 106 , or MATH 114 

2 The Department strongly recommends SOC 110  and WRTG 284 as preparation for psychology writing intensive courses (PSYC 330L  , PSYC 335  , PSYC 360  , and PSYC 491  ).

3Sections of PSYC 330  & PSYC 330L  are taught by the same professor and must be taken together.

4 One 3- or 4-credit NSCI Biology course and one additional 3- or 4-credit NSCI BIOL, CHEM or PHYS course.

5 No more than 15 credits of Psychology can be placed in GE elective.

6 Entering fall-semester freshmen enrolled in the majors only PSYC 110  section must also enroll in PSYC 110L  .   PSYC 110L  is required only for entering fall-semester freshmen psychology majors.

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