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
		_____ 16.5	_____ 16
Second Year
MAJOR	PSYC 210 - (Q) Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences - PSYC 330 - Research Methods 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
		_____ 16	_____ 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
		_____ 16	_____ 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
		_____ 16.5	_____ 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.

Psychology, BS

Psychology Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 130 Credits