Psychology, BS

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Psychology Curriculum

	*Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course*	*Fall Cr.*	Spr. Cr.
First Year
MAJOR - ELECT	PSYC 110 - (S) Fundamentals of Psychology — MAJOR ELECT - Psychology Elective^₁	3	3
GE EP	PSYC 140 - (FYOC,FYDT) Current Topics in Psychological Science or another EP course	3
GE QUAN	MATH - Mathematics Elective²	3
GE S/BH	S/BH ELECT - Social/Behavioral Elective³		3
GE WRTG	WRTG 107 - (FYW) Composition		3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective		3
GE PHIL	PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy — PHIL 210 - Ethics	3	3
GE FSEM	First Year Seminar ⁴
		12	15
Second Year
MAJOR	PSYC 211 - Research Methods and Statistical Analysis I — PSYC 212 - (EPW) Research Methods and Statistical Analysis II	4	4
MAJOR	MAJOR ELECT - Psychology Electives¹	3	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Elective⁶		3
GE NSCI	NSCI ELECT - Natural Science Electives⁵	3	3
GE S/BH	S/BH ELECT - Social/Behavior Science Elective³	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective	3
		16	13
Third Year
MAJOR	MAJOR ELECT - Psychology Electives	6	9
MAJOR	PSYC 390 - Career Development in Psychology	1
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT- Free Elective⁶	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	15
Fourth Year
MAJOR	MAJOR ELECTIVE - Psychology Elective	3
MAJOR	PSYC 490 - Senior Seminar I: Foundational Paradigms — PSYC 491 - (EPW) Senior Seminar II: Contemporary Applications	1.5	1.5
GE PHIL or T/RS	PHIL ELECT- Philosophy or T/RS ELECT - Theology Elective	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives⁶	9	15
		16.5	16.5
	Total: 120 Credits

¹Psychology majors take a minimum of five courses from the following list (“Core 8”) with at least one course in each group: Physiological Processes (PSYC 230 , PSYC 231 ), Learning Processes (PSYC 234 , PSYC 235 ), Social-Developmental Processes (PSYC 220 , PSYC 227 ), and Individual Processes (PSYC 224 , PSYC 225 ).

²MATH 106 , MATH 109 , or MATH 114 .

³The Department strongly recommends SOC 110 .

⁴The selection of a First Year Seminar is likely to fulfill requirements for both the First Year Seminar and a General Education Requirement. Thus, the First Year Seminar will probably not add to the total credits for the semester. Talk with your advisor if you have any questions.

⁵One 3- or 4-credit NSCI Biology course and one additional 3- or 4-credit NSCI BIOL, CHEM or PHYS course.

⁶No more than 15 credits of Psychology can be placed in GE electives.

Psychology, BS

Psychology Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 120 Credits