BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY

The degree program in psychology consists of the following requirements:
(A grade of C or better is required in all core courses.)

Prerequisites (12 Semester Hours)

• PSY 2012 Introduction to Psychology (3 hours)
• One Additional Psychology Course
• One Biology Course (BSC x200-x209, or ZOO x010 may be substituted)
• STA 2014 Elementary Statistics for Social Sciences
  (or any STA x000-x099) (3 hours)

Major Requirements (35 Semester Hours)

(elementary statistics required prior to research methods.)

• PSY 3214 Research Methods in Psychology (3 hours)
• PSY 3213L Research Methods lab (1 hour)
• PSY 3025 Psych Major Seminar (1 hour)

Experimental Courses

(PSY 3214/3214L required prior to any experimental course.)

One experimental course from the following:

• EXP 3703C Computer Applications in Psychological Research (4 hours)
• PSY 4304C Psychological Testing (4 hours)

Two experimental courses from the following:

• EAB 3013C Foundations of Experimental Analysis of Behavior (4 hours)
• EXP 3461C Human Learning & Performance (4 hours)
• EXP 3680C Experimental Cognitive Psychology (4 hours)
• SOP 3214C Experimental Social Psychology (4 hours)

Foundation Courses

At least two foundation courses from the following:

• CBH 3004 Comparative Psychology (3 hours)
• EXP 3104 Sensory Perception (3 hours)
• PSB 3002 Psychobiology (3 hours)

At least one foundation course from the following:

• EXP 3412 Learning Theory (3 hours)
• EXP 3604 Cognitive Psychology (3 hours)

At least two foundation courses from the following:
(research methods & lab required first)

• DEP 3054 Lifespan Development (3 hours)
• PPE 4003 Theories of Personality (3 hours)
• PSY 4604 History of Psychology (3 hours)
• SOP 3004 Social Psychology (3 hours)

Select one additional foundation course from the following:
(Select one course that has not already been taken)

• CBH 3004 Comparative Psychology (3 hours)
• CLP 4313 Health Psychology (3 hours)
• DEP 3054 Lifespan Development (3 hours)
• EXP 3104 Sensory Perception (3 hours)
• EXP 3412 Learning Theory (3 hours)
• EXP 3604 Cognitive Psychology (3 hours)
• PPE 4003 Theories of Personality (3 hours)
• PSB 3002 Psychobiology (3 hours)
• PSY 4604 History of Psychology (3 hours)
• SOP 3004 Social Psychology (3 hours)

Major Electives (12 Semester Hours)

Select four additional courses from the following electives.

• CJC 3410 Offender Treatment (3 hours)
• CLP 4143 Psychology of Abnormal Behavior (3 hours)
• CLP 4183 Stress Management (3 hours)
• CLP 4314 Behavioral Medicine (3 hours)
• DEP 4060 Applied Developmental Psychology (3 hours)
• DEP 4104 Advanced Child Psychology (3 hours)
• DEP 4304 Advanced Adolescent Psychology (3 hours)
• DEP 4464 Psychology of Aging (3 hours)
• DEP 4482 Death and Dying (3 hours)
• EAB 4703 Behavior Modification (3 hours)
• INP 4004 Industrial Organizational Psychology (3 hours)
• PCO 4004 Introduction to Counseling (3 hours)
• PSB 4113 Principles of Biofeedback (3 hours)
• PSY 3911* Supervised Research (1-3 hours)
• PSY 3941 Mentoring Youth in an Urban Environment (CD) (3 hours)
• PSY 4906* Directed Individual Study (1-3 hours)
• PSY 4935* Special Topics (1-3 hours)
• PSY 4945* Practicum in Applied Psychology (1 -2 hours)
• SOP 3723 3.0 Culture and Psychology
• SOP 3742 Psychology of Women (CD) (3 hours)
• SOP 3751 Psychology and Law (3 hours)

* No more than 3 hours of each of the following may be used as part of the upper-level 60 hours: PSY 4906, PSY 4931, PSY 4935, PSY 4945.

Free Electives (13 Semester Hours)

Additional upper-level (3000-4000) psychology major electives can be selected.