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2012-2013 Academic Catalog and Handbook

Bachelors (BA) in Psychology

This major offers a 37-semester-hour course of study, designed to acquaint students with the field of psychology and the implications of its principles for human behavior. The bachelor of arts degree has a greater emphasis on applied learning than does the bachelor of science. Students are required to obtain a minimum grade of C- in all courses taken for the major.

Special General Education Requirements
PSYC 150 General Psychology 3

Major Requirements
PSYC 240 Statistical Procedures 3
PSYC 391 Research Methods 3
PSYC 450 History and Systems of Psychology 3
PSYC 490 Senior Seminar 1

Students must choose one course from the following:		  
PSYC 330 Personality Theories 3
PSYC 350 Social Psychology 3
PSYC 353 Culture and Psychology 3
PSYC 440 Psychology of Religion 3

Students must choose one course from the following:		  
PSYC 311 Child Development 3
PSYC 312 Adult Development 3
PSYC 314 Adolescent Development 3

Students must choose one course from the following:		  
PSYC 381 Counseling 3
PSYC 400 Psychological Testing 3
PSYC 420 Abnormal Psychology 3
PSYC 430 Drugs and Alcohol 3

Students must choose 2 courses from the following:		  
PSYC 320 Neuroscience 3
PSYC 360 Learning 3
PSYC 370 Cognition 3
PSYC 410 Sensation and Perception 3

Students must choose one course from the following:		  
PSYC 475 Field Experience 3
PSYC 495 Special Study 3

Psychology (PSYC) coursework
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