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Psychology Degree Requirements (Effective Fall 2005)

The 36-hour psychology major provides students an opportunity to select courses from three major areas of psychology (Natural Science, Social Science, and Applied Psychology) to meet professional and personal objectives.

PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR (36 Hours):

  • PSY 3301 (3) Basic Statistics

  • PSY 3311 (3) Research Methods

  • PSY 4480 (3) Senior Seminar in Psychology

Select 27 hours of additional psychology courses. NOTE: PSY 2200 or PSY 2201 will not count in this major. However, either PSY 2200 or PSY 2201 is a prerequisite for all psychology courses.

Natural Science Courses - Select 9 hours from the following:

  • PSY 3310 (3) Sensation and Perception

  • PSY 3340 (3) Psychology of Learning

  • PSY 3351 (3) Theories of Learning

  • PSY 3370 (3) Comparative Psychology

  • PSY 3385 (3) Evolutionary Psychology

  • PSY 4421 (3) Physiological Psychology

  • PSY 4460 (3) Cognitive Psychology

Social Science courses - Select 9 hours from the following:

  • PSY 2210 (3) Developmental Psychology

  • PSY 3304 (3) Abnormal Psychology

  • PSY 3312 (3) Psychology of Women

  • PSY 3320 (3) Child Psychology

  • PSY 3322 (3) Abnormal Child Psychology

  • PSY 3325 (3) Adolescent Psychology

  • PSY 3380 (3) Social Psychology

  • PSY 4402 (3) Principles of Counseling

  • PSY 4420 (3) Physiological Dynamics of Alcohol and Other Drugs

  • PSY 4430 (3) Introduction to Substance Abuse Counseling

  • PSY 4434 (3) Drug Education, Prevention and Intervention

  • PSY 4435 (3) Treatment of Addictive Family Disease

  • PSY 4436 (3) Treatment Theories and Modalities of Addictive Diseases

  • PSY 4450 (3) Theories of Personality

  • PSY 4456 (3) Gerontology

  • PSY 4470 (3) Advanced Theories of Developmental Psychology

Applied Psychology courses - Select 9 hours from the following:

  • PSY 2205 (3) Psychology of Adjustment

  • PSY 2230 (3) Orientation to Psychology

  • PSY 3303 (3) Educational Psychology

  • PSY 3309 (3) Advanced Statistics

  • PSY 3330 (3) Health Psychology

  • PSY 3332 (3) Family Violence

  • PSY 3360 (3) Forensic Psychology

  • PSY 3365 (3) Human Factors Psychology

  • PSY 4400 (3) Advanced General Psychology

  • PSY 4401 (3) Psychological Tests and Measurements

  • PSY 4405 (3) Experimental Psychology

  • PSY 4410 (3) Business and Industrial Psychology

  • PSY 4451 (3) History and Systems of Psychology

  • PSY 4459 (3) Applied Behavior Analysis

  • PSY 4475 (3) Theories of Training and Evaluation

PSYCHOLOGY MINOR (18 hours)

Select 2 courses (6 SH) from each of the Group Elective categories listed above If selected, Psychology Minors will receive credit for PSY 3301 and 3311 in the Applied category.

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