BA Psychology
The 120-credit Bachelor of Arts in Psychology is a popular and versatile undergraduate degree. It can be applied to almost any area of work, including social services, law, human resources, business and government. Courses in this program explore how people learn, what lies behind people’s behavior, how the brain affects behavior, how gender affects development and the different ways in which people interact. Elective courses will introduce you to interesting and relevant topics including forensic psychology, psychosomatics, and industrial and organizational psychology.
Many psychology students become psychologists or enter related professions, but many others work in unrelated fields. Their knowledge of human behavior and development, learned as part of a broad-based liberal arts education, makes them excellent candidates for careers in a wide range of fields such as business, education and government. Recent graduates have continued to graduate school in areas such as Mental Health Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Behavior Analysis, and Physical Therapy. Jobs of recent graduates include working in insurance, working in the field of behavior analysis, and working to help prepare others for higher education.
Program Curriculum
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
| Required Introductory Psychology Course (9 credits) | ||
| PSY 101 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 110 | Psychological Statistics | 3 |
| PSY 211 | Experimental Psychology | 3 |
| Must choose one of the following (3 credits) |
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| PSY 213 | Psychological Statistics II | 3 |
| PSY 212 | Psychological Tests and Measurements | 3 |
| Choose two (2) of the following (6 credits) | ||
| PSY 416 | Experimental Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 422 | Issues in Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 430 | Differential Diagnosis | 3 |
| PSY 440 | Issues in Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 460 | Issues in Behavior Analysis | 3 |
| Foundational Psychology (12 credits) | ||
| PSY 120 | Developmental Psych Childhood | 4 |
| PSY 121 | Lifespan Development | 4 |
| PSY 130 | Neuroscience | 4 |
| PSY 131 | Sensation and Perception | 4 |
| PSY 140 | Social Psychology | 4 |
| PSY 150 | Cognitive Psychology | 4 |
| PSY 160 | Learning and Memory | 4 |
| PSY 170 | Abnormal Psychology | 4 |
| Choose two (2) of the following (6 credits) | ||
| PSY 220 | Developmental Psychology: Adolescence | 3 |
| PSY 242 | Psychology of Group Differences | 3 |
| PSY 261 | Applied Behavior Analysis | 3 |
| PSY 281 | Forensic Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 283 | Psychosomatics: Bodily Portest | 3 |
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
| POST 101 | Post Foundations | 1 |
| FY | First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| ENG 1* | Writing 1 | 3 |
| ENG 2* | Writing 2 | 3 |
| MTH | Quantitative Reasoning: fulfilled with any MTH course (MTH 7 required for major) |
3-4 |
| Choose one course from each of the five below course clusters and one additional course from one of the clusters. | ||
| Scientific Inquiry & the Natural World (BIO 103 required for major) |
4 | |
| Creativity Media & the Arts | 3 | |
| Perspectives on World Culture | 3 | |
| Self, Society & Ethics | 3 | |
| Power, Institutions & Structures | 3 | |
| One additional course from one of the five above clusters. (BIO 104 required for major) | 3-4 | |
* In addition to ENG 1 and 2, students take at least 3 more writing intensive (WAC) courses as part of their major, core, or elective courses.
ENG 303 and 304 can satisfy the ENG 1 and 2 requirement for students in the Honors College.
| Credit Requirements | |
| Total Major Requirement Credits | 54 |
| Elective Major Credits | 6 |
| Total Core Requirement Credits | 32 |
| Elective Liberal Arts & Sciences Credits | 28 |
| Total Degree Credits | 120 |
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