Department of Counseling and Psychology

Psychology Major | Psychology Minor

Psychology Major (36 Hours)

Specialized General Studies Requirements

Area IV
Select PSY 2200 or 2201 from the list of approved courses in Area IV. General Psychology is a prerequisite for all psychology courses. See the general studies section of this bulletin for additional general studies information.
     
Required Courses
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 nine 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 nine 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 nine 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 two courses (six hours) from each of the group elective categories listed in the psychology major.
  • Psychology minors may receive credit for PSY 3301 and 3311 in the applied category.

 

 

Last Updated: 07/19/2010
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