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Major/Minor Course Requirements

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
39 hours are required for the major, including a required core of 27 semester hours in psychology consisting of PSYC 101, PSYC 150, PSYC 210 (or PSYC 211), PSYC 220, PSYC 241 (or PSYC/BIOL 305), PSYC 212 (or 310), PSYC 250, PSYC 360, and PSYC 401. Also required is an elective core consisting of 12 hours selected from SOC 254 or any psychology course other than PSYC 287, PSYC 387, and those in the required core. Majors must take a standardized achievement test in psychology during the spring of their senior year.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Psychology
In addition to meeting the criteria for the BA as described above, students must take three math courses at the 200 level or above (but not another introductory statistics course), and one additional lab science course at the 200 level.

Senior Requirement
Satisfactory completion of PSYC 401.

Preparation for Graduate Study
Students who plan to attend graduate school in psychology are advised to elect PSYC 111, PSYC 203, PSYC 205, PSYC 212, PSYC 213, PSYC 231, PSYC 241, PSYC 302, PSYC/BIOL 305, and SOC 254. They should take these courses and as many of these required core courses as possible by the end of the first semester of the senior year to ensure adequate preparation for the Advanced Test in Psychology of the Graduate Record Examination. A minor in a related discipline is strongly advised.

Emphasis Areas

Those students planning to major in psychology in preparation for an entry-level position in a career related to psychology may do so by satisfying the requirements for the major in psychology described above and electing one or more of the following emphases:

EMPHASIS IN CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
Ordinarily, this emphasis will be elected by majors who plan to obtain an elementary teaching certificate, who plan a career in child care, or who plan to enter a graduate program in developmental psychology, educational psychology, or a related field of study. Students choosing this emphasis should take PSYC 203, PSYC 210, PSYC 232, PSYC 302, and PSYC 310.

EMPHASIS IN MENTAL HEALTH WORK
Students who plan to work in a mental health setting or plan to enter a graduate program in clinical or counseling psychology or a related field of study after graduation should take PSYC 203, PSYC 205, PSYC 213, PSYC 231, PSYC 302, and an internship in mental health in the May Term of the senior year.

EMPHASIS IN PERSONNEL WORK
Those majors who plan to prepare for entry-level positions in personnel work or plan to enter a graduate program in industrial/organizational psychology after graduation should take PSYC 205, PSYC 231, PSYC 245, and PSYC 302; BUAD 100, BUAD 200, BUAD 202, and BUAD 302; and an internship in personnel work in the May Term of the senior year.

Requirements for the Minor in Psychology
19 hours in psychology, including PSYC 101 or PSYC 111; any two of PSYC 203, PSYC 210 (or PSYC 211), PSYC 212, PSYC 214, PSYC 232; either PSYC 220 or PSYC 302; either PSYC 205 or PSYC 213; and either PSYC/BIOL 305 or PSYC 310.

Requirements for the Psychology/Sociology Combined Major
42 hours are required for the major including 24 semester hours in Psychology and 18 semester hours in Sociology.
The required courses in Psychology include PSYC 101, PSYC 150, PSYC 210 (or 211 or 311), PSYC 202 (or 205, 216, 221, or 232), PSYC 220, PSYC 250, PSYC 360, and PSYC 401.
The required courses in Sociology include SOC 100, SOC 110, SOC 200, SOC 248, SOC 254, and one other 200 level SOC course (with SOC 225 suggested).