Nov 18, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Psychology, B.S.


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Minimum number of credits required to graduate:  124

Minimum Cumulative GPA required to graduate:  2.0

Minimum number of credits to complete the major:  58

Major Requirements


Satisfying the requirements for a major in Psychology includes successful completion of  thirteen 4-credit PSY courses (or a substitution of two acceptable 3-credit psychology courses transferred in from another institution), two 1-credit professional development courses, one 4-credit diversity course as listed, for a minimum of 56 credits, as described below.

Foundational Core Courses


Complete the following three required courses (12 credits):

Associated Requirement


Complete the following required course:

 

Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience


Complete the following required lab course:

At Least One Course in Cognitive Processes


Complete at least one of the following courses:

Course Related to Psychological Individuation


Choose at least one course from the following:

Course Related to Social Relations


Choose at least one course from the following:

Required Capstone


Choose one capstone option from the following:

Required Further Explorations in Psychology


To complete the required credits in Psychology, students may take a combination of other Psychology courses and/or HSC 2500 Health Behavior and Promotion , and/or NEU 4000   a maximum of four credits in Directed Study and/or Directed Research, and the second semester of a two-semester Senior Capstone Sequence, in consultation with your advisor.

Major GPA: The GPA for the psychology major will be calculated by taking the average of courses designated PSY.

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