Core Curriculum (30-33 Credit Hours)

For details on the required courses, refer to the Core Curriculum  program. 

Major Courses (40 Credit Hours)

• PSYC 1101 - Introduction to Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 2220 - History and Systems of Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 2230 - Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• SOCY 2230 - Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 2240 - Behavioral Statistics Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• SOCY 2240 - Behavioral Statistics Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 3300 - Abnormal Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 3305 - Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences Credit Hours: 4
• PSYC 3330 - Developmental Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 3350 - Biopsychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 3360 - Cognitive Psychology Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• PSYC 3370 - Theories of Learning Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 3390 - Research Capstone Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 4400 - Psychometrics Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 4410 - Theories of Personality Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 4470 - Intervention Techniques and Applications Credit Hours: 3

Major Electives (9 Credit Hours)

PSYC 3360  Cognitive Psychology may be taken as one of the required electives or in the place of PSYC 3370  as a required course. PSYC 3360  may not be used as both an elective course and a required course.

*Course may be taken to partially fulfill psychology elective requirement.

• PSYC 2250 - Community Psychology Credit Hours: 3 *
• PSYC 2260 - Industrial and Personnel Psychology Credit Hours: 3 *
• PSYC 3310 - Experimental Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 3320 - Sensation and Perception Credit Hours: 3 *
• PSYC 3360 - Cognitive Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 3395 - Psychology of Substance Abuse Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 3399 - Special Topics in Psychology Credit Hours: 1-12 *
• PSYC 4460 - Seminar Credit Hours: 3-6
• PSYC 4480 - Directed Studies Credit Hours: 1-3 *
• PSYC 4485 - Advanced Psychometrics Credit Hours: 3 *
• PSYC 4487 - Practicum I Credit Hours: 3 *
• PSYC 4489 - Practicum II Credit Hours: 3 *
• PSYC 4490 - Directed Research Credit Hours: 1-3 *
• PSYC 4491 - Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence Credit Hours: 3 *
• PSYC 4493 - The Psychology of Aging Credit Hours: 3 *
• PSYC 4494 - Interpersonal Dynamics Credit Hours: 3 *

Specialization Requirements (21 Credit Hours)

• MATH 1561 - Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning Credit Hours: 3
• MATH 2562 - Introduction to Discrete Mathematics Credit Hours: 3
• COMP 1120 - Principles of Programming I Credit Hours: 3
• COMP 1130 - Principles of Programming II Credit Hours: 4
• COMP 2270 - Data Structures Credit Hours: 3
• COMP 4410 - Database Management Credit Hours: 3
• COMP 4450 - Introduction to Data Mining Credit Hours: 3