Psychology, BA

42 credit hours

Requirements

The Bachelor of Arts in Psychology requires the following core courses:

PSY 10000	Principles of Psychology	3
PSY 30300	Abnormal Psychology	3
PSY 30400	Basic Research Methods	3
PSY 30600	Behavioral Science Statistics	3
PSY 48500	Senior Seminar	3

One of the following:

MTH 14100	Basic Statistics	3
MTH 24100	Statistics for Natural Science	3

Plus six credit hours in clinical psychology courses selected from among the following options:

PSY 22000	Health Psychology	3
PSY 30900	Personality	3
PSY 31100	Behavior Modification	3
PSY 32400	Psychological Testing	3
PSY 34100	Psychotherapy	3

PSY 34300 and PSY 35000 are additional options offered at the Belleville campus. These may also be used to satisfy the requirement. 

Plus six credit hours in experimental psychology courses selected from among the following options:

PSY 32500	Behavioral Neuroscience	3
PSY 32600	Sensation and Perception	3
PSY 33000	Psychology of Learning and Memory	3
PSY 33100	Cognitive Psychology	3
PSY 33200	Psychology of Motivation and Emotion	3
PSY 33400	Social Psychology	3

PSY 32900, PSY 33700, and PSY 34500 are additional options offered at the Belleville campus. These may also be used to satisfy the requirement.

Plus six credit hours in developmental psychology courses selected from among the following options:

PSY 20500	Human Development	3
PSY 20800	Child Psychology	3
PSY 21000	Psychology of Parenting	3
PSY 31200	Psychology of Aging	3
PSY 31300	Psychology of Adolescence	3
PSY 36500	Human Sexuality	3

Plus six credit hours in general psychology courses selected from among the following options:

PSY 21500	Careers in Psychology	3
PSY 23100	Critical and Creative Thinking	3
PSY 23500	Death and Dying	3
PSY 29000-29999	Special Topics in Psychology	3
PSY 30800	Psychology of Women	3
PSY 39000-39999	Special Topics in Psychology	3
PSY 40400	Advanced Research Methods	4
PSY 45000	Psychology Practicum	3
PSY 48000	Psychology Research Lab	1-6
PSY 48300	Senior Thesis	4