Psychology, BA

42 credit hours

Requirements

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

PSY 10000Principles of Psychology

3

PSY 30300Abnormal Psychology

3

PSY 30400Basic Research Methods

3

PSY 30600Behavioral Science Statistics

3

PSY 48500Senior Seminar

3

One of the following:

MTH 14100Basic Statistics

3

MTH 24100Statistics for Natural Science

3

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

PSY 30900Personality

3

PSY 32400Psychological Testing

3

PSY 34100Psychotherapy

3

PSY 34300Clinical Neuroscience

3

PSY 35000Psychopharmacology

3

PSY 22000 and PSY 31100 are additional options offered at the St. Charles 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 32500Behavioral Neuroscience

3

PSY 32900Cognition

3

PSY 33200Psychology of Motivation and Emotion

3

PSY 33400Social Psychology

3

PSY 33700Learning and Memory

3

PSY 34500Behavioral Endocrinology

3

PSY 32600, PSY 33000, and PSY 33100 are additional options offered at the St. Charles 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 20500Human Development

3

PSY 31300Psychology of Adolescence

3

PSY 36500Human Sexuality

3

PSY 20800, PSY 21000, and PSY 31200 are additional options offered at the St. Charles campus. These may also be used to satisfy the requirement.

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

PSY 29000-29999Special Topics in Psychology

3

PSY 39000-39999Special Topics in Psychology

3

PSY 40400Advanced Research Methods

4

PSY 45000Psychology Practicum

3

PSY 48000Psychology Research Lab

1-6

PSY 21500, PSY 23100, PSY 23500, PSY 30800, and PSY 48300 are additional options offered at the St. Charles campus. These may also be used to satisfy the requirement.