Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

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The Bachelor of Arts in Psychology is a social science degree. Students in this program examine the theories and history of the workings of the human mind. They study aspects of developmental, organizational and abnormal psychology. Graduates of this program are inclined toward professions that involve a high level of human interaction, such as politics, law, counseling, human services, education, law enforcement, military service, and public management.

Degree Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and general education level learning objectives, the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology also seeks the following specific learning outcomes of its graduates.  With reference to each of the respective areas of psychology, graduates in this degree program will be able to:

General Knowledge of Psychology 

  • Articulate the major theoretical, historical, and conceptual ideas that underpin the psychology discipline
  • Describe the major theories in psychology and their influence on different content areas of psychology such as learning and cognition, individual differences, biological bases of behavior, and developmental changes in behavior

Skills of Psychology

  • Explore the methodologies of psychological research used to design and implement research and analyze, interpret, and report data
  • Critically evaluate psychological research and apply that data to contemporary issues

Human Behavior

  • Identify individual differences in behavior that may be related to ethnicity, gender, and culture
  • Evaluate how behavior is influenced by internal, environmental, and social factors

Degree Program Requirements

Required Course - 3 semester hours

General Education Requirements (34 semester hours)
English - 6 semester hours
Social Sciences - 6 semester hours
Science - 4 semester hours including the required 1 hour labs
Mathematics - 3 semester hours
History - 6 semester hours
Humanities - 3 semester hours
Literature - 3 semester hours
All literature courses require successful completion of ENGL101 - Proficiency in Writing or ENGL102 - Effectiveness in Writing
Political Science - 3 semester hours
Core Requirements (34 semester hours)
Major Course Requirements (15 semester hours)

Students enrolled in Psychology will take five (5) courses from the two categories below.

Social/Developmental Psychology

Clinical/Forensic/Applied Psychology

Final Program Requirements (3 semester hours)
Electives (33 semester hours)

Select any courses that have not been used to fulfill core or major requirements. Credits applied toward a minor or certificate in an unrelated field may be used to fulfill elective credit for the major.

Total = 122 semester credits

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