Psychology, B.A.

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Requirements for the liberal arts major in psychology, B.A. program

To earn the Bachelor of Arts with a major in psychology, students must complete a minimum of 40 credits in psychology with a minimum GPA of 2.00 over all psychology courses and must satisfy the following three requirements:

1. Required courses

PSY 100 - Foundations of Contemporary Psychology (4)
PSY 250 - Introduction to Research Design (4)
PSY 251 - Statistics and Research Design (4)
With a minimum course grade of 2.0.

2. Two of the following courses

3. One course each from the following four groups

Note

Students planning to attend graduate school should complete one of the experimental courses (PSY 450 , PSY 452 , PSY 453 or PSY 454 ).

Requirements for a modified major in psychology with a concentration in linguistics, B.A. program

Students with this modified major in psychology must have a minimum of 24 credits in psychology and 20 credits in linguistics including:

1. Required courses

PSY 100 - Foundations of Contemporary Psychology (4)
PSY 250 - Introduction to Research Design (4)
PSY 251 - Statistics and Research Design (4)

2. At least two 300-level PSY courses

3. 16 credits in LIN courses, including

LIN 201 - Introduction to Linguistics (4)
LIN 303 - Introduction to Phonology (4)
LIN 304 - Introduction to Syntax (4)
LIN 403 - Phonological Theory (4) or
LIN 404 - Syntactic Theory (4)

4. Required course

ALS 335 - Psycholinguistics (4)

Psychology, B.A.

Requirements for the liberal arts major in psychology, B.A. program

1. Required courses

2. Two of the following courses

3. One course each from the following four groups

Basic processes

Developmental

Social

Personality and individual differences

Note

Requirements for a modified major in psychology with a concentration in linguistics, B.A. program

1. Required courses

2. At least two 300-level PSY courses

3. 16 credits in LIN courses, including

4. Required course