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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 Composition - 6 semester hours

Social Sciences - 6 semester hours

Science - 4 semester hours including the required 1 hour lab

Mathematics - 3 semester hours

History - 6 semester hours

Humanities - 3 semester hours

Literature - 3 semester hours

All literature courses require successful completion of EN101 - Proficiency in Writing or EN102 - Effectiveness in Writing


Political Science - 3 semester hours

Core Courses (34 semester hours)
Major Courses (15 semester hours)

Students enrolled in Psychology will take five (5) courses from any of the categories below. Students interested in a specific concentration of study should select courses from one or two categories.

Biological/Cognitive Psychology
Social/Developmental Psychology
Clinical/Forensic/Applied Psychology
Capstone Course (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 hours

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