Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science Curriculum

NOTE: The BS curriculum below is currently pending final approval from the Board of Regents.

Students must earn an overall grade point average of 3.00 or better on 60 hours of coursework and be sponsored by a member of the psychology faculty to be formally accepted by the department as a candidate for this degree program. The Bachelor of Science curriculum includes more science course requirements, and a research requirement is also included. A faculty sponsor is sought out to supervise the student’s research. Students considering the BS degree should begin thinking their junior year about seeking a faculty sponsor. Sponsors should be chosen based on their research content area (of interest to the student) as well as their availability to sponsor the student in research. For information about our faculty and their research programs, please see the People/Faculty link on the left side of this website. Applications for the BS Degree program are handled through the Undergraduate Academic Advisor.

In addition to the General Education requirements of the University and College, the B.S. in Psychology consists of the following:

A. Three Foundation Courses (10 hours):

1113 Elements of Psychology
2113 Research Methods I: Statistics
3114 Research Methods II: Applications and Experimental Design

B. Four Core Courses (12 hours) from:

2403 Introduction to Personality
2603 Lifespan Development, or 3613 Developmental Psychology Inf. through Adol.
3203 Cognitive Psychology
3703 Social Psychology
3753 Intro to Industrial Organizational Psychology
3803 Physiological Psychology

C. Four Depth Courses (12 hours): 3000- or 4000-level PSY courses, with 6 hrs. coming from PSY 3990 and/or 4990, none of which may be from Group B Core Courses. Students may petition the Psychology Department to substitute research credits from another science-oriented department in place of PSY 3990/4990.

D. One PSY Capstone Course (3 hours)