Department of Psychology
The Department of Psychology offers training for individuals interested in combining a major in psychology with a variety of career areas. Careful selection of courses required to complete a major in psychology can provide preparation for the following possibilities: (1) graduate training in such specialty areas of psychology as experimental, clinical, counseling, quantitative, health psychology/behavioral medicine, physiological; (2) application to dental, medical and law schools; or (3) entry-level employment in such fields as advertising, gerontology, child development/child care, computer science, criminal justice, marketing, recreation, rehabilitation, human resources, sales, research assistant, and technical writing. Other areas also are available upon consultation with an advisor.
Programs of study
Programs offered by the department are described below.
Graduation requirements
The following are graduation requirements for the psychology major, over and above those course requirements stated in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science paragraphs below:
- Psychology, BA – a GPA of 2.5 in all psychology courses must be maintained for the student to graduate. If the psychology GPA falls below 2.5, additional psychology courses must be taken and passed with grades high enough to retain a 2.5 major GPA to graduate.
- Psychology, BS – a GPA of 2.5 in all psychology courses must be maintained for the student to graduate. If the psychology GPA falls below 2.5, additional psychology courses must be taken and passed with grades high enough to retain a 2.5 major GPA to graduate.
- Psychology majors must earn a grade of C or better for any psychology courses used in the major.
Programs
Courses
- PSYC 1630 - General Psychology I
- PSYC 1650 - Biological Psychology
- PSYC 2317 - Quantitative Methods
- PSYC 2480 - Psychosocial Adjustment
- PSYC 2580 - Health Psychology
- PSYC 2600 - Interpersonal Behavior
- PSYC 2900 - Special Problems
- PSYC 2996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience
- PSYC 3000 - Positive Psychology
- PSYC 3100 - Social Psychology
- PSYC 3300 - Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
- PSYC 3317 - Quantitative Methods Lab
- PSYC 3480 - Adult Development and Aging
- PSYC 3490 - Psychology of Women and Gender
- PSYC 3520 - Introduction to Industrial Organizational Psychology
- PSYC 3530 - Forensic Psychology
- PSYC 3620 - Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 3630 - Research in Psychological Measurement
- PSYC 3640 - Intimate Partnerships and Caregiving
- PSYC 3650 - Experimental Methods
- PSYC 3996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience
- PSYC 4020 - Psychology of Death and Dying
- PSYC 4030 - Multicultural Psychology
- PSYC 4040 - Psychology of Race in the U.S.
- PSYC 4110 - Interviewing for Paraprofessionals in Psychology
- PSYC 4300 - Biopsychosocial Challenges Related to Sexually Transmitted Infections
- PSYC 4470 - Sexual Behavior
- PSYC 4480 - New Directions in Psychology
- PSYC 4510 - Practicum
- PSYC 4520 - Personality
- PSYC 4600 - History and Systems
- PSYC 4610 - Psychopathology
- PSYC 4620 - Child Psychopathology
- PSYC 4640 - Psychophysiology
- PSYC 4670 - Behavioral and Biopsychosocial Challenges within LGBTQIA+ Communities
- PSYC 4690 - Introduction to Learning and Memory
- PSYC 4700 - Psychobiology of Stress: The Mind-Body Connection
- PSYC 4820 - Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 4830 - Cognitive Psychology
- PSYC 4849 - Topics in Psychology
- PSYC 4850 - Research in Psychology
- PSYC 4900 - Special Problems
- PSYC 4910 - Special Problems
- PSYC 4950 - Honors Thesis
- PSYC 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis
