2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Psychology Major, 45 hours: B.A.—Minor Required

CIP: 420101 

The Psychology major helps students develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to engage in critical thinking in a wide range of situations in order to understand people from multiple perspectives and apply that understanding.

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

B.A. Modern Language Requirement (9 hours)

Modern Language

9

All 9 hours must be in the same language

Required Courses (45 hours)

PSYC 08103General Psychology *

3

PSYC 08223Abnormal Psychology

3

PSYC 08234Research Literacy

3

PSYC 08253Theories of Psychology

3

PSYC 08260Career Paths and Preparations

3

PSYC 08310Cognitive Psychology

3

PSYC 08313Psychology at Work

3

PSYC 08333Developmental Psychology *

3

PSYC 08334Research Methods I

3

PSYC 08343Biological Psychology

3

PSYC 08353Psychology of Race and Gender

3

PSYC 08363Psychology of Personality

3

PSYC 08365Social Psychology

3

PSYC 08444Research Methods II

3

MATH 17114General Statistics *

3

If any courses in this program are also used to fulfill a Northwest Core requirement, the number of credit hours may be counted only once toward the total number of credit hours required for graduation.

Minor requirements and/or free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours