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Majors and Minors

Major in Psychology (B.A.)

Students majoring in psychology take a minimum of 13 courses (39 credits), seven of which must be taken on campus. Majors are expected to maintain a GPA of 2.0 in all psychology courses.

Required courses:

  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Child Development or Adolescent and Adult Development
  • Social Psychology or Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Theories of Personality
  • Statistical Methods in Behavioral Science
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychology of Learning and Behavior
  • Physiological Psychology
  • Research Methods in Behavioral Science
  • History and Systems of Psychology

Students choose three additional upper-level electives in psychology.

Psychology majors are encouraged to take courses in biology, such as Human Biology combined with one other biology course, the General Biology sequence or the Human Anatomy and Physiology sequence, to fulfill their six-credit Core Curriculum requirement as preparation for the required course Physiological Psychology.

Minor in Psychology

Students completing a minor in psychology take a minimum of six courses (18 credits), four of which must be taken on campus. Minors are expected to maintain a GPA of 2.0 in all psychology courses.

Required course:

  • Introduction to Psychology

Students choose five additional upper-level electives in psychology.