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We have 16 professors, all with doctorates, several with ongoing research programs. We are a diverse department, and you can find experts in anything from physiological psychology to crisis intervention.
A variety of options encourage you to move beyond the classroom:
* You can do your own research project. To help you, we have laboratory
facilities in Gilbert Hall that will allow you to experiment with rats,
videotape interviews, use computers, and so on.
* Or you can do an internship by finding a position as a crisis worker,
resident at a halfway house, personnel manager’s assistant, or any psychology-related
job, and writing a paper on the experience.
* And you can join the Psychology Club and meet other majors, hear
guest speakers, and take trips to conferences, institutions, and research
facilities.
Honors in Psychology Program
The Honors in Psychology Program is open to psychology majors who have and maintain a 3.4 QPA overall and a 3.4 QPA in psychology. Second semester freshmen who meet this requirement will be invited to participate. If you are a transfer student who would like to participate, or if you believe you are qualified and were not asked, please contact the department.
Honors students must receive their 12 foundations credits from
some combination of 300-level courses, 400-level courses, and/or honors
credit in 200-level courses. In addition, you must earn 9 credits from
any combination of the following: (1) any 500-level graduate course in
the psychology department, (2) honors credit in any 300-level or 400-level
course (may double up with foundations), or (3) Seminar in Psychological
Thought; and you must do a two semester Honors Thesis (6 credits) under
the guidance of a faculty member in the psychology department.
Career Opportunities
A bachelor’s degree in psychology is a popular liberal arts degree for people seeking basic managerial positions in industry and government.
While the bachelor’s degree will open up some mental health care positions, most students who wish to work specifically in psychology go on to master’s degrees in counseling, testing, or personnel, or doctorates in such areas as clinical, experimental, or industrial psychology. More than 30 percent of our graduates go on to earn an advanced degree.
The following career concentrations with appropriate course listings
are available from the advisor and/or departmental secretary:
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Conditioning-Learning
Counseling Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Health Psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Legal Psychology
Personality Psychology
Physiological Psychology
School Psychology
Social Psychology
Statistical Mathematical Psychology
Students wishing to change majors into psychology must have a 2.30 quality point average.
Required Core Courses (12 crs.)
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 3 crs.
PSY105 Research Design and Statistics I 3 crs.
PSY205 Research Design and Statistics II 3 crs.
PSY301 Experimental Psychology 3 crs.
or
PSY305 Applied Research Methods in Psychology 3 crs.
Foundation Courses (12 crs.)
Select two from:
PSY240 Psychology of Personality
PSY265 Child and Adolescent Psychology
PSY270 Social Psychology
PSY330 Abnormal Psychology
Select two from:
PSY235 Conditioning and Learning
PSY320 Physiological Psychology
PSY325 Psychology of Human Cognition
PSY397 Human Cognitive Development
PSY430 Sensation and Perception
Psychology Electives (12 crs.)
PSY220 Psychology of Adjustment
PSY335 Psychology of Social Influence
PSY351 Psychology of Adulthood and Aging
PSY355 Psychology of the Exceptional Child
PSY361 Psychology of Group Interaction
PSY384 Person to Person Interaction
PSY390 Psychology of Creativity
PSY393 Selected Topics in Psychology
PSY395 Seminar in Selected Topics
PSY405 Qualitative Research Methods
PSY410 Psychology of Women
PSY420 Health Psychology
PSY435 Psychopharmacology
PSY440 History and Systems
PSY450 Crisis Intervention
PSY475 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PSY485 Tests and Measurements
PSY490 Selected Topics in Psychology
Note: All students completing a Bachelor of Arts degree are required to attain intermediate level proficiency in a foreign language. Intermediate proficiency may be satisfied by the completion of six credits of intermediate level course work in a foreign language, or four years of a foreign language in high school, or satisfactory completion of a proficiency examination.
Note: Extra courses taken from the required or foundation categories can be used as electives. Also, only 6 credits of research can be used as elective credits for the B.A. degree from the following: PSY374 and PSY375 (Advanced Research in Psychology I, II). Internship credit (PSY385, PSY386) does not apply toward the 36 crs. of psychology required for the B.A. degree.
One course at the 100 level (3 crs.)
PSY101 General Psychology
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology
Two courses at the 200 level (6 crs.)
PSY220 Psychology of Adjustment
PSY235 Conditioning and Learning
PSY240 Psychology of Personality
PSY265 Child and Adolescent Psychology
PSY270 Social Psychology
One course at the 300 or 400 level (3 crs.)
PSY301 Experimental Psychology
PSY305 Applied Research Methods
PSY320 Physiological Psychology
PSY325 Psychology of Human Cognition
PSY330 Abnormal Psychology
PSY430 Sensation and Perception
PSY440 History and Systems
Two additional courses at the 300 or 400 level (6 crs.)
PSY301 Experimental Psychology
PSY305 Applied Research Methods
PSY320 Physiological Psychology
PS325 Psychology of Human Cognition
PSY330 Abnormal Psychology
PSY335 Psychology of Social Influence
PSY351 Adulthood and Aging
PSY355 Psychology of Exceptional Child
PSY390 Psychology of Creativity
PSY393 Selected Topics in Psychology
PSY397 Human Cognitive Development
PSY405 Qualitative Research Methods
PSY410 Psychology and Women
PSY420 Health Psychology
PSY430 Sensation and Perception
PSY435 Psychopharmacology
PSY440 History and Systems
PSY475 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PSY485 Tests and Measurements
PSY490 Selected Topics in Psychology
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