Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Program Requirements
(31 credit hours)
Required Courses
- PSYC-200 General Psychology (4 cr.)
- PSYC-202 Statistics and Research Methods I (3 cr.)
- PSYC-302 Statistics and Research Methods II (3 cr.)
Select one course from the following list: (3 cr.)
- PSYC-308 Laboratory, Research Methods: Tests and Measurements
- PSYC-316 Laboratory, Research Methods: Child Development
- PSYC-331 Laboratory, Research Methods: Personality
- PSYC-351 Laboratory, Research Methods: Physiological Psychology
- PSYC-361 Laboratory, Research Methods: Social Psychology
- PSYC-374 Laboratory, Research Methods: Perception and Cognition
Select one course from each of the following three groups (A-C): (9 cr.)
- Group A (3 cr.)
- PSYC-350 Physiological Psychology, or
- PSYC-370 Theories of Learning, or
- PSYC-373 Human Perception
- PSYC-375 Cognitive Psychology
- Group B (3 cr.)
- PSYC-330 Psychology of Personality, or
- PSYC-340 Abnormal Psychology
- Group C (3 cr.)
- PSYC-310 Developmental Psychology, or
- PSYC-360 Social Psychology
Other Requirements:
- Two elective courses in psychology (6 cr.)
- Senior Capstone Project (3 cr.) NOTES
Electives
Psychology courses used as electives within the major must be at the 200 or 300 level. No more than one 200 level course may be used here.
Capstone Project
The Senior Capstone Project must be proposed in advance with assistance from your faculty advisor. All projects must be approved by department chairperson.
Transfer Courses
Transfer courses must be approved by the department before being applied to the major or minors. For transfer students at least one half of the courses applied to the major (15 semester hours) or minors (9 semester hours) must be taken at Northeastern. No more than two courses (6 semester hours) transferred in from junior/community colleges may be applied to the major or minors. Junior/community college courses may not be used in place of 300-level Northeastern courses. Students who transfer in an approved 3 semester hour course equivalent to General Psychology may complete the major with 30 semester hours, or the psychology minor with 18 semester hours.
The same courses may not be used to fill requirements in two different programs within the department.
