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Psychology Major
Program Requirements for the
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology
(31 credit hours)
Required Courses: (click for course descriptions)
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-341 Laboratory, Research Methods: Clinical
PSYC-351 Laboratory, Research Methods: Physiological Psychology
PSYC-361 Laboratory, Research Methods: Social Psychology
PSYC-372 Laboratory, Research Methods: Operant Conditioning
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
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.
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