2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Psychology, B.A.

  • Minimum GPA Required to declare the Psychology Major: 2.5 

  • Minimum GPA Required for Major: 2.5

  • Minimum Graduation Requirement: 2.5

General Education 41-42

Foundation Requirements 13

 
GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

 

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

OR

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

 

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2023RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030: Requires a grade of C or better.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution course required of all students.

Take Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution course required of all students.

PSY 1000 is a prerequisite for all psychology courses and requires a grade of C or better.

Select One GE Approved course from areas below:
Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

Math or Computer Science 3
MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

OR

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

Select two GE Approved Science courses from areas below; one must be a lab science:
Biology

3-4

Chemistry or Physics

3-4

Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences

3-4

Interdisciplinary

3

Additional Required Courses 6

(Take two courses from ENG, COMM, HIST, PS, ECO, SOC, ANTH, PHIL, REL unless collateral, minor, or second major)

Not required of students with a second major, minor or collateral.

Academic Major 31

All major courses including Capstone require a grade of C or better.

Major Required Courses 13

PSY 2000PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

3

PSY 3200PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS

3

PSY 4200PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS

3

PSY 4230EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

4

PSY 4230 and PSY 4940 require overall GPA of at least 2.5.

Major Elective Courses 15

Select Five courses from at least three different areas with departmental advisement.)

Developmental

PSY 2100CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 2110PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE

3

PSY 3110LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3120ADULT PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3130PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING

3

PSY 4960SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4970INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

Theoretical

PSY 3310PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

3

PSY 3320THEORIES OF PERSONALITY

3

PSY 3360THEORIES OF MOTIVATION

3

PSY 3540ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4310HISTORY & SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4350EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4960SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4970INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

Applied

PSY 3300RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS

3

PSY 3410EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3420ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3660COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4400PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS

3

PSY 4420INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4430FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4450PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING TECHNIQUES

3

PSY 4960SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4970INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

Social

PSY 2630PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PREJUDICE & RACISM

3

PSY 2640MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

3

PSY 3000CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3340PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN

3

PSY 3630SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3650UNDERSTANDING SELF AND OTHERS

3

PSY 3680POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4960SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4970INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSRT 1101INTRO TO PSYCHOSOCIAL REHAB

3

Mind/Brain

PSY 3330PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

3

PSY 3370PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTENTION

3

PSY 3380PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ARTS

3

PSY 4360PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4380PSYCHOLOGY OF PERCEPTION

3

PSY 4390COGNITIVE PROCESSES

3

PSY 4440FUNCTIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4960SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4970INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

Major Capstone Course 3

PSY 4940SEMINAR: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4940: Course required by Major. This course requires a grade of C or better with an overall GPA of at least 2.5.  

Free Electives 41-42

Selected with advisement. At least 50% must be at 3000 level or above.

No more than 3 additional Psychology courses.

  • PSY 1996 (Optional) Freshmen may partner with faculty in research and earn 1 credit; may be taken up to 2 times
  • PSY 3291, PSY 3292, PSY 3293 (Optional) 1-3 credit Internship courses; can be repeated up to a maximum of 6 credits.

Total Credit Hours: 120