psychology curriculum
GENERAL STUDIES | 50 Credit Hours |
PSYCHOLOGY COURSES | 52 Credit Hours |
MINOR/ELECTIVES | 18 Credit Hours |
TOTAL | 120 Credit Hours |
General Studies (50 Credit Hours)
COURSE NUMBER |
COURSE NAME | CREDIT HOURS |
English (6 semester hours)
ENG 131 |
English Composition I |
3 |
ENG 132 |
English Composition II |
3 |
ENG 140 |
Honors English Composition I |
3 |
ENG 141 |
Honors English Composition II |
3 |
Humanities (15 – 18 Semester Hours)
HUM 103 AND |
Humanities Through the |
3 |
ENG 209 |
Introduction to Literature I |
3 |
ENG 210* |
Introduction to Literature II |
3 |
PHL 201 |
Logical reasoning |
3 |
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ART 131 OR |
Art Appreciation |
3 |
MUS 121 OR |
Music Appreciation |
3 |
THE 111 |
Introduction to Theater |
3 |
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HUM 101 OR |
Humanities |
3 |
HUM 102 OR |
Humanities |
3 |
SPE 200 OR |
Voice and Diction |
3 |
SPE 205 |
Public Speaking |
3 |
*Students satisfying the 6 hour literature sequence (ENG 209 AND ENG 210) are only required to complete 3 hours of world history.
History and Geography
HIS 131 |
World History I |
3 |
HIS 132 * |
World History II |
3 |
GEO 206 |
World Geography |
3 |
*Students satisfying the 6 hour History sequence (HIS 131 and ENG 132) are only required to complete 3 hours of world history.
Social and Behavior Sciences (6 semester hours)
PSY 251 AND |
General Psychology |
3 |
ANT 113 OR |
World Societies |
3 |
ECO 251 OR |
Principles of Economics |
3 |
EDU 254 OR |
Introduction to Economics |
3 |
POS 207 OR |
American Government |
3 |
SOC 110 |
Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
Health (2 semester hours)
HEA 100 |
Personal Health |
2 |
Sciences (8 semester hours)
BIO 127 AND |
General Biology & Lab I |
4 |
BIO 128 OR |
General Biology & Lab II |
4 |
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PSC 231 AND |
Physical Science Survey I |
4 |
PSC 232 OR |
Physical Science Survey II |
4 |
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CHE 141 AND |
General Chemistry I |
4 |
CHE 142 OR |
General Chemistry II |
4 |
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PHY 206 AND |
Physics I |
4 |
PHY 207 |
Physics II |
4 |
Mathmatics (3 semester hours)
MAT 136 OR |
Finite Math |
3 |
MAT 137 OR |
College Algebra |
3 |
MAT 165 OR |
Precalculus |
3 |
MAT 205 |
Calculus |
3 |
Orientation (1 semester hour)
ORI 100 |
Freshman Orientation |
1 |
Psychology Classes (52 semester hours)
Required Classes (28 semester hours)
PSY 200 |
Careers in Psychology |
1 |
PSY 306 |
Inferential Statistics | 3 |
PSY 352 |
Theories of Personality |
3 |
PSY 353 |
Abnormal Psychology |
3 |
PSY 360 |
Developmental Psychology |
3 |
PSY 365 |
Learning & Behavior |
3 |
PSY 371 |
Social Psychology |
3 |
PSY 374 |
Biological Bases of Behavior | 3 |
PSY 427 |
Cognitive Psychology | 3 |
PSY 453 |
Research Methods in Psychology |
3 |
Related Classes (24 semester hours)
PSY 350 |
Environmental Psychology | 3 |
PSY 355 |
Sensation & Perception | 3 |
PSY 370 |
Clinical Psychology |
3 |
PSY 372 |
History of Psychology |
3 |
PSY 373 |
Human Factors Psychology |
3 |
PSY 375 |
Introduction to |
3 |
PSY 376 |
Industrial/Organisational Psychology |
3 |
PSY 379 |
Psychology of Religion |
3 |
PSY 424 |
Gender Issues in Psychology |
3 |
PSY 425 |
Human Sexuality |
3 |
PSY 426 |
Gerontological Psychology |
3 |
PSY 428 |
Multicultural Psychology |
3 |
PSY 429 |
Graduate School Preparation | 3 |
PSY 430 |
Applied Behavior Analysis |
3 |
PSY 431 |
African American Psychology |
3 |
PSY 460 |
Special Studies in Psychology |
3 |
Minor, Specialty Area and Electives (18 semester hours)
ASU offers a wide variety of minors. See the current ASU Course Catalog for a listing of all minors. If you are unable to find a minor that is relevant to your career aspirations, your academic advisor can work with you to develop a specialty area that will serve in place of a minor. If you are interested in completing a specialty area, please contact your academic advisor. Don't know who your academic advisor is? Click this link to find out.