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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
African-American Experience

3

ENG 209

Introduction to Literature I

3

ENG 210*

Introduction to Literature II

3

PHL 201

Logical reasoning

3

 

 

 

ART 131 OR

Art Appreciation

3

MUS 121 OR

Music Appreciation

3

THE 111

Introduction to Theater

3

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

PSC 231 AND

Physical Science Survey I

4

PSC 232 OR

Physical Science Survey II

4

 

 

 

CHE 141 AND

General Chemistry I

4

CHE 142 OR

General Chemistry  II

4

 

 

 

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
Developmental Disabilities

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.

 

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