Psychology

The Division of Continuing Studies offers the Bachelor of General Studies degree with an area of concentration in psychology.

Required:

30 hours from the department of psychology (PSYC)

PSYC 1010	Introduction to Psychology I	3 hrs
PSYC 1020	Introduction to Psychology II	3 hrs
PSYC classes from 3 of the 5 areas (see below		9 hrs
PSYC Electives		15 hrs
No less than 9 hours upper division (UNO

Core Courses: The following two courses are required and should be taken early in the student's degree program. Concepts learned in these courses will benefit the student in upper-level psychology classes.

PSYC 1010	Introduction to Psychology I	3 hrs
PSYC 1020	Introduction to Psychology II	3 hrs
Exceptions regarding transfer hours may be made for PSYC 1020 with approval from the Chair of the Department of Psychology Undergraduate Program Committee.

The following two courses are recommended but not required: PSYC 1024 Laboratory: Introduction to Psychology II (1); PSYC 2000 Careers in Psychology (1)

The following two courses are strongly recommended but not required for the BGS area of concentration (the Psychology faculty considers these two courses essential to the scientific understanding of human behavior): PSYC 3130 Statistics for Behavioral Sciences; PSYC 3140 Methods of Psychological Inquiry

Area Focus Courses - One course required from three of the following five areas (9 hours).

1. Applied Psychology

PSYC 3510 Educational Psychology (3 credit hours)
PSYC 4020 Learning (3)
PSYC 4310 Psychological and Educational Testing (3)
PSYC 4610 Human Factors Engineering (3)
PSYC 4630 Organizational Psychology (3)
PSYC 4640 Personnel Psychology (3)

2. Social/Personality/Developmental Psychology

PSYC 3450 Social Psychology (3 credit hours)
PSYC 3520 Child Psychology (3)
PSYC 3540 Adolescent Psychology (3)
PSYC 4450 Personality Theories (3)

3. Mental Health

PSYC 3410 Clinical Psychology (3 credit hours)
PSYC 3430 Personality and Adjustment (3)
PSYC 4440 Abnormal Psychology (3)
PSYC 4590 Psychology of Exceptional Children (3)

4. Cognitive/Neuroscience

PSYC 4070 Cognitive Psychology (3 credit hours)
PSYC 4210 Sensation and Perception (3)
PSYC 4230 Behavioral Neuroscience (3)
PSYC 4270 Animal Behavior (3)
PSYC 4320 Hormones and Behavior (3)
PSYC 4520 Psycholinguistics (3)

5. History/Philosophy of Science

PSYC 4010 History of Psychology (3 credit hours)
PSYC 4250 Limits of Consciousness (3)
PHIL 2020 Introduction to Philosophy of Mind (3)
PHIL 3400 Philosophy of Natural Science (3)
PHIL 3410 Philosophy of the Social Sciences (3)
PHIL 3430 Philosophy of Biology (3)
PHIL 3650 Philosophy of Mind (3)

Electives: Remaining credits in psychology (15)

Note: A total of 30 hours of psychology courses is required (27 hours if a philosophy course is taken as part of the AC from area 5 above). BGS students considering graduate studies in psychology will be assigned to a Psychology faculty member. No allied field substitutions are permitted.

Revised 03/08