Psychology, Associate of Arts

Program Proficiencies and/or Prerequisites

Students must demonstrate proficiency in these areas either by placement scores  or specific course work.

• English 2 Proficiency 

• MATH 1210 

or

• MATH 1310 

• Reading 2 Proficiency 

Term 1

• PSY 1105 - Introduction to Psychology 3 credit hour(s)
• ENG 1101 - College Writing 3 credit hour(s)
• Mathematics Requirement  3-4 credit hour(s)
• Humanities Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
• IT 1010 - Introduction to Computers 3 credit hour(s)

Term 2

• Psychology Approved Elective  3 credit hour(s)
• ENG 1102 - Analytic and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hour(s)
• Biological/Physical Science and Lab Requirement  4 credit hour(s)
• Humanities Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
• Foreign Language Elective  3-4 credit hour(s) (Choose from courses with the prefixes ARBC, FREN, GER, PORT, SPAN, except SPAN 2280 )

Term 3

• Psychology Approved Elective  3 credit hour(s)

 

• COMM 1130 - Public Speaking 3 credit hour(s)

• or

• COMM 2221 - Interpersonal Communication Studies 3 credit hour(s)

•  

  • Biological/Physical Science and Lab Requirement  4 credit hour(s)
  • Social/Behavioral Science Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
  • Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Math recommended)

Term 4

• PSY 2200 - Statistical Principles 3 credit hour(s)
• Psychology Approved Elective  3 credit hour(s)
• Fine Arts Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
• Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Humanities Recommended)
• Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Biological/Physical Science Recommended)

Psychology Approved Electives

Choose from the following list of courses

• PSY 2220 - Developmental Psychology 3 credit hour(s)
• PSY 2240 - Brain and Behavior 3 credit hour(s)
• PSY 2260 - Psychology of Learning and Memory 3 credit hour(s)
• PSY 2265 - Cognitive Psychology 3 credit hour(s)
• PSY 2271 - Social Psychology 3 credit hour(s)
• PSY 2280 - Health Psychology 3 credit hour(s)