Psychology (General Concentration) Accelerated Baccalaureate/Master’s

Curriculum Requirements

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Students must apply for admission in their junior year

Recommendations required include one (1) from the department chair and one(1) from a faculty member in the student’s major department.

Minimum GPA requirements:2.8 overall GPA 3.0 GPA in Psychology or related major.

PSYG 5800 is a three credit hour special topics course which can be repeated once.

PSYG 5800(3)* is a Special Topics- Analytical Writing. This is a writing course for graduate Psychology majors designed to enhance writing skills within the field. This is a required course.

PSY 5800 (3)# is Special Topics- Cognitive Development. It is a course addressing cognitive development and is a required course.

Four- Year Curriculum Plan

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Four-Year Plan in Psychology- Accelerated Track (General Concentration)

Freshman Year
Fall Semester

*ENG 1110 English Composition I ( 3 )  

*HUM 2410 Arts & Humanities I  or HUM 2420 Arts & Humanities II ( 3 )  

*UNIV 1100 First Year Seminar ( 2 )  

* Foreign Language I or II (3)

*HIST 1320 World Societies ( 3 )  

*HEDU 1531 Health ( 2 )  

Spring Semester 

*ENG 1210 English Composition II ( 3 )  

*MATH 1110 Elementary Statistics ( 3 )  

*Foreign Language II (3)

*HUM GEC Requirement (3)

*PEDU 1541 Fitness ( 2 )  

+PSY 2100 General Psychology ( 3 )  

Sophomore Year
Fall Semester

%MSCM 1250 Elements of Speech Communication ( 3 )  

%HEDU 2200 Health Behavior for Effective Living ( 3 )  

+PSY 2130 Psychology as a Profession ( 3 )  (WI)

+PSY 2400 Introductory Statistics for Students of Psychology ( 3 )  

*BIOL 1000 Heredity and Society ( 3 )  

Spring Semester

*HIST 1530 The Black Experience to 1865  or HIST 1540 The Black Experience Since 1865 ( 3 )  

+PSY 3310 The Psychology of Human Development and Maturation ( 3 )  

+PSY 2410 Intermediate Statistics for Students of Psychology ( 3 )  

*BIOL 1300 Molecules and Cell Function ( 4 )  

*PHIL 2210 Ethics ( 3 )  

Junior Year
Fall Semester

+PSY 3100 Abnormal Psychology ( 3 )  

+PSY 3300 Experimental Psychology ( 3 )  

#Cluster A,B, or C (3)

#Cluster A,B, or C (3)

#Cluster A,B, or C (3)

Spring Semester 

+PSY 3400 Psychological Measurement ( 3 )  

+PSY 3500 Intro to Black Psychology ( 3 )  

+PSY 4100 Psychology of Learning ( 3 )  

+PSY 4920 Senior Seminar ( 3 )  

# Cluster D (3)

Senior Year( Graduate Courses)

Fall Semester

PSYG 5160 Res. Methods (3)

PSYG 5800 SP. Topics- Analytical Writing (3)

<Elective (3)

<Elective (3)

<Elective (3)

Spring Semester

PSYG 5800 SP. Topics- Analytical Writing (3)

<Elective (3)

<Elective (3)

<Elective (3)

 

Total Minimum Credit Hours: 121

* GEC Curriculum Courses-43

+Psychology Required Courses-33

#Psychology Cluster Electives (required)-12

%Non-Departmental Recommended Courses-6

<General Elective -18

Graduate Courses-9

SI= Speaking Intensive Course  WI= Writing Intensive Course

Foreign Language II- Placement based on test scores; students may be place in Levels I,or II. One Leave II course is requires.

Students who are required to complete MATH 1000 must earn a grade of “C” or better to take Math 1110.