Psychology Major, BS, PY00

General Education Core 42 Requirements: 39 Hours

• Area 1A     6 hours Social & Behavioral Sciences - 3 hours fulfilled by PSY 0100  , 3 hours see below for options
• Area 1B     3 hours Civic Engagement - see below for options
• Area 2A     6 hours Written Communication - see below for options
• Area 2B     3 hours Oral Communication - see below for options
• Area 3       7 hours Natural Science 1 with and 1 without lab - see below for options
• Area 4       3 hours Mathematics - see below for options
• Area 5A     6 hours Humanities - see below for options
• Area 5B     3 hours Fine Arts - see below for options
• Area 5C     3 hours Global Competencies - see below for options
• Area 5D     2 hours Health and Wellness - see below for options

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Institutional Degree Requirement: 1 Hour

• UE 0100 - The University Experience 1
• HNRS 0101 - Honors Forum 2 Honors students only 1 cr. hr. towards institutional requirement
• BIO 0100 - Freshman Seminar 1 MSSU-KCU Early Acceptance Program (MKEAP) students only
• IET 0105 - Professional Skills 3 This course is required for students in Engineering Technology and Logistics programs. Undecided majors welcome.

Psychology Requirements: 49 Hours

• PSY 0100 - General Psychology 3 *
• PSY 0320 - Applied Statistics for the Behavioral and Natural Sciences 3
• PSY 0325 - Research Methods in Psychology 3
• PSY 0330 - Experimental Psychology 5
• PSY 0386 - Conditioning & Learning 3
• PSY 0390 - Junior Seminar 2
• PSY 0432 - Abnormal Psychology 3
• PSY 0443 - Cognitive Psychology 3
• PSY 0481 - Senior Thesis 3

Science: 9 Hours

Additional hours of science, computer science or math that do not fulfill any other requirements. These include courses from: BIO, CHEM, MATH, GEOL, EH, PHYS, and CIS as well as the following specific courses:

• ACCT 0201 - Principles of Financial Accounting 3
• ACCT 0202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting 3
• ACCT 0321 - Analytics for Accountants 3
• CJ 0200 - Crime Scene Investigation I 3
• ECON 0201 - Principles of Economics (Macro) 3
• ECON 0202 - Principles of Economics (Micro) 3
• FIN 0101 - Introduction to Personal Financial Planning 3
• GEOG 0120 - Introduction to Physical Geography 3
• GEOG 0121 - Introduction to Physical Geography with Lab 4
• GEOG 0306 - Introduction to Global Health 3
• HS 0111 - Medical Terminology 3  OR  RAD 111 Medical Terminology
• HS 0312 - Biomedical Ethics 3
• IET 0110 - Engineering Graphics I 3
• INTS 0306 - Introduction to Global Health 3
• KINE 0342 - Biomechanical Analysis of Movement 3
• KINE 0385 - Nutrition for Human Development 3
• MGMT 0237 - Using Information Systems 3 OR CIS 105
• PHIL 0140 - Critical Thinking 3
• PHIL 0312 - Biomedical Ethics 3
• PHIL 0420 - Philosophy of Science 3
• PSY 0242 - Introduction to Neuroscience 3
• PSY 0411 - Sensation and Perception 3
• PSY 0442 - Behavioral Neuroscience 3
• RAD 0101 - Introduction to Radiology 3
• RAD 0132 - Principles of Radiographic Exposure 4
• RAD 0170 - Radiologic Physics 3
• SOC 0316 - Introduction to Global Health 3

Electives: 22 Hours

As needed to total 120 approved credit hours (including 39 upper division 300-400 level).

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Total Hours: 120

 PSY 0100  satisfies 3 of 6 hours of General Education Core Requirement Area 1A.

Institutional requirement UE 0100  may also be met by HNRS 0101  (2 credit hours).

Effective fall of 2020 - in order to graduate with a major in Psychology, a student must meet the following requirements:

1. Earn a 2.50 or above overall GPA.
2. Earn a 2.50 or above in all PSY prefix courses required within the major.

For students pursuing a Bachelor of Science (PY00) or Bachelor of Arts (PY01) degree in Psychology, at least 24 credit hours of PSY prefix courses cannot be more than 12 years old at the time of graduation.