Fall Term

• FY 101 - First-Year Experience (FYE) Seminar
• HY 101 - Western Civilization I
• PY 101 - Introduction to Psychology I
• TH 100 - Introduction to the Judeo-Christian Tradition
• Language: 4 credits

Spring Term

• EH 101 - College Writing
• HY 102 - Western Civilization II
• Psychology Major Course: 4 credits
• Language: 4 credits

Fall Term

• PH 200 - Human Nature and Ethics
• PY 201 - Research Methods in Psychology
• PY Major Course: 4 credits
• Minor: 4 credits

Spring Term

• PY 202 - Statistical Methods in Psychology
• EH English Core Elective 200+ level: 4 credits
• PY Major Course: 4 credits
• Minor: 4 credits

Fall Term

• ES 300 - Ecology and the Environmental Challenge
• PY Major Course: 4 credits
• PH Philosophy Core Elective: 4 credits
• Additional Core Elective: 4 credits

Spring Term

• TH Theology Core Elective: 4 credits
• PY Major Course: 4 credits
• PY Major Course: 4 credits
• Minor Course: 4 credits

Fall Term

• PY 406 - Senior Thesis
• PY Major Course: 4 credits
• Minor: 4 credits
• Elective: 4 credits

Spring Term

• PY 407 - Senior Thesis
• PY Major Course: 4 credits
• Minor Course: 4 credits
• Additional Core Elective: 4 credits

Learning/Cognition

• PY 304 - Theories of Learning
• PY 307 - Educational Psychology
• PY 314 - Cognitive Psychology

Social/Personality/Abnormal

• PY 203 - Personality Theory
• PY 305 - Social Psychology
• PY 308 - Psychopathology

Biological

• PY 320 - Biological Basis of Behavior
• PY 322 - Sensation and Perception
• PY 420 - Health Psychology

Developmental

• PY 210 - Adolescence and Adulthood
• PY 211 - Lifespan Development
• PY 212 - Human Growth and Development
• PY 251 - Psychology of Aging

Behavioral Neuroscience

Behavioral Neuroscience (also called Biopsychology) is a cutting-edge subfield within psychology that applies principles of biology to the study of mechanisms of behavior.  To complete this concentration, students must take at least four of the following:

• PY 320 - Biological Basis of Behavior
• PY 322 - Sensation and Perception
• PY 323 - Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society
• PY 333 - Sleep and Dreaming
• PY 408 - Special Topics
• PY 420 - Health Psychology

• Additionally, students must also complete either BI101 - Intro to Biology or BI102 Intro to Biology II as one of their 3rd Tier Core Electives.

Clinical / Counseling

The clinical / counseling psychology concentration provides a foundation for graduate work or employment in this area as well as other areas of mental health and human services.  (Note: It does not lead to a professional license.)  To complete this concentration, students must take at least four of the following:

• PY 203 - Personality Theory

• or

• PY 211 - Lifespan Development
• PY 252 - Counseling Skills
• PY 308 - Psychopathology
• PY 325 - Foundations of Clinical Psychology

• or

• PY 353 - Psychotherapies: Systems and Techniques
• PY 410 - Psychology Internship