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Psychology - B.A. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend:DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.   DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II.   MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (36 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
KSS
 DD
 PSYC 11762 General Psychology 3
DD
   20651

21211		 Child Psychology (3)
or
Psychology of Adjustment (3)		 3
    21621 Quantitative Methods in Psychology I 3
    31574 Research Methods in Psychology 3
    3/4xxxx Psychology electives*
(minimum 9 upper-division credit hours)		 12
  Choose one from the following: Group I 3
  PSYC 31043 Basic Learning Processes (3)  
    41363 Biopsychology (3)  
  Choose one from the following: Group II 3
  PSYC 30445 Cognitive Psychology (3)  
    31141 Perception (3)  
  Choose one from the following: Group III 3
  PSYC 41282 Personality (3)  
    41532 Social Psychology (3)  
  Choose one from the following: Group IV** 3
WIC PSYC 41573 Laboratory Experience in Psychological Research:
Social/Clinical (3)		  
WIC   41574 Laboratory Experience in Psychological Research: Cognitive/Learning (3)  
WIC   41990 Writing in Psychology*** (1)  
III.  ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (84 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Foreign Language 14-16
  Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) 6
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include on laboratory) 9-10
  Kent Core Composition 6-8
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)
 9
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 6
  General Electives (minimum 14 upper-division credit hours) 31
MINIMUM TOTAL 
 121

*No more than 6 credit hours of PSYC 31498, 41492 and 41498 combined may be applied towards

major requirements in psychology.

**One course must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

***If PSYC 41990 is taken, an upper-division course in psychology must be taken as a corequisite.
That course cannot be PSYC 31498, 41498, 41573 or 41993.