Kent State University Catalog 2014 - 2015

Psychology - B.S. Program Requirements Download to print

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; 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, writing-intensive and the experiential learning 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 (34-63 credits) ¹Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KSS DD	PSYC	11762	General Psychology	3
		21621	Quantitative Methods in Psychology I	3
		31574	Research Methods in Psychology	3
		31684	Quantitative Methods in Psychology II	3
		40111	Abnormal Psychology	3
		41363	Biopsychology	3
		41990	Writing in Psychology ²	0-1
		Psychology electives ³		6
	Developmental Area (choose from the following):			3
KAD	PSYC	20651	Child Psychology (3)
		30651	Adolescent Psychology (3)
		30656	Psychology of Aging (3)
	Cognition/Learning Area (choose from the following):			3
	PSYC	40445	Cognitive Psychology (3)
		40446	Cognitive Neuroscience (3)
		41043	Basic Learning Processes (3)
	Social/Personality Area (choose from the following):			3
	PSYC	31282	Personality (3)
		31532	Social Psychology (3)
Additional Program Requirements (29 credit hours) Below are the additional major requirements for students not declared in the Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy concentration.
	Application of Psychological Science Area (choose from the following): ⁴			6-7
ELR	HONR	40099	Senior Honors Thesis/Project (1-6)
ELR	PSYC	31498	Undergraduate Research (1-6)
ELR		41498	Individual Investigation (1-6)
WIC		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)
	ANTH, BSCI and PSYC Electives (choose from the following; minimum 6 credits must come from PSYC):			12
	ANTH	48623	Human Variation (3)
		48810	Human Paleontology (3)
	BSCI	30520	Introduction to Neuroscience (3)
		30140	Cell Biology (4)
		30156	Elements of Genetics (3)
		40515	Animal Behavior (3)
	PSYC	3/4xxxx	Elective (3-6) ³
	Science Area (choose from the following):			8
KBS	BSCI	10110	Biological Diversity (4)
KBS		10120	Biological Foundations (4)
KBS	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I (4)
KBS		10061	General Chemistry II (4)
	Mathematics Area (choose from the following)			3-5
KMC	MATH	11009	Modeling Algebra (4)
KMC		11010	Algebra for Calculus (3)
KMC		11022	Trigonometry (3)
KMC		12001	Algebra and Trigonometry (5)
KMC		12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (27-61 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language⁺			8
	Kent Core Composition			6
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			0-3
	Kent Core Additional			0-6
	General Electives Credits required depends on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours			4-27
IV.	OPTIONAL CONCENTRATION (58 credits)
	Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy (58)
MINIMUM TOTAL				120

1. All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.
2. Students not in the optional Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy concentration may take another WIC in the Application of Psychological Science Area.
3. Students completing the optional concentration in Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy complete 6 credits of upper-division electives in Psychology, otherwise the Bachelor of Science requires 12 credits. 6 of these 12 hours must be in Psychology courses; no more than 12 credit hours of PSYC 31498, 41492 and 41498 combined may be applied towards major requirements in psychology.
4. No more than 6 credit hours of PSYC 31498 and 41498 combined may be applied toward the Application of Psychological Science area. Students must earn a minimum C grade in PSYC 41573 or 41574 or 41990 to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

+ Fulfills College General Requirement.

Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy Concentration

For semester-by-semester sequencing for this program, view the 2014-2015 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (58 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	BSCI	10120	Biological Foundations	4
		30140	Cell Biology	4
		30156	Elements of Genetics	3
		30030 40430	Human Physiology (4) or Animal Physiology (3)	3-4
		30171	General Microbiology	4
KBS	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I	4
KBS		10061	General Chemistry II	4
KBS		10062	General Chemistry Laboratory I	1
KBS		10063	General Chemistry Laboratory II	1
		30284 40245	Introduction to Biological Chemistry (4) or Biochemical Foundations of Medicine (4)	4
		30475	Organic Chemistry Laboratory I	1
		30476	Organic Chemistry Laboratory II	1
KMC	MATH	12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	5
KBS	PHY	13001	General College Physics I	4
KBS		13002	General College Physics II	4
KBS		13021	General College Physics Laboratory I	1
KBS		13022	General College Physics Laboratory II	1
KSS	SOC	12050	Introduction to Sociology	3
	Choose from the following series:			6
	CHEM	20481	Basic Organic Chemistry I (4)
		20482	Basic Organic Chemistry II (2)
			or
		30481	Organic Chemistry I (3)
		30482	Organic Chemistry II (3)
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL				58

Note: While individual medical or osteopathy schools may require a variety of additional courses, the following courses are recommended and encouraged:

	BSCI	30518	Vertebrate Anatomy	4
KAD	COMM	15000	Introduction to Human Communication	3
KSS	ECON	22060	Principles of Microeconomics	3
		42086	Economics of Healthcare	3
	PHIL	21001	Introduction to Ethics	3
	PSYC	40111	Abnormal Psychology	3
		41363	Biopsychology	3
	SOC	42563	Sociology of Health and Health Care	3