Siena Heights University
Psychology
Bachelor of Arts Degree
I.
Course Requirements for Major
A.
Psychology Requirements
1.
#PSY 111
Introduction to Psychology
2.
PSY 230
Developmental Psychology
3.
PSY 270
Research Methods
4.
PSY 340
Social Psychology
5.
PSY 350
Abnormal Psychology
6.
PSY 360
Counseling Techniques and Practice
7.
PSY 381
Psychology Internship Seminar
8.
PSY 382
Psychology Internship
9.
PSY 390
History and Systems of Psychology
10.
PSY 395
Junior Seminar
11.
PSY 440
Personality
12.
PSY 445
Research in Psychology
13.
PSY 450
Learning and Memory
14.
PSY 495
Senior Seminar
15.
PSY ___
Approved Electives
B.
C.
Cognate Requirements
1.
#MAT 142
Statistical Reasoning with Application and Simulation
or
#MAT 143
Statistics and Society
or
#MAT 174
Data Analysis and Statistics
Total for Major
45 credit hours
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3 credit hours
3
48 credit hours
II. Liberal Arts
# May be double counted toward major and Liberal Arts Requirements. 29 credit hours
III. General Electives 43 credit hours
IV. Total for Degree 120 credit hours
V. Other Requirements
1.
Students must maintain a cumulative 2.5 g.p.a. in the major. This does not include the cognate
courses.
2.
Students will submit a check sheet with their application for graduation, which will be filed in their
folder in the Registrar’s Office listing the Psychology courses they have taken and any
substitutions that were made for Psychology courses. Their advisor may assist them with this
check sheet.
3.
Transfer students must complete at least 18 credit hours of Psychology courses at the 300-400
level at Siena Heights University, including PSY 360 Counseling Techniques and Practice, PSY
382 Psychology Internship, PSY 395 Junior Seminar, PSY 445 Research in Psychology and
PSY 495 Senior Seminar.
VI.
Recommended Psychology Electives
PSY 241
Child and Adolescent Psychology
PSY 275
Psychology of Gender
PSY 380
Human Sexuality
PSY 397
Positive Psychology
PSY 455
Physiological Psychology
Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2016-2018
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