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Degree Requirements

Park University offers two different programs in Psychology: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Social Psychology.

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Psychology is both a science and an applied profession. Psychology is a broad discipline that deals with behavior and mental processes. Career opportunities include work in counseling, personnel, business, industry, research and development, advertising, college teaching, medical settings, basic research, criminal justice and government. For those students interested in becoming licensed psychologists or professional researchers, the major is designed to prepare them for possible graduate training.

Requirements for Bachelor of Arts in Psychology: Students must complete 39 credit hours of psychology coursework and maintain a 2.0 GPA within these courses. In addition, all students must pass a written comprehensive exam in psychology.

Required core courses for Bachelors of Psychology (21 credit hours):

Course	Course Name
PS 101	Introduction to Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 306	Experimental Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 315	Theories of Personality	3 hrs.
PS 404	History and Systems of Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 407	Field Placement in Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 408	Cognitive Psychology	3 hrs.
MA 120	Basic Concepts of Statistics	3 hrs.

Elective courses (18 credit hours):

Course	Course Name
PS 205	Child Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 206	Introduction to Guidance and Counseling	3 hrs.
PS 221	Adolescent Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 222	Adult Development and Aging	3 hrs.
PS 301	Social Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 302	Tests and Measurements	3 hrs.
PS 304	Ethology	3 hrs.
PS 305	Behavioral Research Methods	3 hrs.
PS 308	Psycholinguistics and Language Development	3 hrs.
PS 309	Human Sexuality	3 hrs.
PS 361	Cross-Cultural Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 374	Organizational Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 388	Learning and Motivation	3 hrs.
PS 390	Selected Topics in Psychology	variable
PS 401	Abnormal Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 402	Systems of Psychotherapy	3 hrs.
PS 403	Special Problems in Psychology	variable
PS 405	Independent Study in Psychology	variable
PS 407	Field Placement in Psychology (additional hours)	variable
BI 120	Anatomy and Physiology	5 hrs.

Requirements for Minor: Students must complete 18 credit hours of psychology coursework which must include PS 101, PS 306, PS 315 and PS 404.

Bachelor of Science in Social Psychology

Drawing from the discipline of counseling psychology, this interdisciplinary major provides broad training in content methodology on which a student can base the acquisition of applied skills. The degree examines the structure and function of counseling and psychology and the human activity within the context of the point of view of the individual disciplines. The required courses will include the prerequisites from advanced courses in counseling psychology.

Requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Social Psychology: Students must complete fifty-one (51) credits in the major field distributed as follows:

Course	Course Name
CS 140	Introduction to Computers	3 hrs.
MA 120	Basic Concepts of Statistics	3 hrs.
MG 365	Organizational Behavior	3 hrs.
MG 440	Complex Organizations	3 hrs.
PS 101	Introduction to Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 206	Introduction to Guidance and Counseling *	3 hrs.
PS 221	Adolescent Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 222	Adult Development and Aging	3 hrs.
PS 301	Social Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 302	Tests and Measurements	3 hrs.
PS 315	Theories of Personality	3 hrs.
PS 401	Abnormal Psychology	3 hrs.
PS 402	Systems of Psychotherapy *	3 hrs.
SO 141	Introduction to Sociology	3 hrs.
SO 302	The Study of the Family	3 hrs.
SO 305	Behavioral Research Methods	3 hrs.
SO 315	Minority Group Relations	3 hrs.

* Not currently offered as an Online course.

Major requirements for a degree program are established by the University catalog at the time the major is declared.

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