Psychology (BS)
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Program Requirements
At least 36 of the total major credits must be 300-level or above. (Students can enroll in 500-level courses on a space-available basis.)
The Psychology Department requires a minimum of 23 hours of psychology major credit to be taken in residence at BYU for this degree program. These hours may also go toward BYU's 30-hour residency requirement for graduation.
A maximum of 15 hours may be taken as Independent Study (only 8 of which may count as departmental residence hours).
Requirement 1 —Complete 5 Courses
course - Psychological Science 3.0
course - History of Psychology 3.0
course - Writing Within Psychology 3.0
course - Psychological Statistics 4.0
course - Research Design & Analysis 3.0
Note: All students are encouraged to take Psych 101: Orientation to the Psychology Major. Students considering application to graduate study are strongly encouraged to take Psych 200.
Requirement 2 —Complete 1 of 4 Courses
Multicultural issues courses:
course - Social/Cultural Anthropology 3.0
course - Multicultural Psychology 3.0
course - Cross-Cultural Fam & Hum Dev 3.0
course - Multicultural America 3.0
Requirement 3 —Complete 1 of 4 Courses
Gender issues courses:
course - Intro Global Women's Studies 3.0
course - Intrnl Political Econ of Women 3.0
course - Psychology of Gender 3.0
course - Soc of Gender 3.0
Requirement 4 —Complete 1 of 3 Courses
course - Developmental Psych: Childhood 3.0
course - Develpmntl Psych: Adolescence 3.0
course - Developmental Psych: Adulthood 3.0
Requirement 5 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses
course - Abnormal Psychology 3.0
course - Child Psychopathology 3.0
Requirement 6 —Complete 3 Courses
course - Intro to Social Psychology 3.0
course - Cognition 3.0
course - Behavioral Neurobiology 3.0
Requirement 7 —Complete 6 hours
Complete 6 credit hours of elective courses not completed above.
course - Multicultural Psychology 3.0
course - Psychology of Gender 3.0
course - Critical Issues in Psychology 3.0
course - Develpmntl Psych: Adolescence 3.0
course - Developmental Psych: Adulthood 3.0
course - Organizational Psychology 3.0
course - Sport Psychology 3.0
course - Personality 3.0
course - Child Psychopathology 3.0
course - Basic Mediation 3.0
course - Clinical Psychology 3.0
course - Intro to Positive Psychology 3.0
course - Applied Social Psychology 3.0
course - Latter-day Saint Perspectives 3.0
course - Psychology of Religion 3.0
course - Intro to Health Psychology 3.0
course - Leadership Development 3.0
PSYCH 361 - Principles of Learning 3.0
PSYCH 365 - Motivation 3.0
course - Sensation and Perception 3.0
course - Cognitive Neurosci of Memory 3.0
course - Stress Psychobiology 3.0
course - Intro to Primate Behavior 3.0
course - Drugs, Reward and Addiction 3.0
course - Intro to Social Work 3.0
course - Social Welfare Policy 3.0
course - Social Wk Practice/Individuals 3.0
Requirement 8 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses
Psych 310 is a prerequisite for Psych 309 and Psych 312R.
course - Psychometrics 3.0
course - Advanced Methods - You may take once 3.0
Requirement 9 —Complete 3 hours
Capstone seminars.
Option 9.1 —Complete 3 hours
course - Senior Practicum: Tchg of Psy - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 1.0v
course - Senior Practicum: Projects 3.0
course - Senior Practicum: Research 3.0
course - Academic Internship, Capstone - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v
To enroll in capstone seminars, students must have completed Requirements 1 and 8. Students must also have senior status at BYU.
