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Psychology (BS)

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Psychology Bachelors BS

Variable Credit Min

49

Variable Credit Max

49

Major Academic Plan

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A. Knowledge of the Discipline

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to recognize and articulate basic fundamental knowledge of major psychological concepts, perspectives, and historical trends. Students will be able to apply psychological concepts in order to solve personal and social issues.

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B. Effective Research and Writing

Learning Outcome

Understand and apply basic research methods in psychology including data analysis and interpretation, research design, psychometric methods, and the writing of results in the light of previous findings. (Competency Outcome)

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C. Experiential Learning

Learning Outcome

Apply the principles of psychology in an internship setting (399R), a teaching (410R) or community service setting (420R), or in a mentored-research setting (430R) before graduation.

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 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.