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.