Department of Psychology

Undergraduate Program: Psychology Major

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Psychology Major
Bachelor of Arts Degree		Bachelor of Science Degree
General Education requirements	44	General Education requirements	42
Requirements for major	36	Requirements for major	36
Minor requirements	18-21	Minor requirements	18-21
University electives	23-26	University electives	25-28
Total hours required for graduation*	124	Total hours required for graduation*	124

*Each Psychology Major must complete the Senior Assignment as partial fulfillment of his/her degree.

All psychology majors must complete the following:

Required Courses (36 credit hours)

All of these courses: (21 credit hours)
PSYC 111: Foundations of Psychology (3)
PSYC 200: Careers in Psychology (3)
PSYC 206: Social Psychology (3)
PSYC 208: Cognitive Psychology (3)
PSYC 220: Research Design and Statistics I (3)
PSYC 221: Research Design and Statistics II (3)
PSYC 494 Capstone Seminar In Psychology (3)

One of these courses: (3 credit hours)
PSYC 201: Child Psychology (3)
PSYC 203: Adolescent Psychology (3)
PSYC 204: Adult Development and Aging (3)

Psychology Electives (12 credit hours)
12 hours PSYC electives at the 300 or 400-level, with at least 6 at the 400-level

NOTES:

• PSYC 111, 220, 221, and 494 must be taken in sequence.
• PSYC 494/senior assignment must be taken while of senior standing (90 hours or more).
• Students may count no more than 6 credit hours of PSYC 491 (Research in Psychology), 492 (Readings in Psychology), and 493 (Field Study in Psychology) toward their degree requirements (additional hours of these courses can count toward General Education Electives).
• All Psychology majors must take PSYC 494 at SIUE unless they are members of the Undergraduate Research Academy, in which case their URA project will count as their senior assignment project and the PSYC 494 requirement is waived.
• Many required courses are also offered in the summer. Taking summer courses often makes it easier to graduate on time.

Transfer Credits: (Approval subject to receipt of official transcript)

Community College transfer students must complete at least 15 hours of 300 and 400 level courses at SIUE (or other accredited institution and SIUE combined). Accredited four-year institution transfer students must complete at least 12 hours. PSYC 220/221 may not be transferred in to satisfy SIUE Psychology requirements unless you are a transfer student just beginning your curriculum (in which case the comparability of your previous statistics and research methods courses will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis).

Grade Requirements:

Except for incoming freshmen, to be admitted to the psychology program as a major, students must have at least a 2.25 grade point average overall at the University. Students who fail to maintain at least a 2.25 grade point average at the University will not be allowed to take additional psychology courses until the grade point requirement is met. Students remaining below a 2.25 grade point average for two consecutive terms will be dropped from the psychology program. A grade of C or better is required for a psychology course to count toward the major requirements. In addition, a student will be dropped from the psychology program after two unsuccessful attempts to complete a single psychology course counting toward the major requirements. Unsuccessful attempts are defined as receiving the grades of W, WF, WP, WR, UW, U, D, or F in a class.

Recommended Electives:

• Work in Community Service Agencies: Psychopathology, Applied Clinical Psychology, Group Dynamics and Individual Behavior, Field Study in Psychology.
• Work in Business/Organizational Settings: Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Personnel Psychology,  Group Dynamics and Individual Behavior.
• Graduate Study in Experimental Psychology: Learning and Memory, Physiological Psychology, History and Systems, Research in Psychology. Any advanced courses in your specific area of interest (e.g., cognitive, social, developmental, biological) are also recommended.
• Graduate Study in School Psychology: Child Psychology, Physiological Psychology, History and Systems, Psychological Tests and Measures, Psychopathology, Theories of Personality, Research in Psychology. Field Study in Psychology, in a setting involving young people, is also recommended.
• Graduate Study in Clinical/Counseling Psychology: Physiological Psychology, History and Systems, Psychological Tests and Measures, Psychopathology, Theories of Personality, Research in Psychology. Field Study in Psychology (in a mental health setting) is also recommended.
• Graduate Study in Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Group Dynamics and Individual Behavior, Personnel Psychology, Psychological Tests and Measures, History and Systems, Research in Psychology. Field Study in Psychology (in an organizational setting) is also recommended.