Sample Curriculum — Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
| Year One – Fall Semester | Hours | PSYC 111 – Foundations of Psychology (BSS)
SPC 101 or 103 – Oral Communication
ENG 101 – English Composition I
Foreign Language 101 (BICS)
Fine & Performing Arts (BFPA) | 3
3
3
4
3 | Total | 16 | | Year One – Spring Semester | | PSYC 200 – Careers in Psychology
ENG 102 – English Composition II
Foreign Language 102 (EGC)
RA 101, PHIL 207 or 213
Life Science (BLS)/Health Experience (EH) | 3
3
4
3
3 | Total | 16 | | Year Two – Fall Semester | | PSYC 201, 203, or 204 (Developmental PSYC course)
PSYC 220 – Research Design & Statistics I
Physical Science (BPS) with a lab (EL)
Humanities (BHUM)/United States Culture (EUSC)
Fine & Performing Arts or Humanities | 3
3
3
3
3
| Total | 15 | | Year Two – Spring Semester | | PSYC 206 – Social Psychology
PSYC 221 – Research Design & Statistics II
Fine & Performing Arts or Humanities
Minor
QR 101, MATH 125 or Higher | 3
3
3
3
3 | Total | 15 | | Year Three – Fall Semester | | PSYC 208 – Cognitive Psychology
PSYC Elective (300-400 level)
Fine & Performing Arts or Humanities
IFine & Performing Arts or Humanities
Minor | 3
3
3
3
3 | Total | 15 | | Year Three – Spring Semester | | PSYC Elective (300-400 level)
Interdisciplinary Studies (IS)
Minor
Minor
Elective
| 3
3
3
3
3
| Total | 16 | | Year Four – Fall Semester | | PSYC Elective (400 level)
PSYC Elective (400 level)
Minor
Elective
Elective
| | Total | 16 | | Year Four – Spring Semester | | PSYC 494 – Capstone Seminar in Psychology
Minor
Minor
Elective
Elective | 3
3
3
3
4
| Total | 16 | | TRANSFER STUDENTS — Maximize your transfer experience; complete the bolded courses/requirements pre-transfer AND satisfy either the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) General Ed Core or receive an AA, AS, or AAT (early childhood, special ed or math) degree from an IAI community college. If ‘Minor’ requirements are shown, discuss careful course selection with the academic advising contact listed.
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