Offered by Department of Psychology:
Psychology Major
Psychology Option
Bachelor of Arts
NSS BA 6409
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
- For specific language requirements see
Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements.
- Major Option = 33
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
- Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the
unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 108
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 17
- Minimum total hours required for BA in Psychology = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
- For departmental assessment purposes, all students will be required to complete a
comprehensive examination in Psychology during their final semester.
A. Psychology Core Requirements (9 hours required)- Take 3 courses:
- PSY 250, Behavioral Statistics - 4 hours
- PSY 270, Experimental Psychology - 4 hours
- PSY 300, Seminar in Psychology - 1 hour
B. Psychology Requirements (15 hours required)- Take 2 courses from:
- PSY 310, Learning and Conditioning - 3 hours
- PSY 312, Sensation and Perception - 3 hours
- PSY 313, Physiological Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 317, Biopsychology - 3 hours
- PSY 430, Memory and Cognition - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 318, Experimental Social Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 371, Environmental Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 372, Cross-Cultural Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 410, Industrial Psychology - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 453, Developmental Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 455, Adolescent Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 462, Adult Development and Aging - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 406, Theories of Personality - 3 hours
- PSY 407, Psychopathology - 3 hours
- PSY 408, Introduction to Clinical Psychology - 3
hours
- PSY 450, Psychometrics - 3 hours
C. Psychology Lab (2 hours required; Prereq: PSY
270)- (Lab courses must be taken concurrently w/ the corresponding lecture course.)
- Take 2 courses from:
- PSY 310L, Learning and Conditioning Laboratory -
1 hour
- PSY 312L, Sensation and Perception Laboratory -
1 hour
- PSY 313L, Physiological Psychology Laboratory -
1 hour
- PSY 317L, Biopsychology Laboratory - 1 hour
- PSY 318L, Experimental Social Psychology Lab - 1
hour
- PSY 407L, Psychopathology Laboratory - 1 hour
- PSY 430L, Memory and Cognition Laboratory - 1
hour
- PSY 450L, Psychometrics Lab - 1 hour
- PSY 453L, Developmental Psychology - 1 hour
PSY 408F, or PSY 475 MAY substitute for 1 lab-See department chair.
D. Psychology Electives- Take 7 hours from:
- PSY 100-499
- No more than 6 hours from: PSY 399, PSY491, PSY493,
PSY499
- No more than 3 hours from: PSY 192, PSY230, PSY231
