Psychobiology Major
Psychobiology Comprehensive
Bachelor of Science
- General Studies Program Hours = 45
including General Studies coursework required by major
- Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
- MATH 102GS*, College Algebra - 3 hours
- *Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level
reducing total hours needed to complete the major and increasing the unrestricted Electives
- Portal = 3
- Distribution = 27
- Aesthetics minimum = 3
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
- Wellness minimum = 0
- Capstone = 3
- BS Science-related course requirements = 8 including:
- Major Option = 55
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 108
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 17
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Psychobiology Comprehensive = 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.
- Psychobiology Comprehensive Core Requirements (40 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- PSY 250GS, Behavioral Statistics - 4 hours
- PSY 270, Experimental Psychology - 4 hours
- PSY 300, Orientation to Psychology - 1 hour
- PSY 313, Physiological Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 313L, Physiological Psychology Laboratory - 1 hour
- PSY 407, Psychopathology - 3 hours
- PSY 453, Developmental Psychology - 3 hours
- BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours
- Take ONE of the following options:
- Take 2 courses:
- CHEM 250, Elementary Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
- CHEM 250L, Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- OR take 4 courses:
- CHEM 360, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
- CHEM 360L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- CHEM 361, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
- CHEM 361L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- Take ONE of the following options:
- Take 2 courses from:
- OR take 2 courses:
- PHYS 275GS, General Physics I (Calculus) - 4 hours (Prereq or Coreq: MATH 115 or above OR Math ACT of 23 or better)
- PHYS 275LGS, General Physics I (Calculus) Laboratory - 1 hour
- Take 1 course from:
- Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement reducing total hours needed for the
degree. Consult advisor.
- MATH 103GS, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours
- MATH 115, Calculus I with Analytic Geometry - 5 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS, MATH 103GS)
- MATH 123GS, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours
- Take ONE of the following options:
- Take 1 course:
- OR take 2 courses:
- BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
- BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
- Psychobiology Comprehensive Psychology Requirements (6 hours required)
- Take 6 hours from:
- PSY 310, Learning and Conditioning - 3 hours
- PSY 310L, Learning and Conditioning Laboratory - 1 hour
- PSY 312, Sensation and Perception - 3 hours
- PSY 312L, Sensation and Perception Laboratory - 1 hour
- PSY 317, Biopsychology - 3 hours
- PSY 317L, Biopsychology Laboratory - 1 hour
- PSY 453L, Developmental Psychology Lab - 1 hour
- PSY 465, Psychopharmacology - 3 hours
- PSY 470, Neuropsychology - 3 hours
- PSY 499, Research in Psychology - 3 hours
- Psychobiology Comprehensive Biology Requirements (9 hours required)
- Students are urged to work closely with their advisor in selecting from the courses listed below.
- Take 9-11 hours from:
- Take 0-1 from:
- Take 0-1 from:
- Take any from the following:
- BIOL 360, Genetics - 4 hours
- BIOL 401, Principles of Immunology - 4 hours (Prereq: BIOL 211GS or BIOL 400; either BIOL 309 or CHEM 351, CHEM 351L OR permission of instructor)
- BIOL 404, Developmental Biology - 3 hours
- BIOL 440, Infectious Diseases - 4 hours (Prereq: BIOL 211GS or BIOL 400 or permission)
- BIOL 450, Molecular Biology I - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 309, BIOL 360 OR permission of instructor)
- BIOL 461, Human Genetics - 3 hours
- BIOL 462, Animal Behavior - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 105GS, BIOL 201, BIOL 307 OR permission of instructor)
- BIOL 465, Physiology - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 105GS or BIOL 106GS; BIOL 309; CHEM 161GS, CHEM 161LGS; organic chemistry OR permission of instructor)
- FSID 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours
- PE 460, Gross Anatomy of Movement - 3 hours (Prereq: PE 360 OR BIOL 225, BIOL 226)
- PE 461, Physiology of Exercise - 4 hours (Prereq: PE 310 or BIOL 215GS or BIOL 226)
- PHYS 206GS, General Physics II - 4 hours (Prereq: PHYS 205GS, PHYS 205LGS)
- AND PHYS 206LGS, Physics Laboratory II - 1 hour
