University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Psychology:

Psychology Major - Bachelor of Arts

General Studies = 45

General Studies required by major:

PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours

BA Language requirement = a minimum of 5

The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern language. Students coming to campus having met the 1997- admission requirements will typically have a 5-6 hour requirement. Students without two years of high school language study will typically take 10 hours of first year language before completing this requirement.

Major = 35

Minor or 2nd Major = 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 = 109

Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 16

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, each student will be required to complete a comprehensive examination in Psychology during their final semester.

A. Psychology Core Requirements

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

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 408, Introduction to Clinical Psychology - 3 hours

PSY 406, Theories of Personality - 3 hours (Recommended prereq: PSY 370)

PSY 407, Psychopathology - 3 hours

PSY 450, Psychometrics - 3 hours

C. Psychology Lab. Lab courses must be taken concurrently w/ the corresponding lecture course.

(Prereq: PSY 270)

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 9 hours from:

PSY 100-499

No more than 6 hours from: PSY 399, 491, 493, 499

No more than 3 hours from: PSY 192, 230, 231