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Perry Fuchs
Department Chair
Department of Psychological Science
ELABN 356
Email: Psychology@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-3329

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Bachelor of Science

A college degree in psychology opens the door to one of the most challenging and rewarding professional fields today. Psychology students learn the necessary skills to assist people in improving their mental health; they also gain knowledge and abilities that are valued in many other fields, such as business and politics. At the bachelor’s level, psychology graduates are sought in fields like mental health casework statistics, probation and corrections, public relations, health education, social work, human resources, recreational therapy, education, and physician assisting among others.

 

Overview:

Core Curriculum - 42 Hours

Major Requirements

  • Required Courses - 27 hours
  • Prescribed Electives - 15 hours

Free Electives - 28 hours

Additional Life and Physical Sciences - 8 hours

[Note: Advanced Minimum Credit Hours = 42; TOTAL CREDIT HOURS = 120]

  


 

Core Curriculum - 42 Hours

The Core Curriculum serves as a broad foundation for the undergraduate degree. All candidates for a bachelor’s degree must achieve core student learning outcomes, including communication, critical thinking, empirical and quantitative skills, teamwork, personal responsibility and social responsibility, by completing courses within each category or component area of the Core Curriculum as outlined below.

The University has approved specific courses that satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements. Approved courses can be found on the Core Curriculum Page. Students seeking the most efficient way to complete the core curriculum and major or minor requirements are advised to take approved courses that can fulfill both requirements. Although core curriculum courses can also be used to fulfill major or minor requirements, earned credits hours are only applied once. The courses listed below fulfill core curriculum and major requirements. Students who have completed a core curriculum category with courses other than those listed below will still be required to take the listed course(s) to meet major requirements.

 

080 Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 hours

  • PSYC 2301 - General Psychology

 


 

Major Requirements - 42 Hours

 

Required Courses - 27 hours

Psychology Foundation - 6 hours

  • PSYC 2302 - Basic Statistics for Psychologists
  • PSYC 3325 - Research Methods in Psychology

Basic Psychology Courses - 18 Hours

  • PSYC 3324 - Social Psychology
  • PSYC 3353 - Physiological Psychology
  • PSYC 4313 - Abnormal Psychology
  • PSYC 4318 - Theories of Learning
  • PSYC 3373 - Sensation and Perception or PSYC 4319 - Cognitive Psychology
  • PSYC 3332 - Developmental Psychology: Infancy Through Adolescence or PSYC 3337 - Developmental Psychology: Lifespan

Social and Behavioral Science Course - 3 hours

Choose from:

  • ANTH 1324 - Human Evolution
  • ANTH 2302 - Introduction to Archeology
  • ANTH 2351 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • ECON 1301 - Introduction to Economics
  • ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics
  • ENGL 2315 - Humans and Language
  • PHIL 1362 - Race, Sexuality, and Class
  • SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology

 

Prescribed Electives - 15 hours

Choose at least one course from each category (Cognitive/Biological Foundations, Developmental/Social/Cultural Foundations, Theoretical/Methodological Foundations, or Applications).

Cognitive/Biological Foundations

Choose from:

  • PSYC 3383 - Animal Behavior
  • PSYC 4320 - Memory
  • PSYC 4330 - Human Motivation
  • PSYC 4356 - Health Psychology

Developmental/Social/Cultural Foundations

Choose from:

  • PSYC 3333 - Psychology of Adulthood: Maturity and Old Age
  • PSYC 3338 - Psychology of Gender
  • PSYC 4326 - Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • PSYC 4328 - Psychological Issues in the Mexican-American Community

Theoretical/Methodological Foundations

Choose from:

  • PSYC 3343 - Tests and Measurements in Psychology
  • PSYC 4303 - Advanced Statistics for Psychology
  • PSYC 4333 - Theories of Personality
  • PSYC 4363 - Systems and Theories in Psychology

Applications

Choose from:

  • PSYC 3305 - Applied Behavior Analysis
  • PSYC 3340 - Stress Management
  • PSYC 4314 - Psychopathology of Childhood
  • PSYC 4342 - Psychology and Law
  • PSYC 4343 - Human Factors
  • PSYC 4357 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • PSYC 4360 - Clinical and Counseling Psychology

 


 

Free Electives - 28 hours

Free elective credit hours at the advanced level may be needed to achieve the institutional minimum of 42 advanced hours.

 


 

Additional Life and Physical Sciences - 8 hours

In addition to the Life and Physical Sciences requirement in the General Education Core Curriculum, choose 8 hours from any of the following disciplines: astronomy (ASTR), biology (BIOL), anatomy and physiology (BIOL), chemistry (CHEM), geology (GEOL), physical science (PSCI) and physics (PHYS). May include laboratories taken in fulfillment of section 090 of the core.

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