Program: Psychology, Five Year Combined BA/MA - General-Experimental Specialization (2001) - Iona College

Overview

College Core	45 credits
BA Major Requirements	24 credits
Liberal Arts Electives	20 credits
Open Electives	31 credits
Total BA	120 credits
Year 5 Graduate Psychology Courses	18 credits
Total BA/MA	138 credits

Graduate Credits
Taken as an Undergraduate	18 credits
Taken in 5th Year	18 credits
Total MA	36 credits

College Core

Complete the following required courses, preferably in freshman year, to satisfy core and major prerequisites (6 credits):

PSY 201 - Introduction to Psychology 1 Credits: 3
PSY 202 - Introduction to Psychology 2 Credits: 3

Required Psychology Courses

Complete the following required courses, preferably in sophomore year (6 credits):

PSY 323 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 1 Credits: 3
PSY 390 - Research Methods for Psychology 1 Credits: 3

Required Psychology Elective Courses

The BA in Psychology requires an additional 18 credits of undergraduate courses selected from the list of electives (15 credits) and capstone (3 credits) below. All BA/MA candidates, while undergraduates, also complete a maximum of 18 credits of the graduate courses (600-level) listed below. In order to complete the program within the five-year span, 18 graduate credits must be taken while an undergraduate. The 600-level courses listed below count for both the BA and MA degrees:

PSY 321 - Psychology of Human Sexuality Credits: 3
PSY 324 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 2 Credits: 3
PSY 331 - Industrial-Organizational Psychology Credits: 3
PSY 336 - Psychological Tests and Measures Credits: 3
PSY 338 - History and Systems: Psychology of Learning Credits: 3
PSY 339 - Personality Theory Credits: 3
PSY 341 - Brain, Mind, and Behavior Credits: 3
PSY 412 - Social Psychology Credits: 3
PSY 441 - Developmental Psychology Credits: 3
PSY 461 - Abnormal Psychology Credits: 3
PSY 602 - Proseminar in Personality and Social Psychology
PSY 603 - Experimental Research Methods
PSY 605 - Quantitative Research Methods in Psychology: Advanced Concepts
PSY 607 - Professional Issues and Ethics in Psychology
PSY 613 - Psychopathology
PSY 622 - Lifespan Development
PSY 623 - Stress: Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Component
PSY 649 - Personnel Psychology

With approval of the program coordinator or the chair of the psychology department, students may select other M.A. courses from courses shown below but the total graduate courses taken as an undergraduate status cannot exceed 18 credit.

Required Psychology Capstone Course

Complete at least one course from the following capstone options (3 credits):

PSY 491 - Research Methods for Psychology 2 Credits: 3
PSY 493 - Individual Experimental Research Credits: 3
PSY 496 - Applied Practice in Psychology Credits: 3
The BA degree in the combined General-Experimental program requires 120 credits with maximum of 18 credits of graduate courses (600-level courses).

MA General-Experimental Required Courses

Required Foundation Courses - 6 credits:

PSY 605 Quantitative Research Methods in Psychology: Advanced Concepts

PSY 603 Experimental Research Methods

Required Culminating Course - 3 credits:

PSY 681 Thesis Supervision

Required Core courses - choose a total of 4 courses (12 credits) from :

PSY 602 Proseminar in Personality and Social Psychology

PSY 607 Professional Issues and Ethics in Psychology

PSY 611 Physiological Psychology

PSY 613 Psychopathology

PSY 617 Health Psychology

PSY 622 Lifespan Development

PSY 634 Cognition and Learning

PSY 646 Survey Methodology in Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Electives - choose a total of 5 courses (15 credits) from:

PSY 616 The Psychology of Exceptional Individuals

PSY 618 Understanding and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors

PSY 620 Dynamics of Group Processes

PSY 623 Stress: Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Components

PSY 629 Conflict Resolution

PSY 649 Personnel Psychology

PSY 610 Psychological Applications of Multivariate Statistics

Core courses that are not chosen can be used as electives