Psychology, Five Year Combined BA/MA - General-Experimental Specialization (2001)

Overview

College Core*	57 credits
Major Requirements	24 credits
Liberal Arts Electives	9 credits
Open Electives	30 credits
Total	120 credits

College Core

Students must complete both of the following courses, which satisfy college core and psychology major requirements.

PSY 201 - General Psychology 1 3 Credits
PSY 202 - General Psychology 2 3 Credits

Psychology Major Required Courses

Students must complete both of the following courses.

PSY 323 - Quantitative Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences 1 3 Credits
PSY 390 - Experimental Psychology 1 3 Credits

15 Credits

Students must also complete anf five courses (15 Credits) selected from the list below.

PSY 324 - Quantitative Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences 2 3 Credits
PSY 331 - Personnel Psychology 3 Credits
PSY 336 - Psychological Tests and Measures 3 Credits
PSY 338 - History and Systems: Psychology of Learning 3 Credits
PSY 339 - Personality Theory 3 Credits
PSY 341 - Physiological Psychology 3 Credits
PSY 412 - Social Psychology 3 Credits
PSY 441 - Developmental Psychology 3 Credits
PSY 461 - Abnormal Psychology 3 Credits

Capstone Requirement

Students must complete one of the courses listed below to satisfy the capstone requirement.

PSY 491 - Experimental Psychology 2 3 Credits
PSY 493 - Individual Experimental Research 3 Credits
PSY 496 - Senior Seminar 3 Credits

Graduate Courses for MA in Psychology - General Experimental Specialization

Undergraduates in the BA/MA dual degree program complete a MAXIMUM of 18 credits (6 courses) of graduate-level courses while enrolled as BA students, selected from the list below.

Required Psychology Courses for MA - Experimental Specialization

PSY 602 - Proseminar in Personality and Social Psychology
PSY 603 - Experimental Research Methods in Cognition
PSY 605 - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in Psychology
PSY 607 - Professional Issues and Ethics in Psychology
PSY 611 - Physiological Basis of Behavior
PSY 622 - Advanced Life-Span Development
PSY 623 - Stress: Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Component
PSY 634 - Cognition and Learning

Elective Courses for Psychology MA - General-Experimental specialization

Electives are selected in consultation with the advisor and based on availability.

PSY 608 - Quasi-Experimental and Non-Experimental Research Designs
PSY 610 - Psychological Applications of Multivariate Statistics
PSY 612 - Advanced Experimental Research Methods
PSY 615 - Psychopathology
PSY 616 - The Psychology of Exceptional Individuals
PSY 617 - Health Psychology
PSY 618 - Understanding and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors
PSY 620 - Dynamics of Group Processes
PSY 629 - Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice
PSY 646 - Survey Methodology in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (pending approval)
PSY 649 - Personnel Psychology

Additional 18 Graduate Credits

Students must complete an additional 18 credits (6 courses selected from the list above plus the Thesis Supervision course) to satisfy MA degree requirements.

Required Thesis

A minimum of 18 credits must be completed before departmental permission is granted for the student to enroll in the required thesis course.

PSY 681 - Thesis Supervision

Total: 36 Credits

The MA in Psychology - General-Experimental Specialization requires 36 credits in total.