Concentration in Psychology

Description- An academic concentration in Psychology offering a comprehensive foundation in the fundamental principles of psychology, with broad introduction to and a multicultural perspective on normal and abnormal human development, cognition, and behavior. This concentration should be selected by persons interested either in continuing on to graduate study in clinical, counseling, developmental, neuropsychology, health or experimental psychology, or in obtaining entry-level professional positions in the workplace after graduation with a Bachelor of Arts Degree 115 B.A. degree, in roles such as information management or administrative positions which will require skills in research and the management and analysis of data. 

The student must choose 12 credits from the following Psychology courses: Credits

PSY 223 Social Psychology 3

PSY 301 History and Systems of Psychology 3

PSY 302 Culture and Behavior 3

PSY 304 Cognitive Psychology 3

PSY 310 Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Health Care 3

PSY 312 Psychology of Learning 3

PSY 327 Psychology of Women 3

PSY 332 Industrial/Organizational Psychology 3

PSY 340 Behavioral Neurosciences 3

PSY 345 Introduction to Forensic Science 3

PSY 348 Sensation and Perception 3

PSY 349 Forensic Psychology 3

The student must choose 12 credits from the following Psychology courses: Credits

PSY 241 Social Determinants of Health and Disease 3

PSY 315 Human Sexuality 3

PSY 321 Child Development 3

PSY 322 Adult Development 3

PSY 323 Psychology of the Exceptional Child and Adolescent 3

PSY 325 Adolescent Development 3

PSY 350 Drugs, Behavior, and Society 3

PSY 432 Psychology of Personality 3

PSY 433 Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy 3

PSY 434 Abnormal Psychology 3

PSY 435 Tests and Measurements 3

PSY 465, 466 Selected Topics in Psychology 3,3

Description-  A cross-disciplinary academic concentration in Social Relations, with an emphasis on the analysis of social institutions and social problems across cultures. Students with this concentration may be interested in graduate study in areas other than psychology, such as sociology, criminology or law school, or in obtaining entry-level positions in the workplace after graduation with a B.A. degree in administrative or information management roles

The student must choose 12 credits from the following Psychology and Sociology courses:

PSY 223   Social Psychology 3

PSY 302   Culture and Behavior 3

PSY 327   Psychology of Women 3

PSY 332   Industrial/Organizational Psychology 3

PSY 340   Behavioral Neurosciences 3

PSY 345   Introduction to Forensic Science 3

PSY 348   Sensation and Perception 3

PSY 349   Forensic Psychology 3

SOC 124  Social Problems 3

SOC 224  Introduction to Social Welfare 3

SOC 236  Marriage and the Family 3

The student must choose 12 credits from the following Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology courses:

ANT 225  Introduction to Cultural and Physical Anthropology 3

SOC 241  Social Determinants of Health and Disease 3

SOC 257, 258   The Black Experience in the New World 3,3

SOC 332  Comparative Institutions 3

SOC 333   Criminology 3

SOC 335   Contemporary Issues in Social Gerontology 3

SOC 345   Race and Ethnic Relations 3

SOC 381   Contemporary Caribbean Society 3

PSY 465, 466   Selected Topics in Psychology 3,3