University Catalog

Curriculum in Psychology
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

(see footnotes at bottom)

 

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

†PSYC 101	General Psychology I	3	hours
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3	hours
MATH 105 or MATH 151 or MATH 161G	Finite Mathematics College Algebra with Fundamentals College Algebra	3	hours
MUS 151 or ART 105 or ART 106 or THEA 131G	Introduction to Music Survey of World Art History I Survey of World Art History II Introduction to the Theatre	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	14	hours

 

Second Semester

†PSYC 102	General Psychology II	3	hours
ENGL 102 or ENGL 102HG	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3	hours
MATH 151 or MATH 161 or MATH 162 or MATH 1631, G	College Algebra with Fundamentals College Algebra Plane Trigonometry Calculus for Biological, Business and Social Sciences	3	hours
Computer Science or Foreign Language2		3	hours
HIST 101 or 101H or HIST 107 or HIST 201 or 201H3, G	Western Civilization to 1500 World Civilization to 1500   American History to 1877	3	hours
LS 102	Introduction to Information Research	1	hour
	Total:	16	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

†PSYC 210	Social Psychology	3	hours
†PSYC 220	Principles of Research Design	3	hours
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
Computer Science or Foreign Language2		3	hours
GBIO 151G	General Biology I	3	hours
BIOL 152	General Biology Laboratory I	1	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

†PSYC 221	Psychological Statistics	3	hours
†PSYC 222	Psychological Statistics Laboratory	1	hour
ENGL 322	Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing	3	hours
Elective		3	hours
†PSYC 204	Developmental Psychology	3	hours
HIST 102 or 102H or HIST 108 or HIST 202 or 202 H3	Western Civilization since 1500 World Civilization since 1500 American History since 1877	3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

†PSYC 335 or PSYC 365	Research Design and AnalysisAdvanced Research Design and Analysis	3	hours
†Psychology Foundations Elective4		3	hours
†Psychology Applied Elective5		3	hours
Physical ScienceG		4	hours
Elective		3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

†Psychology Foundations Elective4		3	hours
Natural Science6,G		3	hours
†Psychology Elective7		3	hours
Elective		3	hours
Music, or Art, or Theatre, or English Elective8		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

†PSYC 440	Cognitive Psychology	3	hours
COMM 211G	Introduction to Public Speaking	3	hours
Social Science Elective 9,G		3	hours
Elective		3	hours
†Psychology Elective7		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

†Psychology Applied Elective5		3	hours
†PSYC 462	Physiological Psychology	3	hours
Elective		3	hours
Social Science Elective 9,G		3	hours
	Total:	12	hours

 

Total semester hours required 120 

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.

^GGeneral Education Courses
^†Major Course. These courses will be used to calculate the major grade point average, which must be an adjusted or degree 2.0 grade point average or above.

¹The 6 credit hours in mathematics must include MATH 151/161.

²Either 6 hours in Computer Science (excluding CMPS 101 and 105) or 6 hours in one Foreign Language are required.

³The 6 credit hours in History must be paired as HIST 101 with HIST 102, HIST 107 with HIST 108. or HIST 201 with HIST 202.

⁴Taken from Psychology 343, 416, 421, or 422

⁵Taken from Psychology 285, 350, 353, 364, 452, or 470.

⁶Must be completed as part of the natural science two-semester sequence.

⁷Any Psychology course.

⁸The English Elective, if selected, must be taken from English 230, 231, 232, 310, 316, or 429

⁹Taken from courses in the Social Sciences (Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science or Sociology).