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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 107/ 108 or
MATH 161G		 Finite Mathematics
Applied Algebra/ Applied Algebra Lab
College Algebra                               		3-5 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: 14-16 hours

 

Second Semester

†PSYC 102
3
hours
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG
3
hours
MATH 105 or
MATH 107/108 or
MATH 161 or
MATH 162 or
MATH 1631, G
3-5
hours
Computer
Science or
Foreign
Language2
 
3
hours
HIST 101 or 101H or
HIST 107 or

HIST 201 or 201H3, G
 
 
3
hours
LS 102
1
hour
 
Total:
16-18
hours


 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

†PSYC 210 Social Psychology 3 hours
†PSYC 220 Principles of Research Design                             3 hours
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
 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
3
hours
†PSYC 222
Psychological Statistics Laboratory                     
1
hour
ENGL 322
3
hours
Elective
 
3
hours
†PSYC 204
3
hours
HIST 102 or 102H or
HIST 108 or
HIST 202 or 202 H3
3
hours
 
Total:
16
hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

†PSYC 335 or
PSYC 365
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
Dance, 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 120-122

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 exactly one of MATH 107 or MATH 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).