School:
College of Liberal Arts
Department:
Psychology, Sociology and M.S.C.P.
Student Type:
Undergraduate and Adult Accelerated Undergraduate
Program:
Psychology
Faculty:
James Crissman, Ph.D., Department Chair
Sandra Chmelir, Ph.D.
Dianne Moran, Ph.D.
Kelly Kandra, Ph.D.
Brian Patterson, Ph.D.
Objectives:
Psychology is a science that studies individual, group and societal behaviors and investigates them using experimental, clinical and social-developmental methods. The professional psychologist uses principles derived from research to solve individual, group and organizational problems. This program is designed to:
1. Inform students of results from the experimental, clinical and social developmental areas of research;
2. Introduce the student to the statistics and research methods of psychology;
3. Provide a sound background applicable to the wide variety of careers available with a bachelor's degree; and
4. Serve as a basis for graduate work in psychology or other related professional careers such as medicine, law, social work and business.
Requirements - Major:
Psychology majors must complete MATH-S105(3), S108(3) or S110(3) and fulfill the social science requirement of the core by taking one course in sociology, one in economics and one in political science/anthropology. (Psychology Pre-Physical Therapy or Pre-Occupational Therapy majors must take MATH-S110 to meet the math skills requirement.) Majors are required to complete, with a grade of "C" or better, the departmental core: PSYC-C100(3), 150(3), 251(3), 299(3), 395(3), three courses at the 200 level exclusive of PSYC-251 and 299, and 17 credit hours at the 300 level, exclusive of PSYC-395. Of the 300 level courses, two of these must be four-hour lab courses. One lab course must be from 314-15(4), 316-17(4), or 318-19(4), and one from PSYC-354(4) or 356(4).
Psychology majors in Pre-Physical Therapy or Pre-Occupational Therapy must complete at least 78 hours of courses in this interdisciplinary program. It includes SOCL-213(3), which fills a core social science requirement, MATH 111(3), 15 hours in Biology: BIOL 108/109(4), 203(4), 258(4), and a 300-level elective(3); eight hours in Chemistry: CHEM 113/114(4), 123/124(4); and eight hours in Physics: PHYS 113/114(4), 118/119(4). (Note that the Natural Science core is fulfilled by this program's requirements). There are 41 hours required in Psychology including PSYC 100(3), 150(3), 251(3), 299 (3), and five additional 300 level courses, including two lab courses, with PSYC 318/319(4) as one of them.
Students pursuing graduate school should take the following classes: PSYC-220 Personality, PSYC-300 Abnormal, and PSYC-391 Topics: Tests and Measurement.
Requirements - Minor:
A minor in psychology consists of a program of courses totaling at least 21 hours with a grade of "C" or better, submitted to and approved by the department chair, including at least 12 hours at the 200 level or above, of which at least three hours must be at the 300-level. PSYC-150, 251 and 299 may not be included for the minor. Requirements for a Life Span minor include a minimum of 25 hours of courses including SOCL 213(3), SOCL 231(3), SOCL/PSYC 310(3), SOCL 356(4), SOCL 371(3), SOCL 386, SOCL 398, SOCL elective. Non-Sociology majors must take SOCL 350(3).
Requirements - Other:
Psychology in Adult Format:
Differences between the adult curriculum and the traditional are:
1. The merging of PSYC-150: Statistics I and PSYC-251: Advanced Statistics into a new class, appropriately entitled PSYC-250: Basic and Applied Statistics, so that our adult students can readily perceive the applications of statistics to their everyday lives; and
2. The replacement of a Psychology 300-level course with SOCL-265: Introduction to Social Work in order to expose the adult students to a greater variety of professionals in the helping fields.
Major Sheet:
http://www.ben.edu/major_sheets/Psychology.pdf (will open in a new window)
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