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Bachelor of Arts:
Psychology
Effective Fall 2010   

The B.A. in Psychology program at Goldey-Beacom College will help prepare students for entry level employment in the social service field, education, counseling, mental health, or other helping professions. Successful students will also have the skills and knowledge to pursue further studies in the behavioral sciences at the graduate level.

Suggested sequence of courses: 

FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester  Credits Spring Semester Credits
  College Algebra (MAT 111) or
  GE Elective (110-299) 		4 / 3   Critical Writing II (ENG 176) 3
Critical Writing I (ENG 175) 3 Desktop Apps - MS Excel (ITG 149) or
  GE Elective (110-299)		 4 / 3
Desktop Apps - MS Word (ITG 148) or
  GE Elective (110-299)		 4 / 3 Humanities II (HUM 104) 3
Humanities I (HUM 103) 3 Intro to Sociology (SOC 161) 3
Intro to Psychology (PSY 160) 3 Precalculus (MAT 136) 4
  15 - 17   16 - 17

SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester  Credits Spring Semester Credits
  Biological Founds of Behavior (PSY 201) 3   Macroeconomics (ECO 201) 3
Finite Math (MAT 234) 4 Social Psych (PSY 311) 3
Microeconomics (ECO 200) 3 Advanced Statistics (STA 327) 3
Statistics (STA 326) 3 BUS or GE Elective (110-299) 3
BUS or GE Elective (110-299) 3 BUS or GE Elective (110-299) 3
  16   15

JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester  Credits Spring Semester Credits
  Developmental Psych (PSY 301) 3   Abnormal Psych (PSY 341) 3
Experimental Psych (PSY 380) 3 MIS with MS Access (ITG 325) 4
Management & Org Behavior (MGT 303) 3 Personality Theory (PSY 340) 3
Marketing Management (MKT 305) 3 Social Science Research (SOC 345) 3
SOC SCI Elective (300-400) 3 BUS or GE Elective (300-400) 3
  15   16

SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester  Credits Spring Semester Credits
  Human Resource Mgmt (MGT 428) 3   Presentation & Debate II (ENG 486) 3
Presentation & Debate I (ENG 485) 3 Research & Bus Writing II (ENG 466) 3
Research & Bus Writing I (ENG 465) 3 Senior Seminar in Psych (PSY 492) 3
Tests and Measurements (PSY 401) 3 SOC SCI Elective (300/400) 3
SOC SCI Elective (300-400) 3 SOC SCI Elective (300/400) 3
  15   15

Minimum credits required: 122-126

 

Students can take 15 credits in business; 6 toward BA and 9 additional to earn a minor in Business - (131-135 total credits)

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