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Bachelor of Arts requirements

Last updated Thursday, November 05, 2009

The B.A. degree is the most common way to pursue the psychology major.  In addition to the university and college requirements, the B.A. in Psychology requires only 10 psychology courses. 

University Requirements

English 110 Critical Reading and Writing (3cr, C- or better)

Multicultural Course (3cr, D- or better)

First Year Experience (0-3cr)

Discovery Learning Experience (3cr)  **Note:  PSYC365 has been approved as a DLE course.  PSYC366 will be approved as a DLE course for now, but soon you will have to apply for permission to have a PSYC366 course count as DLE.  For questions, email Karen Stein at kstein@udel

College of Arts and Sciences Requirements

Foreign language , up to 107 level (0-12cr, D- or better)

Second writing requirement (3cr, C- or better)
Appropriate writing courses are designated in each semester's Registration Booklet.  Must complete 60 credits before you enroll.

Math (need a D-; MATH113, 114, 115, 117, 127, 170, 171, 221, or 241)................3

Note: You can only get credit for ONE of the 100-level math courses, so don't take more than one of them. You CAN take a 100-level course and then get credit for 221 or 241.

Breadth requirements (37cr total, D- or better) 
In a group, you have to take courses in at least two different departments...for example, within Group A, you have to take courses in English and Theater departments, for example. And, cross listed courses do not help you here--e.g., a HIST/BAMS course counts as HIST).

Group A (Creative arts & humanities)...................................9

Group B (Cultures & institutions over time)...........................9

Group C (Humans & their environment)................................9

Group D (Natural phenomena: Must include one lab course)...10

Click here for a list of Breadth Requirement Courses offered each semester.

Total Credits to Graduate:  124 (overall GPA minimum 2.0)

Major Requirements

Course Title

Course Number

Credits
Entry-Level Courses:  Take all three
    
General Psychology

Note that PSYC 100 is a prerequisite for all other courses in psychology (Need a C- for major credit; Counts as a Group C)

100

3
Research Methodology

(Must earn a C- for major credit) Prerequisite:  PSYC 100

207

3
Measurement and Statistics

(Must earn a C- for major credit) Prerequisite:  PSYC 100 and college MATH requirement

 

Approved Substitutions for PSYC209:
If you got a C- or better in MATH202, MATH205, or SOCI301, you can use it as a course substitution for PSYC209.

If you got a C- or better in STAT200 taken on campus (or transferred from another college), you can use it as a course substitution for PSYC209. However, the psychology department does NOT accept AP Statistics credit for STAT200--if you took AP stat, you will still need to take our PSYC209.

209

3
Core Competencies

Take one course from each of the four sections below. You must have a C- to earn major credit. Only two of these four core classes can be transferred from another university.

  
Biopsychology: Take 1

Prerequisites:  PSYC 100, 207, 209

Biological Bases of Behavior (counts for Group D)

Learning and Motivation

Brain and Behavior (counts for Group D)

Physiological Psychology

Intro to Neuroscience (counts for Group D)
 

 

316

312

314

318

320
3

 

3

3

3

3

3
Cognitive Psychology: Take 1

Prerequisites:  PSYC 100, 207, 209

Sensation and Perception

Cognition

Psychology of Language
 

 

310

340

344
3

 

3

3

3
Developmental/Clinical Psychology: Take 1

Prerequisites:  PSYC 100, 207, 209

Developmental Psychology (counts for Group C)

Psychopathology (counts for Group C)

 
 

 


350

380
3

 


3

3
Social/Personality/Cultural Psychology: Take 1

Prerequisites:  PSYC 100, 207, 209

Research in Personality (counts for Group C)

Social Psychology (counts for Group C)

Cultural Psychology

Applied Social Psychology
 

 


370

390

394

385

 
3

 


3

3

3

3

 
Specialty Courses

Need a C-. PSYC 404, 412, 466 and 468 may not be used to fulfill this requirement. Prerequisites: PSYC100, 207, 209

Take 2 of any of the following

Nonverbal Behavior
Reduction of Intergroup Conflict
Emotions and Preventative Intervention
Ethics in Psychology
Bio Basis of Motivation and Emotion
Hormones and Behavior
Ideas in Biopsychology
Drugs and the Brain
History of Psychology (counts Group B starting F05)
Psych Persps on the Black American
Human Emotions
Mental Illness:  Critical Perspectives
Applied Social Psychology
Family Conflict and the Child
Computers and Cognition
Psychology of Aesthetics
Topics in Adolescent Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Social Interdependence
Psych of Temporal Orientation

 

All other courses numbered 400 and above (except 404, 466, and 468) will also fulfill the requirement for a specialty course.

Courses numbered 467, such as "Neuropathology and the Movies" or "Social Self" DO count for this requirement. You can take two different 467 courses, as long as they have different titles each time.
 

 

 


403
406
407
409
410
412
411
414
415
416
418
420
424
425
441
444
445
481
490
491

 

 

 

 

4xx
6

 

 


3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

 


3
Free elective:  Take 1

The free elective can be any PSYC course except for 301, 303, 325, 334, or 404.

You can use PSYC167 (Health Psychology or Positive Psychology) for this free elective.

You can take an extra course from a core competency, an independent study (such as PSYC366 or 466), an internship (such as PSYC365, Field Placement), another 400 level class, and so on. Need a C-.

 
 

 

 

 

 
3

 

 

 

Total credits for the major

  

30
Psychology courses for non-majors:

 

Personality Psychology (doesn't count for the major or minor)

Introduction to Social Psychology (doesn't count for the major or minor)

Child Psychology (doesn't count for the major or minor)

Abnormal Psychology (doesn't count for the major or minor)

Psychology of Women (open to majors and nonmajors, can count for the major)

Psychology of Human Sexuality (open to majors and nonmajors. can count for the major)

 
 

 

301

 

303

 

325

334

 

333

336
 

 

3

 

3

 

3

3

 

3

3

Related Handouts

Psychology B.A. Degree checklist
Psychology B.A. pathways
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