Core Requirements and Prerequisites:
To obtain a Bachelor's degree with a major in Psychology, all students must complete the core/general education requirements. In addition, before enrolling in the first major course (PS 301 Nonexperimental Research) students who enter sacred Heart in Fall 2007 or later must complete PS 110 and PS 111 and two semesters of college level math, including MA 131 Statistics for Decision Making, with a C+ average in both math courses and neither grade below C. Students who entered before Fall 2007 should follow the requirements from the catalog year when they declared their major or when they entered Sacred Heart.
Required Courses for Psychology Major (38 credits):
PS 110 Introduction to Psychology
PS 111 Thinking Critically About Psychological Science Three Psychology electives (200 or 300 level)
PS 301 Nonexperimental Research
PS 302 Experimental Research (4 credits)
PS 335 Human and Animal Learning PS 351 Brain and Behavior
PS 380 Advanced Psychological Research (4 credits)
PS 382 Systems and Theories of Psychology
PS 396/397/398 Capstone Experience in Psychology (one course)
Suggested Course Sequence
Students are required to take PS 110 as a prerequisite to all other Psychology courses.
Students must also take PS 111 before enrolling in any 300-level Psychology classes.
Students must take PS 301, PS 302, and PS 380 in separate semesters, and PS 382 and PS 396/397/398 should be taken as the last Psychology courses in the major. To finish the program in four years, students must enroll in PS 301 no later than the second semester of junior year (or no later than the summer between junior and senior year, if able to take summer courses).