Psychology - Cognitive Science Concentration, (B.A.)

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University General Education Program (41 hours)

See University General Education Program for the General Education requirements.

College and Degree (B.A.) Requirements (6-9 hours)

The College and Bachelor of Arts requirements are in addition to the University General Education Program requirements that are listed above.

The Major (39 hours in Psychology)

Completion of
PSYC 1030 - General Psychology** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 1300 - Careers in Psychology ** Credit Hours: (1)
PSYC 3010 - Research and Statistics I ** Credit Hours: (4)
PSYC 3020 - Research and Statistics II ** Credit Hours: (4)
NOTE: PSYC 3010 and PSYC 3020 may only be repeated twice (taken three times) to earn a minimum grade of C-. No more than 9 upper division (3000/4000 level) psychology credit hours may be attempted prior to completion of PSYC 3010 with a grade of C- or better.
One Course from Each of the Three Content Areas Below:

Cognition and Physiological Psychology:

PSYC 3303 - Thinking/Cognitive Processes ** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3304 - Perceptual Psychology Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3305 - Psyc Learning/Memory** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3306 - Physiological Psyc** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3307 - Animal Behavior ** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3530 - Psychology of Language Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 4305 - Mind/Brain/Intelligence ** Credit Hours: (3)

Social, Cultural, and Developmental Psychology:

PSYC 3030 - Multicultural Psychology Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3101 - Psychology of Personality Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3103 - Child Psychology ** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3106 - Social Psychology ** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3108 - Positive Psychology Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3236 - Psychology of Gender Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3506 - Human Sexuality Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3510 - Deviance/Role History Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3601 - Psychology of Evil Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 4034 - Children Soc Relationships Credit Hours: (3)

Applied Psychology:

PSYC 3102 - Psychopathology Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3508 - Indust/Organizatnl Psyc Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3509 - Applying Psyc/Community Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3512 - Health Psychology ** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3518 - Psychology of Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 3520 - Legal/Forensic Psyc Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 4030 - Issues Psychotherapy Rsrch Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 4101 - History of Psychology ** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 4102 - Child Psychopathology Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 4401 - Intro to Clinical Psychology ** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 4507 - Psyc Internship Credit Hours: (3)
Completion of requirements above and at least 32 upper division hours in PSYC to bring the PSYC total to at least 39 hours is required.

Psychology Field Test

All majors must take a Psychology Field Test during their senior year.

Cognitive Science Courses (24 hours)

Completion of requirements above and
PSYC 3303 - Thinking/Cognitive Processes ** Credit Hours: (3)
At Least One Course From Either
PSYC 3103 - Child Psychology ** Credit Hours: (3)
OR
PSYC 3106 - Social Psychology ** Credit Hours: (3)
At Least Two Courses From
PSYC 3304 - Perceptual Psychology Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3305 - Psyc Learning/Memory** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3306 - Physiological Psyc** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3530 - Psychology of Language Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 4305 - Mind/Brain/Intelligence ** Credit Hours: (3)
At Least Three Courses From
IIS 1010 - Intro to Intelligent Systems Credit Hours: (3)
COMP 1800 - Problem Solving/Computers Credit Hours: (3)
COMP 1900 - CS1: Introduction to Programming Credit Hours: (4)
COMP 2700 - Discrete Structures Credit Hours: (4)
COMP 4001 - Intro to Python Programming Credit Hours: (3)
ENGL 3511 - Intro to Linguistics ** Credit Hours: (3)
PHIL 3460 - Nature/Mind/Knowledge Credit Hours: (3)
PHIL 3621 - Formal Logic Credit Hours: (3)
PHIL 4421 - Philosophy of Mind Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 4998 - Thesis/Cognitive Science Credit Hours: (3)
OR
PSYC 4999 - Honors Thesis/Cognitive Sc Credit Hours: (3)
and at least 32 additional upper division hours in PSYC courses to bring their PSYC total to at least 39 hours.

Note: **PSYC 4998/4999 requires completion of a thesis project under the guidance of a faculty mentor.

Elective hours may be added to bring total number of hours to 120.