Eight-Semester Plan for B.S. in Psychology
Major Program Guide For: B.S. in Psychology
Suggested Course Sequence
- Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
- PSY 271 must precede PSY 272
- PSY 272 must precede PSY 495
- 39 total hours in major
- Minor or second major required
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.
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Freshman Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| ENGL | 101 | Composition I | 3 | ENGL | 102 | Composition II | 3 |
| C5 | 3 | C5 | 3 | ||||
| C2 | 3 | C4 | 3 | ||||
| FYS | 19x | First Year Seminar | 3 | CHMC | 201 | 3 | |
| PSY | 150 | General Psychology | 3 | PSY | xxx | Psychology Elective | 3 |
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Sophomore Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| PSY | 271 | Research Methods I | 3 | PSY | 272 | Research Methods II | 3 |
| PSY | 320 | Child & Adolescent Development | 3 | PSY Elective | 3 | ||
| P3 | 3 | P4 | 3 | ||||
| Minor Course | 3 | Minor Course | 3 | ||||
| General Elective | 3 | General Elective | 3 | ||||
| Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories. | |||||||
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Junior Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| PSY | 440 | Biological Psychology | 3 | PSY Elective | 3 | ||
| PSY Elective | 3 | PSY Elective | 3 | ||||
| Minor Course | 3 | Minor Course | 3 | ||||
| Minor Course | 3 | Minor Course | 3 | ||||
| ULP | Upper-Level Perspective | 3 | General Elective | 3 | |||
| Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories. | |||||||
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Senior Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| PSY | 455 | History of Psychology | 3 | PSY | 495 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| PSY | 470 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | Minor Course | 3 | ||
| Minor Course | 3 | PSY | 480 | Independent Research | 3 | ||
| Minor Course | 3 | General Elective | 3 | ||||
| General Elective | 3 | General Elective | 3 | ||||
- Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
- PSY 271 must precede PSY 272
- PSY 272 must precede PSY 495
- 39 total hours in major
- Minor or second major required
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.