Degree Requirements
Academic Core –57 hours
see Bachelor of Science Academic Core
B.S. Psychology Major Required Courses –37 hours
12 hours (6 upper level ) at UMHB
12 hours minimum upper level
In addition to the Psychology major core courses listed below, each student must choose to follow the Clinical Track or the Pre-Health Professionsl Track in order to complete the remaining 19 hours.
All students must complete a statistics course. Students pursuing medical school are strongly encouraged to complete MATH 2303 Statistics. Students who plan to enter graduate school in Psychology are encouraged to complete PSYC 2316 Statistics for the Social Sciences.
Clinical Track
In addition to the core courses listed above, students on the Clinical Track must take:
| PSYC 2311 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| | or | |
| PSYC 3316 | Child & Adolescent Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 3315 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| | or | |
| PSYC 3317 | Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | 3 |
| PSYC 4312 | Psychology of Personality Theory | 3 |
| PSYC | 3 upper-level electives | 9 |
Pre-Health Professions Track
The courses required to complete the Pre-Health Professions Track are as follows:
| | One of the following | |
| PSYC 2311 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| | or | |
| PSYC 3316 | Child & Adolescent Psychology | 3 |
| | One of the following | |
| PSYC 3315 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| | or | |
| PSYC 3317 | Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | 3 |
The remaining twelve hours should be comprised of upper-level Psychology courses. The courses strongly recommended to complete the Pre-Health Professions Track are as follows:
Pre-Health Profession students are strongly encouraged to complete the degree by taking two of the following courses:
Pre-Health Profession students are also advised that most medical schools require completion of the following undergraduate science classes:
BIOL 1350, BIOL 1150, BIOL 1360, BIOL 1160, BIOL 2340, BIOL 2140, BIOL 2341, BIOL 2141, CHEM 1410, CHEM 1420, CHEM 3410, CHEM 3420, PHYS 2411, and PHYS 2412
Pyschology- Pre-OT Concentration
Degree Requirements
B.S. Psychology Major Required Courses –37 hours
| PSYC 1301 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 2101 | Professions in Psychology | 1 |
| PSYC 2201 | Psychological Writing | 2 |
| PSYC 2311 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 2314 | Research Methods for the Social Science | 3 |
| PSYC 2316 | Statistics for the Social Sciences | 3 |
| PSYC 3323 | History and Systems of Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 3315 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 4316 | Experimental Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 4190 | Senior Evaluation | 1 |
| | Upper Division Elective | 3 |
| | Upper Division Elective | 3 |
| | Upper Division Elective | 3 |
| | Upper Division Elective | 3 |
Pre-OT Concentration
A grade of "C" or better is required in all courses in the major.
The following PSYC electives are strongly recommended:
PSYC 3320,
PSYC 3331,
PSYC 3350,
PSYC 4311.
Other recommended electives:
SOCI 3325 or
PSYC 4330, PSYC 4313;
EDSP 3362,
EDSP 3363;
EDUC 4313 or
PSYC 3316;
EXSS 3395,
EXSS 3396,
EXSS 4350,
EXSS 4392,
EXSS 4394,
PHIL 3325.