UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAM DEPARTMENT: Psychological Science COMPLETED BY: Jeffrey Smith EMAIL ADDRESS: smithj@nku.edu SECTION 1: Undergraduate Degree Program Core Curriculum Academic Degree Program - Associate: Baccalaureate: Bachelor of Arts of Required for Major (include all semester hours required to complete the major, i.e. history 42 semester hours): Is the Program an Interdisciplinary Program? If yes, click in the following box Step 1 - List Program s Core Courses in Table 1. Core is defined as a set of discipline-specific courses required for all students in the degree program. The core must constitute at least 50% of all coursework in the program. For example, if the program requires 30 total hours, then at least 15 hours must be discipline-specific courses in the core. Core courses must be individual courses, or grouped into select one of these two courses or select two of these three courses, but no other options. If program requires a track, core courses (discipline-specific) can be added to program core to calculate the 50% core program requirement. Courses required to complete a track should be listed in the Section 2 tables. In this section do not include any general education courses (even if in the same discipline) or required courses outside the discipline. All general education and other required courses should be entered in Section 3. If an interdisciplinary Program, list all courses required to complete the major. Table 1: Program Core Curriculum Psy 210 Research Methods in Psychology 3 Psy 210L Research Tools in Psychology 2 Psy 210R Career Planning for Psychology Majors 1 Psy 305 Psychological Testing and Measurement 3
Psy 311 Bio Psychology 3 Psy 321 Lifespan Development 3 Psy 333 Abnormal Psychology 3 Psy 337 Animal Learning 3 Psy 338 Cognitive Psychology 3 Psy 340 Social Psychology 3 TOTAL HOURS IN PROGRAM CORE CURRICULUM = 27 Next Step: If program requires a student to complete a track, complete Section 2. If not, proceed to Section 3.
SECTION 2: TRACKS FOR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS Does the major require students to select a track to complete requirements for the program? If so, please complete one table for each option. If the track requires discipline-specific courses, the total hours will be included in the count for core percentage and should be grouped and listed first. If not, ignore this section go to Section 3. Step 2 (if applicable): Complete Table 2 listing courses required for a track (all students must take) in Part 1 and list other courses in Part 2 (would include courses where student can select number of hours from a list of courses or nondiscipline courses. Table 2 - Track 1 Name: BA Option A Part 2: Other Courses including non-discipline-specific courses and courses Six semester hours of the same foreign language 6 or its equivalent. These hours may not be used to fulfill a general studies requirement. Table 2 - Track 2: Name: BA Option B Part 1:Core Discipline Specific Courses for Track Three hours of study abroad approved by NKU Office of Education Abroad. Can be but does not have to be a 3
psychology course can also fulfill the elective requirement in the major. Part 2: Other Courses including non-discipline-specific courses and courses Three hours of study abroad approved by NKU Office of Education Abroad. Table 2 - Track 3: Name: Click here to enter text. Part 2: Other Courses including non-discipline-specific courses and courses Table 2 - Track 4: Name: Click here to enter text.
Part 2: Other Courses including non-discipline-specific courses and courses Table 2 - Track 5: Name: Click here to enter text. Part 2: Other Courses including non-discipline-specific courses and courses Table 2 - Track 6: Name: Click here to enter text.
Part 2: Other Courses including non-discipline-specific courses and courses SECTION 3: Required Courses for the Academic Program not included in Core or Track Section 3 is broken down into two tables. Table 3 List all courses that serve as prerequisites to degree requirements, courses required for the major that are from other disciplines, and all electives (selection of one or more courses from list, i.e. choose 9 hours at 300 or above level) that are not in included in the discipline core (excluding general education courses). Table 4 List all general education courses required for the major. Include any general education course that is part of the major. For example, if the major is mathematics and the major requires MAT 128, then MAT 128 must be listed in Table 4, not Table 1. Table 3: Other Required Non Discipline-Specific Courses and all Electives (including discipline-specific courses where student can choose one or multiple courses from a long list of courses) Thirteen psychology elective hours from the list below (only two can be at the 200 level). PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVES Psy 200 Personal Adjustment 3 Psy 201 Cross-Cultural Psychology 3 Psy 300 Personality 3 Psy 301 Evolutionary Psychology 3 Psy 302 Human Side of Work 3 Psy 304 Consumer Psychology 3 Psy 309 Psychology of Perception 3 Psy 315 Human Sexuality 3 Psy 316 Human Sexuality Forum 3
Psy 319 Child Development 3 Psy 320 Adult Development 3 Psy 330 Behavior Modification 3 Psy 344 Industrial/ Organizational Psychology 3 Psy 345 Human Factors Psychology 3 Psy 348 Environmental Psychology 3 Psy 350 Training Group Theory and Laboratory Method 3 Psy 360 Psychopharmacology 3 Psy 370 Humanistic Psychology 3 Psy 391W Writing in Psychology 3 Psy 400 Approaches to Psychotherapy 3 Psy 405 Counseling Psychology 3 Psy 465 Health Psychology 3 Psy 492 Research: Psychology 1-3 Psy 494 Topics: Psychology 1-3 Psy 497 Honors Project in Psychology 3 Psy 499 Independent Study 1-3 Table 4: General Education Courses Required for Major Psy 100 Introduction to Psychology 3 Sta 205 Introduction to Statistical Methods 3 TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS IN CORE (Table 1): 27 TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS REQUIRED FOR THE TRACK (choose one requiring least number of hours) (Table 2): 0-3 BA option B
TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS IN ELECTIVES (Table 3): 13 TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS IN GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES: 6 TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS REQUIRED FOR PROGRAM (total of Table 1, 2 (if applicable), 3 and 4): 46-49 Thank you for completing template. Please completed template to Mary Lepper, FH 508 or lepperm@nku.edu.