Degree Requirements
Academic Core –57 hours
see Bachelor of Science Academic Core
B.S. Psychology Major Required Courses –34 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-Medical/Experimental 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. Experimental students or students who plan to enter graduate school in Psychology are encouraged to complete PSYC 2305 Statistics for the Social Sciences.
Clinical Track
In addition to the core courses listed above, students on the Clinical Track must take:
| PSYC 2101 | Professions in Clinical Psychology | 1 |
| 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 | |
Pre-Medical/Experimental Track
The courses required to complete the Pre-Medical/Experimental Track are as follows:
| | One of the following | |
| PSYC 2101 | Professions in Clinical Psychology | 1 |
| | or | |
| PSYC 2102 | Introduction to Psychological Research | 1 |
| | 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-Medical/Experimental Track are as follows:
Pre-Medical students are strongly encouraged to complete the degree by taking one of the following courses:
Pre-Medical 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
For students pursing the Experimental Track, the following courses are strongly recommended:
The remaining electives should be chosen so as to correspond to the research interest of the students.
For both tracks, careful consultation with your advisor is strongly encouraged so as to choose the Psychology electives that best fit with your graduate ambitions.
A grade of “C” or better is required in all Psychology courses counting toward the major.