Psychology/Human Development Major, Elementary Education

Elementary Education students may select a second major in Psychology/Human Development to fulfill their standard teaching concentration requirement. Students may apply their knowledge to a number of settings, including the classroom.

Major Details:

• Requires 45 QH including Psychology courses taken as part of the General Education requirement
• Requires 25 QH of upper level coursework
• 25 QH of upper level courses must be taken at NLU
• Requires a minimum grade of “C” for each course in the major

Core Course

PSY 315

Lifespan Development

5

Developmental Psychology

Choose two of the courses below:

PSY 200	Applied Educational Psychology	5
PSY 201	Psychology of Early Childhood	5
PSY 202	Psychology of Middle Childhood and Adolescence	5
PSY 303	Introduction to Psycholinguistics	5
PSY 320	Psychological Assessment of the Young Child	5
PSY 441	Psychology of Artistic Expression	5
PSY 450	Human Sexuality	5

Social, Personality or Clinical Psychology

Choose one of the courses below:

PSY 306	Theories of Personality	5
PSY 307	Abnormal Psychology	5
PSY 320	Psychological Assessment of the Young Child	5
PSY 325	Psychology of Play and Therapeutic Applications	5
PSY 330	Social Psychology	5
PSY 441	Psychology of Artistic Expression	5

Cognitive or Experimental Psychology

Choose one of the courses below:

PSY 303	Introduction to Psycholinguistics	5
PSY 305	Memory and Cognition	5
PSY 401	Psychology of Learning	5
PSY 402	Research Methods	5

Community Psychology

Choose one of the courses below:

PSY 200	Applied Educational Psychology	5
PSY 201	Psychology of Early Childhood	5
PSY 320	Psychological Assessment of the Young Child	5
PSY 330	Social Psychology	5
PSY 348	Cross-Cultural Communication	5
PSY 350	Culture and Self	5
PSY 352	Children and Families under Stress	5
PSY 425	Mental Health	5
PSY 450	Human Sexuality	5

Psychology Electives

Choose 15 QH of undergraduate Psychology courses with advisor approval