Psychology B.S.
View degree plan for Clinical Track.
View degree plan for Pre-Med-Experimental Track.
124 MINIMUM HOURS
36 UPPER LEVEL HOURS
31 HOURS AT UMHB
Degree Requirements
In addition to the core classes, each student must choose to follow the Clinical or Pre-Med/Experimental Track in order to complete the other 19 hours.
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
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
A grade of “C” or better is required in all psychology courses counting toward the major.
Clinical Track
In addition to the core classes described 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
Pre-Medical/Experimental Psychology Track. The pre-med/experimental track is a B.S. degree that requires 31 hours of psychology hours for pre-med students, and 34 hours of psychology hours for experimental psychology students. This discrepancy occurs because pre-med students are encouraged to take MATH 2303 Statistics, while Experimental students are encouraged to take PSYC 2305 Statistics for their Social Science.
The courses required to complete the Pre-Med/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 are strongly recommended to complete the Pre-Med/Experimental Track are as follows:
Pre-Med students are strongly encouraged to complete the degree by taking one of the following courses:
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.