Undergraduate Catalog 2018-2019

May 04, 2024

Undergraduate Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Psychology: Pre-Counseling Concentration, BA

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This major requires a minor

Total number of hours required for this degree:
120 semester hours

Total number of hours required in major area (not including prerequisite courses from other disciplines):
40 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in major:
19 semester hours

Specific Courses Required in this Major:

PSYC 1305 - Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 2331 - Abnormal Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 2351 - Social Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 2355 - Life Span Development 3 hrs
PSYC 2373 - Cognitive Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 3335 - Counseling I: Theory and Skills 3 hrs
PSYC 3336 - Counseling II: Group Leadership 3 hrs
PSYC 3341 - Physiological Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 3381 - Statistics 3 hrs
PSYC 4391 - Practicum: Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 4483 - Psychological Research Methods 4 hrs
6 additional hours in PSYC

Suggested Sequence of Courses:

Required for BA in Psychology – Concentration: Pre-Counseling

Fall - Year One

DRAM 2312 - Oral Communication 3 hrs
ENGL 1313 - Composition I 3 hrs
MATH 1301 - Mathematics for the Liberal Arts Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs or
MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hrs
PSYC 1305 - Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year One

ENGL 1314 - Composition II 3 hrs
PHIL 2321 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

ECON 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 hrs
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
PSYC 1305 - Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3-4 hrs

ARTS 2361 - Global Perspectives in Art History 3 hrs
ANTH 2351 - Cultural Anthropology 3 hrs
CMAS 1301 - Introduction to Mexican American Studies 3 hrs
ENGL 2331 - Introduction to World Literature I 3 hrs
HIST 1355 - World History: People and Events to 1600 3 hrs
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hrs
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hrs
SPAN 2311 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 hrs
SPAN 2312 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 hrs
CDIS 2341 - American Sign Language I 3 hrs
CDIS 2342 - American Sign Language II 3 hrs
Or any Foreign Language course transferred from another institution

Total: 15-16 hrs

Total: 16 hrs

Spring - Year Two

PSYC 2331 - Abnormal Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 2351 - Social Psychology 3 hrs
Additional 3 credit hrs*
Additional 3 credit hrs*
Additional 3 credit hrs*

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Three

PSYC 2373 - Cognitive Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 3335 - Counseling I: Theory and Skills 3 hrs
PSYC 3381 - Statistics 3 hrs
Additional 3 credit hrs*
Additional 3 credit hrs*

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Three

PSYC 3336 - Counseling II: Group Leadership 3 hrs
PSYC 3341 - Physiological Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 4483 - Psychological Research Methods 4 hrs
Additional 3 Credit Hours*
Additional 3 Credit Hours*

Total: 16 hrs

Fall - Year Four

PSYC 4391 - Practicum: Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC Elective 3 hrs
Additional 3 credit hrs*
Additional 3 credit hrs*
Additional 3 credit hrs*

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Four

PSYC Elective 3 hrs
Additional 3 credit hrs*
Additional 3 credit hrs*
Additional 3 credit hrs*
Additional 1 credit hr*

Total: 13 hrs

Note(s):

The following components are required in all degrees:
General education, major, minor, and validation of completion of:

overall semester hours - 120
institutional semester hours - 45
overall advanced hours - 36
institutional advanced hours - 24

Foreign language requirement, if any: None

Prescribed sequence of courses, if any:
PSYC 1305 precedes all psychology courses and prerequisite(s) for each concentration guides course sequencing

Acceptable minor fields:
Any OLLU approved minor

Psychology: Pre-Counseling Concentration, BA

Specific Courses Required in this Major:

Suggested Sequence of Courses:

Fall - Year One

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year One

One of the Following: 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3-4 hrs

Total: 15-16 hrs

Fall - Year Two

One of the Following: 4 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

Total: 16 hrs

Spring - Year Two

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Three

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Three

Total: 16 hrs

Fall - Year Four

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Four

Total: 13 hrs

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