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

One of the Following:

ECON 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 hrs
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology 3 hrs
PSYC 1305 - Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
INDS 1311 - Application of Learning 3 hrs (for first term traditional freshmen)

Total: 18 hrs

Spring - Year One

ENGL 1314 - Composition II 3 hrs
MATH 1301 - Mathematics for the Liberal Arts Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs or
Higher

One of the Following: 3 hrs

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

One of the Following: 3 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Two

PSYC 2331 - Abnormal Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 2351 - Social Psychology 3 hrs
PHIL 2321 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs
Foreign Language 3-4 hrs (GE) or
Multicultural Course 3-4 hrs (GE)

One of the Following: 3-4 hrs

ANTH 2353 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 hrs
BIOL 1400 - Introduction to Life Sciences 4 hrs
BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hrs
BIOL 1410 - Environmental Science 4 hrs
BIOL 1421 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1422 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 hrs
BIOL 2300 - Introduction to Evolution 3 hrs
CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hrs
PHSC 1400 - Introduction to Physical Science 4 hrs
PHSC 1411 - Physical Science I 4 hrs
PHSC 1412 - Physical Science II 4 hrs

Total: 15-17 hrs

Spring - Year Two

Foreign Language 3-4 hrs (GE) or
Multicultural Course 3-4 hrs (GE)
PSYC 2355 - Life Span Development 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3-4 hrs

ANTH 2353 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 hrs
BIOL 1400 - Introduction to Life Sciences 4 hrs
BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hrs
BIOL 1410 - Environmental Science 4 hrs
BIOL 1421 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1422 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 hrs
BIOL 2300 - Introduction to Evolution 3 hrs
CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hrs
PHSC 1400 - Introduction to Physical Science 4 hrs
PHSC 1411 - Physical Science I 4 hrs
PHSC 1412 - Physical Science II 4 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

Total: 15-17 hrs

Fall - Year Three

PSYC 2373 - Cognitive Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC 3335 - Counseling I: Theory and Skills 3 hrs
PSYC 3381 - Statistics 3 hrs
Minor 3 hrs
Elective 3 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
Minor 3 hrs
Minor 3 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Four

PSYC 4391 - Practicum: Psychology 3 hrs
PSYC Elective 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs
Minor 3 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Four

Minor (advanced) 3 hrs
Minor (advanced) 3 hrs
PSYC elective 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs

Total: 15 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