The BA in Psychology is designed for students who desire a full bachelor’s degree in psychology. The degree will prepare students for careers and further education in Utah, the Mountain West, and nationwide by (a) creating a curriculum built around the five pillars of psychology described by the American Psychological Association (APA); (b) emphasizing skills desired by employers (e.g., written communication, critical thinking, working in teams); and (c) providing engaged learning experiences (e.g., service-learning, internship, capstone) about current psychological topics.

Total Program Credits: 120 

General Education Requirements:			36 Credits
	ENGL 1010	Introduction to Academic Writing	3
or	ENGH 1005	Literacies and Composition Across Contexts (5)
	ENGL 2010	Intermediate Writing/Academic Writing and Research	3
Complete one of the following:			3
	MAT 1030	Quantitative Reasoning  (3)
	MAT 1035	Quantitative Reasoning with Integrated Algebra  (6)
	STAT 1040	Introduction to Statistics (3)
	STAT 1045	Introduction to Statistics with Algebra (5)
	MATH 1050	College Algebra  (4)
	MATH 1055	College Algebra with Preliminaries  (5)
	MATH 1090	College Algebra for Business (3)
Complete one of the following:			3
	POLS 1000	American Heritage  (3)
	POLS 1100	American National Government  (3)
	HIST 1700	American Civilization  (3)
	HIST 1740	US Economic History  (3)
	HIST 2700	US History to 1877  (3)
and	HIST 2710	US History since 1877  (3)
Complete the following:
	PHIL 2050	Ethics and Values	3
	HLTH 1100	Personal Health and Wellness	2
or	PES 1097	Fitness for Life  (2)
Distribution Course Requirements
	Biology		3
	Physical Science		3
	Additional Biology or Physical Science		3
	Humanities (Fulfilled with Foreign Language 202G/2020 course)		4
	Fine Arts Distribution		3
	PSY 1010	General Psychology (Fulfills Social/Behavioral Science)	3
Discipline Core Requirements:			33 Credits
Psychology Core
	PSY 2020	Psychology as a Science and Profession WE	3
	PSY 3030	Research Methods for Psychology	4
	PSY 3110	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences	4
Psychology Foundations
	Complete 9 credits:		9
	PSY 1100	Human Development Life Span (3)
	PSY 2300	Abnormal Psychology (3)
	PSY 2710	Introduction to Brain and Behavior (3)
	PSY 3420	Cognitive Psychology WE (3)
	PSY 350G	Social Psychology (3)
Individual Differences Requirement
	Complete 3 credits:		3
	PSY 2800	Human Sexuality  (3)
	PSY 3100	Psychology of Gender (3)
	PSY 3300	Motivation and Emotion (3)
	PSY 3460	Personality Theory  (3)
	PSY 4150	Tests and Measurements  (3)
	PSY 4690	Human Intelligence (3)
	PSY 480G	Cross-Cultural Psychology (3)
Advanced Psychology Requirement
	Complete 10 credits:		10
	PSY 3105	Health Psychology  (3)
	PSY 3200	Infancy and Childhood Development  (3)
	PSY 3210	Adolescent Development  (3)
	PSY 3220	Adult Development  (3)
	PSY 3425	Cognitive Psychology Lab (1)
	PSY 3430	Psychopharmacology WE (3)
	PSY 3450	Behavioral Neuroscience  (4)
	PSY 3480	Principles of Learning  (4)
	PSY 3490	Sensation and Perception WE (4)
	PSY 3710	Introduction to Forensic Psychology (3)
	PSY 4300	Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy (3)
	PSY 4500	History and Systems of Psychology (3)
	PSY 4850	Introduction to Pedagogy (3)
Elective Requirements:			51 Credits
	Complete 12 credits of one Foreign Language, including ASL (Foreign Language 202G/2020 course fulfills Humanities Distribution)		12
	Complete 39 credits of 1000-level or higher coursework from any subject		39

Graduation Requirements:

1. Completion of a minimum of 120 credits, 40 of which must be 3000 level or higher.
2. Minimum overall UVU GPA of 2.0 upon graduation.
3. Minimum 2.5 program GPA upon graduation.
4. Residency hours--minimum of 30 credit hours through course attendance at UVU, with at least 10 hours earned in the last 45 hours.
5. All major course work taken to meet Psychology requirements must be completed with a grade of C- or better.
6. For the BA degree, completion of 16 credit hours of course work from one language to include the 1010, 1020, 2010, 202G/2020 levels or transferred equivalents.
7. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.

Note: Please see department advisor for explanation of all program requirements, a list of recommended classes, and for assistance with creating an academic plan for graduation.

Note: If a student has completed an associate degree through another institution, the required general education courses may be waived.

Note: Students would need to pass ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005 and ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher as prerequisites for the Psychology Bachelor degree courses.