Psychology, Arts and Sciences Option, A.A.

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The psychology program provides a sequence of courses for students who plan to transfer into upper division programs in psychology. This program includes electives in anthropology, economics, foreign languages, geography, history, human services, political science, psychology, math, and sociology. Students should identify an intended transfer institution as early as possible and complete appropriate courses.

General Education Requirements (31-32 Credits)

Arts/Humanities

Select two courses in different disciplines from approved General Education course list (6 Credits)

Behavioral/Social Sciences

SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology (3 Credits)

Take one course from HIS discipline.

HIS 101 - World History I (3 Credits)
OR
HIS 102 - World History II (3 Credits)
OR
HIS 201 - United States History I (3 Credits)
OR
HIS 202 - United States History II (3 Credits)

Biological/Physical Science

Select two courses from approved General Education course list —one must be a laboratory course (7-8 Credits)

Diversity

Select one course from the approved General Education course list in the Diversity category (3 Credits)

English

ENG 101 - English Composition (3 Credits)
ENG 102 - Composition and Literature (3 Credits)

Mathematics

MAT 101 - College Algebra (3 Credits)
OR
Another MAT course from approved list (3-4 Credits)

Program Requirements (12 Credits)

PSY 101 - General Psychology (3 Credits)

Take three of the following PSY courses:

PSY 203 - Educational Psychology (3 Credits)
PSY 204 - Developmental Psychology: Lifespan Human Development (3 Credits)
PSY 206 - Abnormal Psychology (3 Credits)
PSY 208 - Theories of Personality (3 Credits)
PSY 216 - Social Psychology (3 Credits)
PSY 240 - Research Methods (3 Credits)

Electives (18 Credits)

Electives should be selected in consultation with a transfer advisor and the transfer institution. Some recommended courses are listed below:

ANT 201 - Cultural Anthropology (3 Credits)
ECO 201 - Macroeconomic Principles (3 Credits)
OR
ECO 202 - Microeconomic Principles (3 Credits)
EDU 101 - Introduction to Education (3 Credits)
EDU 103 - Foundations of Early Childhood Education (3 Credits)
Foreign Language (3-6 Credits)
HST 103 - Introduction to Human Services and Social Work (3 Credits)
MAT 109 - Introduction to Statistics (3 Credits)
PSY 203 - Educational Psychology (3 Credits)
PSY 204 - Developmental Psychology: Lifespan Human Development (3 Credits)
PSY 206 - Abnormal Psychology (3 Credits)
PSY 208 - Theories of Personality (3 Credits)
PSY 212 - Interviewing and Counseling (3 Credits)
PSY 216 - Social Psychology (3 Credits)
PSY 240 - Research Methods (3 Credits)
SOC 102 - Sociology of Social Problems (3 Credits)
SOC 103 - Criminology (3 Credits)
SPD 103 - Public Speaking (3 Credits)

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