General Education Requirements for Psychology Majors
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Credits
Course
Taken
Grade
I. Development of Fundamental Skills of Inquiry (9-12 credits)
Basic writing skills
Basic writing skills
Either UWRT 1101 or UWRT 1103
UWRT 1102 (students who take UWRT 1103 do not have to
take UWRT 1102)
MATH 1100 College Algebra or higher is pre-requisite for
STATS. Math 1102 is not a pre-requisite for STATS.
One of the following: (STAT 1222 or 1220 or 1221 required
for Psychology Majors. STAT 1222 preferred)
Mathematics and
logical reasoning
Mathematics and
logical reasoning
II. Inquiry in the Sciences (11 credits)
Natural Sciences
Social Science
Two of the following - one with a corresponding lab:
Astronomy (PHYS 1130)
Bioinformatics (BINF 1101)
Biological Anthropology (ANTH 2141)
Biology (BIOL 1110, 1115)
Chemistry (CHEM 1111, 1112, 1200, 1203, 1204, 1251, 1252)
Earth Sciences (ESCI 1101)
E-science (ITIS 1350)
Geography (GEOG 1103)
Geology (GEOL 1200, 1210)
Physics (PHYS 1100, 1101, 1102, 1201, 1202, 1203, 2101, 2102)
Psychology majors must complete two sciences one with
lab outside of psychology. A grade of C or better is required
to count in the major.
One of the following: ANTH 1101, GEOG 1105, ECON
1101 or 2101, POLS 1110, SOCY 1101
III. Themes of Liberal Education for Private and Public Life (12 credits)
Arts and society
One of the following:
LBST 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105
3
0-3
3
3
Course:
4
Course:
Lab:
(Optional)
3-4
3
3
Western historical
awareness
LBST 2101
3
Global connections
LBST 2102
3
Ethical and cultural
One of the following:
critique
LBST 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215
IV. Communication Skills (6-9 hours credits)
Writing in the
One course in the major (PSYC 2103 Research Methods II
is used for this requirement)
discipline course
Writing in the
A second course in or outside the major, minimum of 3
discipline course
credits with the W designation
Lab:
3
3
PSYC
2103
3
(Psychology Senior Seminar (W,O) may be used here)
Oral Communication
A course with the O designation
If a course is designated for both W and O, the one course can
be applied simultaneously to both. (Psychology Senior Seminar
(W,O) may be used here.)
1-3
Proficiency in a Foreign Language is required for all Psychology Majors (0-8 credits)
Proficiency may be
demonstrated in
three ways:
1201 & 1202-level courses in a foreign language or
3 years of the same language in high school
or
Proficiency at the 1202 level as demonstrated by the Foreign
Language placement test.
4
4
1201
1202