University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science in Psychology (BS-P)
SOCAD-4 Network: None
All Sites: Distance Learning
Degree Objective-The Bachelor of Science in Psychology provides students with a strong foundation in general psychology. Students gain
insight into the cognitive and affective processes that underlie individual human development and behavior. Courses in this program are
designed to provide supervisors, managers and other professionals with greater skills in critical thinking, communication, collaboration and
information utilization. The courses in this program do not have a clinical emphasis and do not lead to professional licensure.
POINT OF CONTACT
Maureen Scheer, Project Manager
University of Phoenix-Office of Admissions & Records
PO Box 60130
Phoenix, AZ 85082
Phone: 602-557-6184
Fax: 480-643-1625
Maureen.Scheer@phoenix.edu
Academic Residency- 30 semester hours.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
SOC CAT.
Communications Arts Requirement: Must include COMM/215 or ENG/220, equivalent or higher (Track A) or
Must include ENG/147 (Track B)
HOME
COLLEGE
ARMY
SCHOOL
ARMY
MOS
TESTS
CERT/
LIC
DIST LRNG
See Note 2
6 SH
BSCOM 100
INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
X
X
X
BSCOM 268
FOUNDATIONS OF MASS COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
X
X
X
BSCOM 234
FOUNDATIONS OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
X
X
X
COM
170
ELEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I
3
X
X
X
COM
172
ELEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II*
3
X
X
X
COM
320
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
COM
340
MASS COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
COM
403
CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATION IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY
3
X
X
X
COM
410
MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
COM
430
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
3
X
X
X
COM
460
COMMUNICATION FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
3
X
X
X
COMM
110
INTRODUCTION TO ORAL COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
COMM
215
ESSENTIALS OF COLLEGE WRITING
3
X
X
X
COMM
310
PUBLIC SPEAKING
3
X
X
X
COMM
315
DIVERSITY ISSUES IN COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
COMM
400
MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS
3
X
X
X
COMM
470
COMMUNICATING IN THE VIRTUAL WORKPLACE
3
X
X
X
ENG
102
RESEARCH WRITING
3
X
X
X
ENG
135
ESSENTIALS OF CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
ENG
147
UNIVERSITY WRITING ESSENTIALS
3
X
X
X
ENG
157
MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
3
X
X
X
ENG
215
EFFECTIVE ACADEMIC WRITING
3
X
X
X
ENG
220
UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC WRITING
3
X
X
X
ENG
222
INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING
3
X
X
X
ENG
223
WORKPLACE WRITING ESSENTIALS
3
X
X
X
ENG
303
CHAUCER
3
X
X
X
ENG
304
SHAKESPEARE
3
X
X
X
ENG
305
LITERARY MASTERPIECES
3
X
X
X
ENG
306
POETRY AND SOCIETY
3
X
X
X
ENG
308
AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
3
X
X
X
ENG
340
CREATIVE WRITING
3
X
X
X
ENG
495
ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING
3
X
X
X
SPAN
114
CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH II
3
X
X
X
ENG
496
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
3
X
X
X
CM001B
Communication Arts Elective
Mathematics Requirement: Must include MTH 209, equivalent or higher
6-8 SH
MAT
117
ALGEBRA 1B
3
X
X
X
MAT
219
INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE ALGEBRA
3
X
X
X
MTH
110
HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
1
X
X
X
MTH
208
COLLEGE MATHEMATICS I
3
X
X
MTH
209
COLLEGE MATHEMATICS II
3
X
MTH
210
FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOMETRY
3
X
MTH
211
QUANTITATIVE REASONING
3
X
X
X
MTH
212
INTRODUCTION TO FINITE MATHEMATICS
3
X
X
X
MTH
219
INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE ALGEBRA
3
X
X
X
MTH
220
COLLEGE ALGEBRA
3
X
X
X
MTH
221
DISCRETE MATH FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3
X
X
X
MTH
225
PRE-CALCULUS
4
MH054B
X
X
X
MTH
233
STATISTICS
3
MH053B
X
X
MTH
280
CALCULUS I
4
X
MTH
330
MATHEMATICS REASONING
3
X
X
X
MTH
360
LINEAR ALGEBRA
3
X
X
X
MTH
380
CALCULUS III
3
X
X
X
MTH
463
APPLIED STATISTICS
3
X
X
X
6 SH
3
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Mathematics Elective Course
Physiological Biological Science Requirement
3-4 SH
Science and Technology Requirement
3-4 SH
Social Science Requirement
6-7 SH
Humanities Requirement: Must include: HUM 115
6-7 SH
Liberal Arts Requirement: A Track must include: GEN/201. B Track must include: GEN/127
ARTS
125
POP CULTURE AND THE ARTS
X
X
X
COMM
102
COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR CAREER GROWTH
3
X
X
X
COMM
315
DIVERSITY ISSUES IN COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
ENG
125
LITERATURE IN SOCIETY
3
X
X
X
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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
ENG
302
20TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE
3
SOC CAT.
HOME
COLLEGE
X
ARMY
SCHOOL
ARMY
MOS
TESTS
X
CERT/
LIC
DIST LRNG
See Note 2
X
GEN
127
UNIVERSITY STUDIES FOR SUCCESS
3
X
GEN
195
FOUNDATIONS OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES
3
X
X
X
GEN
200
FOUNDATIONS FOR GENERAL EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS**,***
3
X
X
X
GEN
201
FOUNDATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY SUCCESS
3
X
X
X
HIS
301
U.S. CONSTITUTION
3
X
X
X
HUM
150
INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES
3
X
X
X
PHL
215
PHILOSOPHY: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
3
X
X
X
PHL
320
CRITICAL THINKING AND DECISION MAKING IN BUSINESS
3
X
X
X
PSY
425
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY IN THE WORKPLACE
3
X
X
X
RES
320
FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCH
3
X
X
X
SOC
110
TEAMWORK, COLLABORATION, AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
3
X
X
X
US
101
INTRODUCTION TO UNIVERSITY STUDIES
3
X
X
X
X
Liberal Arts Elective Course
Interdisciplinary Requirement
9 SH
COMM
102
COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR CAREER GROWTH
3
X
X
X
COMM
315
DIVERSITY ISSUES IN COMMUNICATION
3
X
X
X
ENG
125
LITERATURE IN SOCIETY
3
X
X
X
ENG
302
20TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE
3
X
X
X
FP
120
ESSENTIALS OF PERSONAL FINANCE
3
X
X
X
HIS
301
U.S. CONSTITUTION
3
X
X
X
HUM
150
INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES
3
X
X
X
PHL
215
PHILOSOPHY: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
3
X
X
X
PSY
425
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY IN THE WORKPLACE
3
X
X
X
SOC
110
TEAMWORK, COLLABORATION, AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
3
X
X
X
Interdisciplinary Elective Course
Required Course of Study
42 SH
PSY
305
PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION IN PSYCHOLOGY
3
X
X
X
PSY
310
HISTORY AND SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY*
3
X
X
X
PSY
315
STATISTICAL REASONING IN PSYCHOLOGY*
OR
3
X
X
X
BSHS
381
RESEARCH AND STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
OR
3
X
X
X
BSHS
382
RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
3
X
X
X
PSY
335
RESEARCH METHODS
3
X
X
X
PSY
340
BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY*
3
X
X
X
PSY
345
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
3
X
X
X
PSY
360
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY*
3
X
X
X
PSY
400
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY*
3
X
X
X
PSY
405
THEORIES OF PERSONALITY*
3
X
X
X
PSY
410
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY*
3
X
X
X
PSY
420
THEORIES OF BEHAVIOR
3
X
X
X
PSY
435
INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY*
3
X
X
X
PSY
428
ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
3
X
X
X
PSY
450
DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL FACTORS IN PSYCHOLOGY*
3
X
X
X
PSY
480
ELEMENTS OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY*
3
X
X
X
OR
Electives (See your UOPX Adviser)
33 SH
Total Credits
120 SH
1) An "X" in a column indicates that the Institution guarantees to accept credit from the source shown for at least part of the requirement.
2) This column indicates whether a school accepts transfer credit for courses taken through distance learning. It does not mean that the school offers the course through distance learning.
3) When selecting a University of Phoenix program, please ensure that the program you are selecting has the correct program name. If your specific program version does not exist in the list on the
portal, please select the degree program "Other".
4) Students must meet all admission requirements in order to enroll in coursework.
5) A minimum of 120 credits is required to complete the bachelor's program, 42 of which must be upper division credits. Students must satisfy all required courses of study and all elective and
general education requirements.
6) All students must satisfy math and English proficiency requirements. Consult your Academic Adviser at the University of Phoenix for additional assistance.
7) A maximum total of 30 credits may be earned from the following national testing programs (CLEP, Excelsior, Berlitz, NLN, AP, DLPT, College Level GED, ACE Registry and DANTES).
8) Students in Track A must include: COMM/215 equivalent or higher, and GEN/201. Please contact your adviser at University of Phoenix for additional assistance.
9) Students in Track B must include: ENG/147, HUM/115, and GEN/127. Please contact your adviser at University of Phoenix for additional assistance.
10) Accelerated & Standard (A&B) Pathways-Your results on the Pathway Diagnostic will determine whether you will be placed in the Accelerated Pathway (A Track) or the standard pathway (B
Track). If you are placed in the Accelerated Pathway, you will be required to successfully complete GEN/201 as the first course in your program. If you are placed in the standard pathway, you will
be required to successfully complete the following 3 courses prior to enrolling in any other course: GEN/127, ENG/147, HUM/115. Please consult your Adviser at University of Phoenix for additional
assistance.
*These courses require prerequisites to be met prior to enrolling into the course. Consult your University of Phoenix catalog to identify the appropriate prerequisite(s). Consult your Academic
Counselor or Admissions Counselor at the University of Phoenix for additional assistance.
Date effective:
1-Jan-16
Term effective:
T610
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