Degree Requirements
Undergraduate Psychology Advising Office
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Overview of Psychology BA Program
 Bachelor of Arts
 Psychology Courses – 35 hours
• Core (11 hours)
• Groups (18 hours)
• Electives (6 hours)
 Minor (~18 hours – some minors are more)
 General Arts & Sciences Requirements
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Psychology Core Requirements
 General Psychology – PSY 1300
 Statistics – PSY 2400
• Prerequisite for 3401
• Can be taken concurrently, but requires permit
from the psychology advisor
 Research Methods – PSY 3401 (Writing
intensive)
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Psychology Groups (you must take at least one
from each group):
1. Learning and cognition
2. Individual differences, personality, and social processes
3. Biological bases of behavior
4. Developmental bases in behavior
5. Applied professional psychology in community and practice
settings
6. Additional courses in psychology
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Writing Intensive Requirement
 Complete 2 writing intensive Psychology
courses
• Research Methods counts as one of the courses.
• The second course comes from groups or
electives.
• Example: PSY 3318 (section 051) counts both as
Group 4 and WI
 Different courses will be designated
“writing intensive” (WI) each semester.
 How to tell a course is writing intensive…
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Writing Intensive Requirement
 WI courses have a section number of 051, 052, 053…
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Writing Intensive Requirement
 Not always available during the summer.
 Do not wait to take these courses! There is no way to predict
which courses will be writing intensive, so get them done
early while you still have options for groups and electives!
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Worksheet
 Unofficial
 Updated for every
appointment.
 Reflects classes you have
completed and classes you
still need to take.
 Specifies courses that count
for each group.
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Worksheet
 Refer to the Arts & Sciences
general degree requirements
handout to determine which
courses fulfill each category.
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Arts & Sciences
General Education
Requirements
 This is updated every year.
 This is not the same as the
list of core courses in the
TTU catalog!
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Degree Plan
 Official form for Arts &
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Sciences
Must be filed the semester you
will reach 45 hours.
Requires an appointment
Most common hold
NOT THE SAME AS A
WORKSHEET!
If minor is in Arts & Sciences
electronic degree plans are
available.
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Worksheet
 Unofficial for use at
appointments.
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Degree Plan
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Official A&S document
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File the semester you will
reach or pass 45 hours!
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Raiderlink and Registering
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Psychology department does NOT put holds on your record for
registration advising.
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You are NOT required to see the advisor every semester.
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If you need help, you should make an advising appointment.
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Do not hesitate to register on your registration date just because
you haven’t seen the advisor or can’t get an appointment before
your registration date.
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Register based on your worksheet and what you know you need.
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You and the advisor can make any needed changes at your
appointment.
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Intent to Graduate
• Arts & Sciences will ask you to file this
when you file your degree plan.
• Can be changed if you graduate later
than the planned date.
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Questions?
• Call the advising office at (806) 834-8617
• For academic advising: maggie.durham@ttu.edu
• For career and graduate school advising:
psychadvisors@ttu.edu