BS PSYCHOLOGY  2005-07 Catalog
Psychology & Child Development Department
Faculty Office Bldg. (47), Room 24
805 756-2033

   o  60 units upper division

   o  GWR

   o  2.0 GPA

   o  USCP

   * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

PSY 201/PSY 202 General Psychology (D4)*

4

PSY 252 Social Psychology

4

PSY 254 Family Psychology

4

PSY 256 Developmental Psychology

4

PSY 305 Personality

4

PSY 323 The Helping Relationship

4

PSY 329 Research Methods in Psychology

3

PSY 333 Quant. Research Meth.-Behavioral Sci.

3

PSY 340 Biopsychology (B5)*

4

PSY 351 Group Dynamics or
PSY 366 Experimental Psychology


4

PSY 405 Abnormal Psychology

4

Supervised Fieldwork and/or Research Internship.
Select two courses from the following:
PSY 448, 449, 453, 454



5,5

PSY 457 Memory and Cognition

4

PSY 458 Learning

4

PSY 461 Senior Project Seminar

1

PSY 462 Senior Project

3

PSY electives (300–400 level)

8

Concentration or individualized course of study

28

 

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100

SUPPORT COURSES

 

BIO 302 Human Genetics

4

STAT 217/STAT 251/STAT 252 (B1)*

4

 

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8

GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 12 units are in Major/Support.

 

®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A  Communication (12 units)

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

A2 Oral Communication

4

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing

4

Area B  Science and Mathematics (12 units)

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics * 4 units in Support

4

B2 Life Science

4

B3 Physical Science

4

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 

B5 elective

 

Area B elective (select one course from B1-B5) * 4 units in Major

0


Area C  Arts and Humanities (16 units)

 

C1 Literature

4

C2 Philosophy

4

C3 Fine/Performing Arts

4

C4 Upper-division elective

4

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (16 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy

4

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E) * 4 units in Major

0

D5 Upper-division elective (Not PSY courses)

4

Area F Technology Elective (upper division)
(4 units)


4

 

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60

ELECTIVES

12

 

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180

CONCENTRATIONS OR ELECTIVES (select one)

Applied Social Psychology Concentration

 

PSY 302 Behavior in Organizations

4

PSY 360 Applied Social Psychology

4

Select 2 of the following:

8

PSY 311 Environmental Psychology (4)

 

PSY 317 Psychology of Stress (4)

 

PSY 350 Teamwork (4)

 

PSY 351 Group Dynamics (4)

 

PSY 352 Conflict Resolution: Violent and Non-Violent (4)

 

PSY 359 Appl. Psychology Research Methods (4)

 

PSY 432 Psychological Testing (4)

 

PSY 465 Cross-Cultural Issues in Psychology (4)

 

PSY 494 Psychology of Technological Change (4)

 

Advisor approved concentration electives

12

 

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28

Counseling and Family Psychology Concentration

 

PSY 370 Intro. Clinical & Counseling Psychology

4

Select 3 of the following:

12

PSY 330 Behav. Effects Psychoactive Drugs (4)

 

PSY 413 Parent-Child Relationships (4)

 

PSY 432 Psychological Testing (4)

 

PSY 450 Family Intervention (4)

 

PSY 456 Behavioral Disorders in Children (4)

 

Advisor approved concentration electives

12

 

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28

Developmental Psychology Concentration

 

PSY 419 Self and Identity

4

PSY 420 Social and Emotional Development

4

PSY 421 Cognitive Development

4

PSY 459 Lifespan Theories

4

Advisor approved concentration electives

12

 

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28

 

Individualized Course of Study

28

Courses are selected by the student with the approval of the student's academic advisor and the department chair. The ICS may include a Cal Poly minor, course prerequisites for graduate study, foreign language courses, and/or a coherent group of courses including a minimum of two upper division psychology courses and no more than nine units of lower division courses.