Nov 24, 2024

2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Psychology (B.A. or B.S.)

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The student learning outcomes for this degree are located at http://www.niu.edu/assessment/clearinghouse/outcomes/index.shtml.

Check departmental information for any additional requirements.

Requirements in Department (35)

PSYC 102 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
Available for general education credit.
PSYC 305 - Research Methods Credits: 3

Two of the following (8)

PSYC 410 - Experimental Psychology: Perception Credits: 4
PSYC 411 - Experimental Psychology: Animal Cognition Credits: 4
PSYC 412 - Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory Credits: 4
PSYC 413 - Clinical Psychology Laboratory Credits: 4
PSYC 431 - Neuropsychology Credits: 4
PSYC 433 - Social and Personality Laboratory Credits: 4
PSYC 434 - Industrial-Organizational Psychology Laboratory Credits: 4
PSYC 464 - Developmental Psychology Laboratory Credits: 4

Electives

Electives in psychology (21 hours) to include at least 15 hours selected from 300-400 level courses. PSYC 485 may be included in these 21 hours for no more than 3 semester hours of credit. (21)

Requirements outside Department (B.A., 3-16; B.S., 14-16)

For the B.A. degree

Fulfillment of foreign language requirement (0-12)
(See “Foreign Language Requirement for the B.A. Degree.”)

STAT 208 - Basic Statistics Credits: 3
Available for general education credit.
OR STAT 301 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 4

For the B.S. degree

One of the following groups

Group 1

MATH 210 - Finite Mathematics Credits: 3
Available for general education credit.
MATH 211 - Calculus for Business and Social Science Credits: 4
Available for general education credit.
STAT 301 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 4

A two-semester laboratory sequence to be met by one of the following sequences (7-9)

Sequence A

BIOS 103 - General Biology Credits: 3
OR BIOS 105 - General Biology Laboratory Credits: 1

Sequence B

BIOS 209 - Fundamentals of Organismal Biology Credits: 3
AND BIOS 211 - Fundamentals of Organismal Biology Laboratory Credits: 1
OR BIOS 213 - Introductory Bacteriology Credits: 3
OR BIOS 357 - Human Anatomy and Physiology Credits: 5
CHEM 210 - General Chemistry I Credits: 3
Available for general education credit.
AND CHEM 212 - General Chemistry Laboratory I Credits: 1
Available for general education credit.
CHEM 211 - General Chemistry II Credits: 3
Available for general education credit.
AND CHEM 213 - General Chemistry Laboratory II Credits: 1
Available for general education credit.
PHYS 210 - General Physics I Credits: 4
Available for general education credit.
AND PHYS 211 - General Physics II Credits: 4
Available for general education credit.
OR PHYS 253 - Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics Credits: 4
Available for general education credit.
AND PHYS 273 - Fundamentals of Physics II: Electromagnetism Credits: 4
Available for general education credit.