Psychology (BS)

Program Overview

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.

An undergraduate degree in psychology enhances career opportunities in many areas, and a graduate degree prepares students for professional careers in psychology and related fields. The Psychology Dept at CSU provides coursework leading to the Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. Students also have the opportunity to participate in CSU's pre-medical program for application to medical school.

Our faculty represent a diversity of psychology's specializations including counseling, cognitive, developmental, social, biological, and behavior analysis. The curriculum encompasses empirical, theoretical, and applied approaches, and students have opportunities to explore specialty areas within the discipline. Internships and independent study are available to qualified students.

Our research labs and facilities enhance the learning experience. We provide opportunities for student / faculty research collaborations leading to publications and presentations at professional conferences. We host a local chapter of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, as well as our own Psychology Club.

Career Opportunities

Graduates may find employment in many fields including human services, research, administration, psychological assessment, rehabilitation services, and veterans and victims advocacy. Click here to learn more https://psyc.columbusstate.edu/StudentResources.php.

Program of Study

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core IMPACTS Area : Institutional Priorities ¹		4-5
Choose one of the following communication options		3
COMM 1110	Public Speaking
Foreign Language Course Options
AMSL, ARAB, CHIN, FREN, GERM, GREK, ITAL, JAPN, KREN, LATIN, PORT, SPAN - 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002; SWAH - 1001, 1002.
Take one of the following courses		1-2
ITDS 1779	Scholarship Across the Disciplines
LEAD 1705	Introduction to Servant Leadership
PERS 1506	Perspectives 1-hour
PERS 1507	Perspectives 2-hour
Core IMPACTS Area : Mathematics & Quantitative Skills ¹		3-7
DATA 1501	Introduction to Data Science	3
MATH 1001	Quantitative Skills and Reasoning	3
MATH 1101	Introduction to Mathematical Modeling	3
MATH 1111	College Algebra	3
MATH 1113	Pre-Calculus	4
MATH 1125	Applied Calculus	3
MATH 1131	Calculus with Analytic Geometry I	4
MATH 1132	Calculus with Analytic Geometry II	4
MATH 1165	Computer-Assisted Problem Solving	3
MATH 1401	Introduction to Statistics	3
MATH 1501	Calculus I	4
MATH 2125	Introduction to Discrete Mathematics	3
STAT 1401	Elementary Statistics	3
Core IMPACTS Area : Political Science and U.S. History		6
HIST 2111	U. S. History to 1865	3
or HIST 2112	U. S. History since 1865
POLS 1101	American Government	3
Core IMPACTS Area : Arts, Humanities, and Ethics		6
Select one Fine Arts course		3
ARTH 1100	Art Appreciation
ARTH 2125	Introduction to the History of Art I– Prehistoric through Gothic
ARTH 2126	Introduction to the History of Art II– Renaissance through Modern
MUSC 1100	Music Appreciation
THEA 1100	Theatre Appreciation
ITDS 1145	Comparative Arts ²
Select one Humanities course		3
ENGL 2111	World Literature I
ENGL 2112	World Literature II
ITDS 1155	The Western Intellectual Tradition
ITDS 1774	Introduction to Digital Humanities
PHIL 2010	Introduction to Philosophy
ITDS 1145	Comparative Arts ²
Core IMPACTS Area : Communicating in Writing		6
ENGL 1101	English Composition I	3
ENGL 1102	English Composition II	3
Core IMPACTS Area : Technology, Mathematics, and Sciences ^1,3		7-11
ANTH 1145	Human Origins	3
ASTR 1105	Descriptive Astronomy: The Solar System	3
ASTR 1106	Descriptive Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies	3
ASTR 1305	Descriptive Astronomy Lab	1
ATSC 1112	Understanding the Weather	3
ATSC 1112L	Understanding the Weather Lab	1
BIOL 1125	Contemporary Issues in Biology Non-Lab	3
BIOL 1215K	Introductory Biology	4
BIOL 1225K	Contemporary Issues in Biology with Lab	4
CHEM 1151 & 1151L	Survey of Chemistry I and Survey of Chemistry I Lab	4
CHEM 1152 & 1152L	Survey of Chemistry II and Survey of Chemistry II Lab	4
CHEM 1211 & 1211L	Principles of Chemistry I and Principles of Chemistry I Lab	4
CHEM 1212 & 1212L	Principles of Chemistry II and Principles of Chemistry II Lab	4
CPSC 1105	Introduction to Computing Principles and Technology	3
CPSC 1301K	Computer Science I	4
ENVS 1105	Environmental Studies	3
ENVS 1105L	Environmental Studies Laboratory	1
ENVS 1205K	Sustainability and the Environment	4
GEOG 2215	Introduction to the Geographic Information Systems	3
GEOL 1110	Natural Disasters: Our Hazardous Environment	3
GEOL 1121	Introductory Geoscience I: Physical Geology	3
GEOL 1121L	Introductory Geoscience I: Physical Geology Lab	1
GEOL 1122	Introductory Geo-sciences II: Historical Geology	3
GEOL 1322	Introductory Geo-sciences II: Historical Geology Lab	1
GEOL 2225	The Fossil Record	4
PHYS 1111 & PHYS 1311	Introductory Physics I and Introductory Physics I Lab	4
PHYS 1112 & PHYS 1312	Introductory Physics II and Introductory Physics II Lab	4
PHYS 1125	Physics of Color and Sound	3
PHYS 1325	Physics of Color and Sound Lab	1
PHYS 2211 & PHYS 2311	Principles of Physics I and Principles of Physics I Lab	4
PHYS 2212 & PHYS 2312	Principles of Physics II and Principles of Physics II Lab	4
Core IMPACTS Area : Social Sciences		6
Select one Behavioral Science course
ECON 2105	Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2106	Principles of Microeconomics
PHIL 2030	Moral Philosophy
PSYC 1101	Introduction to General Psychology
SOCI 1101	Introduction to Sociology
Select one World Cultures course		3
ANTH 1107	Discovering Archaeology
ANTH 1105	Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 2105	Ancient World Civilizations
ANTH 2136	Language and Culture
ENGL 2136	Language and Culture
GEOG 1101	World Regional Geography
HIST 1111	World History to 1500
HIST 1112	World History since 1500
ITDS 1156	Understanding Non-Western Cultures
Core IMPACTS Total Hours		42
Health and Wellness		3
KINS 1106	Lifetime Wellness	2
or PHED 1205	Concepts of Fitness
Select one of the following		1
Any PEDS course
MUSC 1206	Body Mapping (Music Majors Only)

¹: The hours applied in the Institutional Priorities; Mathematics & Quantitative Skills; and Technology, Mathematics, and Sciences areas must add to 18 credit hours.
²: ITDS 1145 Comparative Arts, though listed under both Fine Arts and Humanities, may be taken only once.
³: At least 4 of the credit hours in this area must be in a lab science course.

Major Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core Requirements
Complete the core requirements for this program		45
Core Total		45
Field of Study Requirements
Minimum grade of C is required
PSYC 1101	Introduction to General Psychology	3
PSYC 1105	Psychology as a Major and Career	2
PSYC 2103	Lifespan Developmental Psychology	3
PSYC 2127	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences	3
PHIL 2020	Critical Thinking	3
or PHIL 2500	Formal Logic
or DATA 1501	Introduction to Data Science
Select one of the following:		4
BIOL 1215K	Introductory Biology (lab included)
BIOL 1107K	Principles of Biology I (lab included)
BIOL 2251K	Anatomy & Physiology I (lab included)
Field of Study Requirements Total		18
Required for the Major
Minimum grade of C is required
PSYC 3115	Writing in Psychology	3
PSYC 3211	Research Methods and Data Analysis I	4
PSYC 4000	Baccalaureate Assessment in Psychology	0
PSYC 4106	Biological Psychology	3
PSYC 4235	Learning and Behavior Analysis	3
or PSYC 4275	Cognitive Psychology
Select one of the following:		3
PSYC 3125	Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 3145	Clinical Psychology
PSYC 4125	Theories of Personality
PSYC 3155	Social Psychology	3
or PSYC 3265	Evolutionary Psychology
Required for the Major Total		19
Major Electives
Minimum grade of C is required
Select 18 credits in Program Electives from the following:		18
PSYC 3105	Pseudopsychologies and the Paranormal
PSYC 3125	Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 3135	Counseling Psychology
PSYC 3145	Clinical Psychology
PSYC 3155	Social Psychology
PSYC 3156	Psychology of Women and Social Identity
PSYC 3166	Health Psychology
PSYC 3175	Psychology of Eating
PSYC 3185	Child Development
PSYC 3195	Meta-Analysis
PSYC 3215	Tests and Measurement
PSYC 3265	Evolutionary Psychology
PSYC 3555	Selected Topics in Psychology with Lab
PSYC 3565	Selected Topics in Psychology
PSYC 4105	Psychology of Aging
PSYC 4106	Biological Psychology
PSYC 4115	History and Systems
PSYC 4116	Comparative Animal Behavior
PSYC 4125	Theories of Personality
PSYC 4165	Motivation
PSYC 4185	Sensation and Perception
PSYC 4195	Human Memory
PSYC 4235	Learning and Behavior Analysis
PSYC 4245	Applied Behavior Analysis
PSYC 4275	Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 4497	Teaching Apprenticeship in Psychology
PSYC 4698	Internship
PSYC 4899	Supervised Research
COUN 5115U	Introduction to Professional Counseling
Major Electives Total		18
General Electives
Select 3 hours of coursework at the 3000-level or higher.		3
Select 20 hours of coursework at the 1000-level or higher.		20
General Electives Total		23
Total Credit Hours		123

Program Map

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Credit Hours
ENGL 1101	English Composition I (minimum grade of C)	3
MATH 1001	Quantitative Skills and Reasoning (or higher math) (minimum grade of C)	3
Area B2	ITDS 1779 (2), LEAD 1705 (2), PERS 1506 (1; may be repeated with different topic), PERS 1507 (2)	2
POLS 1101	American Government	3
PSYC 1101	Introduction to General Psychology	3
PSYC 1105	Psychology as a Major and Career	2
Some of these courses could be switched with courses listed under Spring 1 (see your adviser)
	Credit Hours	16
Spring
ENGL 1102	English Composition II (minimum grade of C)	3
Area B1	COMM 1110 Public Speaking or foreign language 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002	3
Area C	Fine Arts Elective	3
Area D	SCIENCE Elective w/ Lab	4
PSYC 2103	Lifespan Developmental Psychology (minimum grade of C)	3
Some of these courses could be switched with courses listed under Fall 1 (see your adviser)
	Credit Hours	16
Second Year
Fall
AREA D	Science Elective	3
AREA E	World Cultures Elective	3
PHIL 2020 or PHIL 2500	Critical Thinking (minimum grade of C) or Formal Logic	3
PSYC 2127	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (minimum grade of C)	3
PSYC 3115	Writing in Psychology (minimum grade of C)	3
Some of these courses could be switched with courses listed under Spring 2 (see your adviser)
	Credit Hours	15
Spring
AREA C	Humanities Elective	3
AREA D	STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics or other Science/Tech/Math course	3
AREA E	Behavioral Science Elective	3
PSYC 3211	Research Methods and Data Analysis I (minimum grade of C)	4
KINS 1106 or PHED 1205	Lifetime Wellness or Concepts of Fitness	2
Some of these courses could be switched with courses listed under Fall 2 (see your adviser)
	Credit Hours	15
Third Year
Fall
HIST 2111 or HIST 2112	U. S. History to 1865 or U. S. History since 1865	3
Select one of the following (minimum grade of C):		3
PSYC 3125	Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 3145	Clinical Psychology
PSYC 4125	Theories of Personality
AREA H	PSYC Elective (upper level) (minimum grade of C)	3-4
AREA I	General Elective (any course)	3
AREA I	General Elective (any course)	3
Some of these courses could be switched with courses listed under Spring 3 (see your adviser)
	Credit Hours	15
Spring
Select one of the following courses:		4
BIOL 1215K	Introductory Biology (minimum grade of C)
BIOL 1231K	minimum grade of C
BIOL 2221K	minimum grade of C
AREA H	PSYC Elective (upper-level) (minimum grade of C)	3-4
AREA H	PSYC Elective (upper-level) (minimum grade of C)	3-4
AREA H	PSYC Elective (upper-level) (minimum grade of C)	3-4
AREA I	General Elective (any course)	3
Some of these courses could be switched with courses listed under Fall 3 (see your adviser)
	Credit Hours	16
Fourth Year
Fall
PSYC 4235 or PSYC 4275	Learning and Behavior Analysis (minimum grade of C) or Cognitive Psychology	3
PSYC 4106	Biological Psychology (minimum grade of C)	3
PSYC 3155 or PSYC 3265	Social Psychology (minimum grade of C) or Evolutionary Psychology	3
AREA I	General Elective (any course)	3
AREA I	General Elective (any course)	2
PEDS Fitness / Sport		1
Some of these courses could be switched with courses listed under Spring 4 (see your adviser)
	Credit Hours	15
Spring
PSYC 4000	Baccalaureate Assessment in Psychology	0
AREA H	PSYC Elective (upper-level) (minimum grade of C)	3-4
AREA H	PSYC Elective (upper-level) (minimum grade of C)	3-4
AREA I	General Elective (any 3000-level or higher course)	3
AREA I	General Elective (any course)	3
AREA I	General Elective (any course)	3
Some of these courses could be switched with courses listed under Fall 4 (see your adviser)
	Credit Hours	15
	Total Credit Hours	123

Be sure to meet with your academic adviser each term.
Freshmen and sophomores are advised through the CSU Advise: http://ace.columbusstate.edu
Juniors and seniors are assigned advisers in the Psychology Department: http://psyc.columbusstate.edu/. Check your record in EAB to schedule an appointment with your psychology adviser.

Admission Requirements

There are no program specific admission requirements.

Additional Program Requirements

Minimum grade of C in all courses in Areas F, G, and H of the curriculum.

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