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Changing Lives By Understanding Minds: The Psychology Major at USCB

It has been said that man’s favorite object of study is himself. Understanding the factors that help maintain psychological, physical and social well-being can benefit graduates in psychology throughout their professional and personal lives. The range of phenomena that psychologists study is vast. Listed below are only a few of the fascinating topics that students study in their psychology classes.

Love

Prejudice

Depression

Gender

Aggression

Schizophrenia

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Dreaming

Rape

Autism

Roy Darby, Program Director

Learning

Hate

ADHD

Thinking

Animal Behavior

Addiction

Memory

War

Anxiety

Sex

Gangs

Gambling

Sleeping

Terror

Hallucinations

CURRICULUM

Psychology graduates tend to have strong "people" skills, a valuable commodity in almost any profession. The application of these skills is not

Earning the Bachelor of Arts with a major in Psychology assures that the student will be exposed to the broad spectrum of subfields of psychology. In addition to the psychology prerequisite, BPSY 101, all students must successfully complete the research foundation courses BPSY 226, BPSY 227 and BPSY 228. Upper-level psychology courses (numbered 300 and above) are used to complete the major, but must meet the distribution requirements listed below.

The student must obtain a grade of “C” or better in all courses taken for major credit. Students who pursue the psychology major must either elect a minor (with a minimum of 18 hours) or complete 12 hours of cognate courses.

confined to the helping professions such as counseling and medicine, but is useful in such diverse fields as law, human services, community and public affairs, education, management, sales, advertising, marketing, service industries, research, and writing. Nationally, psychology is one of the top three most popular undergraduate majors in liberal arts

I. General Education Requirements1 (38-49) English BENG 101, 101L, and 102 (each with a grade of “C” or higher)2 . . . . . 6-7 Numerical and Analytical Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 BMTH 110 or BMTH 111/111L or a higher level mathematics course, plus an additional course in mathematics, logic, statistics, or computer science.

colleges and universities.

Speech BSPC 140 or BSPC 230 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

For many psychology students the undergraduate degree is but a stepping

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Liberal Arts Liberal Arts Electives (humanities and social/behavioral sciences)3 . . . . . 6 BHIS 101, 102, 111 or 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fine Arts4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Social/Behavioral Sciences5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

For further information, contact Dr. Roy Darby at 843 521-4119 or

Natural Sciences6 Two courses with laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

stone to graduate study and a career in the profession of psychology.

Some of the major areas of psychological practice are listed in this

rodarby@gwm.sc.edu.

Foreign Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Requirement may be satisfied by proficiency. Students shall demonstrate in one foreign language the ability to comprehend the topic and main ideas in written and, with the exception of Latin and Ancient Greek, spoken texts on familiar subjects.

Non-Western Studies7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 A distribution requirement that may be satisfied by one of the above mentioned courses or by additional coursework.

II. Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Psychology 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 (Psychology 101 may fulfill either a general education requirement or serve as an elective, but it must be completed for a major in psychology.)

Foreign Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 Students shall demonstrate in one foreign language the ability to comprehend the topic and main ideas in written and, with the exception of Latin and Ancient Greek, spoken tests on familiar subjects. This ability can be demonstrated by achieving a score of four or better on a USC foreign language proficiency test or achieving a passing grade in a 122 course.

III. Major Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 BPSY 226 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 BPSY 227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 BPSY 228 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Two courses from BPSY 410, 420, 430, and 440 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Two courses from BPSY 400, 405, 450, and 460 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Four courses in psychology 300 or above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 At least nine hours numbered 400 and above and at least three hours numbered 500 and above; students may count up to six hours of independent study, individual research, and practicum courses (489, 498, 598, 599) for major credit. *A grade of “C� or higher must be obtained in courses taken for major credit.

IV. Cognate (12) or Minor (18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18 The cognate is intended to support the course work in the major. Cognate courses may be drawn from one or more departments, depending on the individual interests and requirements of the student as judged by the departmental advisor. A cognate differs from a minor in that the courses must be above prerequisite level and may be distributed over more than one subject area. All cognate courses must be passed with a grade of C or higher.

V. Electives (16-38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-38 Total hours required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

1 Effective for students entering USCB as of fall 2004.

2 Students may place out of BENG 101L with an appropriate score on the Freshman

English Placement Exam.

3 Courses from the following disciplines: BAFR, BANT, BARH, BATS, BECO, BENG,

BFRE, BGEO, BGER, BHIS, BJOU, BLIN, BMUS, BPHI, BPOL, BPSY, BRLG, BSOC, BSPA, BSPC, BTHE. 4 Courses from: BARH, BATS, BMUS, or BTHE. 5 Courses from: BANT, BECO, BGEO, BLIN, BPOL, BPSY, BSOC. Psychology major prerequisites and major requirements may be used to satisfy this requirement.

6 Courses from: BAST, BBIO, BCHM, BGEL, BMAR, BSME, and BPHY. 7 The following courses have been approved for this requirement: BANT 102, BANT 317, BARH 349, BENG 291, BGEO 121, BGST 301, BRLG 203, BSOC 315, or any non-Western History course.

“It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves.”

Carl Jung, Swiss psychoanalyst

SPECIALTY AREAS IN PSYCHOLOGY: • Clinical

• School

• Biological

• Health

• Developmental

• Cognative and Perceptual

• Educational

• Engineering

• Social

• Evolutionary

• Experimental

• Industrial

• Forensic

• Counseling

• Sports

“My wish for our students is that they catch the passion and wonder that I still feel for the discipline of psychology. An even fonder wish would be that

many of our graduates will choose to pursue graduate work in clinical psychology, counseling, social work or basic research, confident that they have received an excellent foundation on which to build.”

Roy Darby, Program Director (843) 521-4119 | rodarby@gwm.sc.edu www.uscb.edu

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