Courses for the Major

Psychology Degree Requirements

Total Credit Hours Required in Degree - 120

General Education Curriculum Hours Required - 55

General Education Courses Required in the Major:

  • PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology*
    *Students must make a C or better in PSY 101 in order to take a higher level PSY course.

Major Curriculum Hours Required - 22

Major Curriculum Required Courses:

  • PSY 200 Life-span Developmental Psychology
  • PSY 210 Personality
  • PSY 310 Abnormal Psychology
  • PSY 330 Physiological Psychology
  • PSY 420 Senior Seminar in Psychology
  • PSY 320 Statistics for Psychologists
  • PSY 325 Experimental Methodology in Psychology

Major Elective Hours Required - 9

Major Elective Courses (select three):

  • PSY 340 Cognition and Memory
  • PSY 350 Social Psychology
  • PSY 360 Behavior Analysis
  • PSY 498 Special Topics in Psychology
  • PSY 499 Independent Study in Psychology
  • SSC 470 Independent Research Project
  • SSC 490 Social Science Internship

General Elective Hours Required - 34

Contact

Dr. Katrina Smith
Associate professor of psychology
770-720-5535
MKS@reinhardt.edu