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BA Major in Psychology: Before Fall 2004

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BA in Psychology

Declared Fall 1997 to Summer 2004

Effective Fall 1997, the requirements for the undergraduate BA in Psychology at SJSU have been revised. The main change involves the restructuring of the five concentrations into a single set of requirements: this is designed to give students greater flexibility in selecting courses suited to their individual needs.

Students who entered SJSU before the Fall 1997 semester can choose to follow either the revised or the current major requirements if they have kept up "continuous attendance" in public higher education in California. Please see a Psychology Department advisor if you have any questions.

A. LOWER-DIVISION CORE COURSES (12 units)

Course NumberDescription
PSYC 001 General Psychology 
PSYC 018Intoduction to Research Methods
PSYC 030Introductory Psychobiology
STAT 095Elementary Statistics

 

B. UPPER-DIVISION CORE COURSES (18 Units)

Course NumberDescription
PSYC 110Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 102Child Psychology


Select one course from each of the following categories

Fundamentals

Course NumberDescription
PSYC 135Cognition
PSYC 155Human Learning
PSYC 158Perception

Human Aspects

Course NumberDescription
PSYC 139Psychology of Personality
PSYC 154Social Psychology
PSYC 170Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Assessment/Statistics

Course NumberDescription
PSYC 117Psychological Tests and Measures
PSYC 120AAdvanced Methods - Experimental Design
PSYC 120BAdvanced Methods - Alternative Designs
STAT 115Intermediate Statistics
STAT 125Analysis of Variance

Capstone Experience

Course NumberDescription
PSYC 190Current Issues in Psychology
PSYC 195Senior Honors Seminar


C. ELECTIVES (9 Units)

Choose any three Psychology courses from our catalog. Note At least two must be upper-division.

D. COURSES IN SUPPORT OF THE MAJOR (6 Units)

PSYC 100W Writing workshop (Passed with a "C" or better)

BIOL 21 or BIOL 65 Human biology (includes lab) or human anatomy (includes lab)

 

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