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This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a guide and framework for students to help them complete their degrees within four years.Ìý This guide illustrates a generally recommended sequence and arrangement of courses.Ìý Please use this guide to help you think through your plan.Ìý All students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.Ìý This plan assumes that no remedial courses are required.Ìý If remedial courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan, and degree completion may take longer.

NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.

Please be sure to read the full narrative text, below the four year plan template which follows here, to get a stronger sense of how the program is organized as well as how to proceed effectively through the Psychology Program.

First Year

Fall Semester

  • Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed/School Core – (HRS 4)
  • School Core: Sustainability, Society and Civic Mindedness: Intro Course Outside of Major – Recommended (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Spring Semester

  • Gen Ed: – (Preferred) (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: formerly known asÌýÌý (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Career Pathways:
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Second Year

Fall Semester

  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Major: (HRS 1)
  • Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning/Major: Prerequisite for CHEM 117 (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning/Major: – Prerequisite for CHEM 117L (HRS 1)
  • Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
  • **Gen Ed: Distribution Category (Choose one): , OR – recommended , OR – recommended (HRS 4)
  • Career Pathways:
  • Total: (HRS 18)

Spring Semester

  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • School Core: (HRS 4)
  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Major: (HRS 1)
  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Major: (HRS 1)
  • Career Pathways:
  • Total: (HRS 18)

Third Year

Fall Semester

  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Major: Neuro Elective Pick 1 (HRS 4)
  • ÌýMajor: Psychology Elective (HRS 4)
  • General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Spring Semester

  • Major: Neuro Elective Pick 1 (HRS 4)
  • **Gen Ed: Distribution Category (Choose one): , OR – recommended , OR – recommended (Must be outside of SSHS)Ìý(HRS 4)
  • Major: Ìý(HRS 2)
  • Major: Biology Elective (HRS 4-5)
  • Total: (HRS 14-15)

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

  • Major: Neuro Elective – Pick 1 (HRS 4)
  • Major: (HRS 2)
  • or General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
  • General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
  • Total: (HRS 14)

Spring Semester

  • Major: Capstone (HRS 4)
  • General Elective: Elective or Ìý(HRS 4)
  • General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
  • General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Total Credits Required: 128 credits

GPA Required: 2.0 ÌýÌýWI: Writing Intensive courses needed prior to graduation

**Gen Ed Distribution Categories: two of the three categories are required with 1 course from outside of academic school.