Psychology/Graduate School Preparation Major

Graduate school preparation is designed for students who wish to enter advanced degree programs in psychology with the goal of university teaching or research, or becoming involved in human services delivery as clinical or counseling psychologists.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Psychology department page.

Total Credits Required

124

Liberal Studies	30-40
Health Promotion Requirements	2

Mathematics competence is required. Students must satisfy this requirement either by completing high school calculus, MA 103, MA 104 or MA 105 or equivalent with a grade of "C-" or higher

Required Courses in Major	44
PY 100S Psychology as a Natural Science [Div II] or	4
PY 100L Psychology as a Natural Science with Laboratory (4 cr.) [Div II] or
PY 100H Honors Psychology as a Natural Science (4 cr.) [Div II] or
PY 100G Psychology as a Social Science (4 cr.) [Div II]
PY 205 Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology	4
PY 305 Psychological Statistics [Div V]	4
MA 171 may be taken to meet this requirement, but will not be counted as PY credit hours
PY 400 History and Systems	4

Choose from the following:	20
PY 204 Physiological Psychology (4 cr.) [Div II]
PY 211 Learning (4 cr.)
PY 241 Child Psychology (4 cr.)
PY 311 Thinking and Cognition (4 cr.)
PY 335 Social Psychology (4 cr.)
PY 351 Psychology of Personality (4 cr.)

Choose from the following:	8
PY 404 Advanced Physiological Psychology (4 cr.)
PY 411 Learning Processes (4 cr.)
PY 435 Advanced Social Psychology (4 cr.)


Other Required Courses	4
MA 103 Finite Mathematics [Div II] or	4
MA 104 College Algebra with Applications in the Sciences and Technologies (4 cr.) [Div II] or
MA 105 College Algebra for Calculus Preparation (4 cr.) [Div II]


Minor	20

Bulletin Year: 2008 - 2009 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.