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2010-2011 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Psychology Degree Completion Program

The Psychology Degree Completion Program is a bachelor’s degree program. Classes are conveniently scheduled at night in Ashland and Medford to accommodate the schedules of working students. The program is for students who desire to reach their educational goals while working, plan to enter paraprofessional work in applied behavioral sciences and social service fields, or who plan to pursue graduate and professional study in psychology or related fields.

The length of the degree completion program varies with each student depending on prior coursework and employment status.
 

Requirements

1.

Fulfill baccalaureate degree requirements.

2.

Complete:

3.

A minimum of 57 credits in psychology (at least 36 credits of which must be upper division) is required for the bachelor’s degree, including:

a.

b.

Core curriculum (20 credits):

Note:

All courses taken to fulfill credit requirements for the psychology major or minor must have a psychology (PSY) prefix or be approved for psychology credit by the Psychology Department.  All psychology required courses, except General Psychology (PSY 201, 202, and the multicultural list) must be taken for a letter grade. The multicultural/diversity course or courses must total at least 4 credits and be selected from approved psychology courses, including :

4.

A minimum grade of C- for each psychology course counted toward the major or the minor, and the courses below; plus a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in all psychology courses are required for a BA or BS in psychology or human service.

5.

Lower division writing requirements, General Biology (BI 101  ) or Principles of Biology (BI 211  ), Elementary Statistics (MTH 243  ), and PSY 201  ,PSY 202  , PSY 228  , and PSY 229  are prerequisites for some psychology courses.  Check each course listing below for prerequisite courses.  All prerequisite courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C-.

6.

Writing, critical-thinking skills, and research competencies will be achieved as components in: