(These requirements are for students admitted after August 2010.
Students admitted before August 2010 can find their
requirements here.)
To earn their Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, students
complete 126 credits, including core, major-sequence and elective
courses, as outlined below. For more information about courses,
please see the St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
section of our Undergraduate
Bulletin.
Common Core — 39
Credits
| DNY | 1000C | Discover New York | 3 |
| ENG | 1000C | English Composition | 3 |
| ENG | 1100C | Literature in a Global Context | 3 |
| MTH | 1003C | Introduction to College Math | 3 |
| | | Modern Foreign Language Requirement | 6 |
| PHI | 1000C | Philosophy of the Human Person | 3 |
| PHI | 1204 | Media Ethics (c/ref COM 2405) | 3 |
| PHI | 3000C | Metaphysics | 3 |
| SCI | 1000C | Scientific Inquiry | 3 |
| THE | 1000C | Perspectives on Christianity | 3 |
| THE | 1040 | Elective | 3 |
| THE | | Elective | 3 |
University Distributed Core Courses — 21
credits
| | 1000C | Mathematics | 3 |
| | 2200C | Philosophy | 3 |
| | 2000 | Theology | 3 |
| | 3000 | Theology | 3 |
St. John's Core Courses — 12 Credits
| | | Art or Music | 3 |
| | 2200C | Core Elective | 3 |
| | 2000 | Core Elective | 3 |
| | 3000 | Core Elective (in three different fields
of major area) | 3 |
Major Sequence — 38 Credits
| PSY | 1000C | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSY | 2030 and Co requisite 2030L | Statistics with Lab | 4 |
| PSY | 2040 and co requisite 2040P | Research Methods with Lab | 4 |
| PSY | 2150 | Physiological Psychology | 3 |
| PSY | 3260 | Introduction to Psychological Measurement | 3 |
| PSY | 3800 | Hx of Psychology | 3 |
| PSY | 4990 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
and one course from each of the groupings below:
Group 1— 3 Credits
| PSY | 2200 | Abnormal Psychology | |
| PSY | 2210 | Theories of Personality | |
| PSY | 3320 | Social Psychology | |
Group 2 — 3 Credits
| PSY | 2070 | Child Psychology | |
| PSY | 2080 | Adolescent Psychology | |
| PSY | 2090 | The Psychology of Adult Development | |
Group 3— 3 Credits
| PSY | 3270 | Experimental Psychology of Learning | |
| PSY | 3280 | Cognitive Psychology | |
| PSY | 3290 | Experimental Psychology of Sensation
and Perception | |
Group 4— 3 Credits
| PSY | 2220 | Child Psychopathology | |
| PSY | 2240 | Psych of Women | |
| PSY | 2250 | Forensic Psychology | |
| PSY | 2260 | Positive Psychology | |
| PSY | 2270 | Health Psychology | |
Two Electives from among Department
Offerings
(Students can also choose from courses not selected from the four
groupings listed above.)