Bachelor of Science, Psychology (Partner Sites)

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Bachelor of Science, Psychology (Partner Sites) Four-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science in Psychology degree provides students with fundamentals in psychological and integration principles. Topics of study include personality, development, abnormal psychology, research methods, and more. Students will learn to incorporate their Christian faith into their work and prepare for paraprofessional fields that require a psychology or behavioral science degree. In addition, they will participate in supervised field experience and conduct and report empirical research in the field. This degree is also ideal for a student considering pursuing a master’s degree in a helping profession such as counseling. This online program is a total of 123 credit hours: 56 credit hours for Foundational Core courses, and 41 credit hours of psychology major core courses, 9 credit hours of psychology electives, and 17 credit hours of general electives.

The Bachelor of Science in Psychology is designed for students who plan to enter more directly into the career world. The objectives of this program are expressed as follows:

To give students a basic foundation in psychological and integrational principles.
To assist students in the integration of sound psychology and their Christian faith.
To prepare students to serve where counseling and human relations are essential functions.
To prepare students for a number of paraprofessional fields requiring a psychology or behavioral science degree.
To prepare students for graduate programs necessary to enter their professions.

A minimum of a master’s degree is required at the entry level into the field of professional psychology and counseling. The Bachelor of Science degree will prepare one for a number of paraprofessional areas.

Foundational Core - 56 Credit Hours

Engaging Human Culture and the Natural World - 19 Hours

History Elective (select one):

HIST 1033 - WORLD CIVILIZATION TO 1600 Credits: 3
HIST 1043 - WORLD CIVILIZATION SINCE 1600 Credits: 3
HIST 2013 - AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 Credits: 3
HIST 2023 - AMERICAN HISTORY 1877 TO THE PRESENT Credits: 3
PPOL 2433 - UNITED STATES & NEVADA CONSTITUT Credits: 3
*Required for Nevada students.

Humanities Elective (select one):

HUMS 2033 - THEATER APPRECIATION Credits: 3
HUMS 2233 - INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES Credits: 3
MUSC 1013 - ELEMENTS OF MUSIC Credits: 3

Literature Elective:

ENGL 2133 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE Credits: 3

Behavioral Science Elective:

PSYC 1133 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3

Social Science Elective:

SSCI 2233 - MARRIAGE AND FAMILY Credits: 3

Natural Science Elective:

BIOL 1334 - ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSI Credits: 4

Spiritual Formation - 13 Hours

CORE 1001 - COLLEGE AND CHRISTIAN CALLING Credits: 1
BIOT 1433 - THE OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION Credits: 3
BINT 1533 - THE NEW TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION Credits: 3
THEO 2123 - CHRISTIAN THOUGHT AND PRACTICE Credits: 3
PSYC 3433 - INTEGRATION SEMINAR PSYCH AND THEOL Credits: 3

Christian Responsibility - 9 Hours

CORE 1503 - PERSONAL STEWARDSHIP Credits: 3
CORE 2013 - HUMAN DIVERSITY AND CHRISTIAN COMMU Credits: 3
THEO 3123 - INTRODUCTION OF ETHICS Credits: 3

Psychology - Major Core - 45 Credit Hours

PSYC 2003 - COMMUNICATION AND CAREERS IN PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
PSYC 2013 - RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
PSYC 2023 - STATISTICAL METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
PSYC 2133 - THEORIES OF PERSONALITY Credits: 3
PSYC 2333 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
PSYC 3003 - ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
PSYC 3023 - CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
PSYC 3633 - PROFESSIONAL/ETHICAL/LEGAL ISSUES Credits: 3
PSYC 3733 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
PSYC 4033 - PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
PSYC 4083 - LEARNING AND COGNITION Credits: 3

Psychology Electives (select three) - 9 Credit Hours

PSYC 1233 - PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT Credits: 3
PSYC 3053 - PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICUM Credits: 3
PSYC 3103 - MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY: THEORY AND TECHNIQUES Credits: 3
PSYC 3533 - INTRO TO COUNSLNG: THEORY & TECHN Credits: 3
PSYC 3553 - INTRODUCTION TO CHILD ADOLSCT COUNS Credits: 3
PSYC 4013 - THE PSYCH OF LDRSHP-ART OF COMMUNIC Credits: 3
PSYC 4043 - DIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT & CASE MGMT Credits: 3

General Electives - 20 Credit Hours

General Electives are any courses that do not satisfy any specific course requirements of your program and which you have not previously taken.

Total Program Hours - 121 Credit Hours

NOTE: It is the responsibility of the student to read, review, and fulfill the requirements and total hours of this degree audit for their applicable degree.