Sep 29, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences


Psychology Education BA Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing   PSYC 207 - Research Methods  
PSYC 100 - General Psychology  (Breadth Requirement 1/12) or NSCI 100 - Psychological and Brain Sciences   Foreign Language Requirement (2/3)
Foreign Language Requirement (1/3) Breadth Requirement (Social Science-related course (1/8)) (2/12)
First Year Seminar Breadth Requirement (Social Science-related course (2/8)) (3/12)
Mathematics Requirement** Breadth Requirement (Group D with Laboratory) (4/12)
Credits: 14 Credits: 17
Second Year
PSYC 209 - Measurement and Statistics   Breadth Requirement (Social Science-related course (5/8)) (7/12)
Foreign Language Requirement (3/3) PSYC 300-level Requirement (1/4)**
Breadth Requirement (Social Science-related course (3/8)) (5/12) PSYC 300-level Requirement (2/4)**
Breadth Requirement (Social Science-related course (4/8)) (6/12) Breadth Requirement (Social Science-related course (6/8)) (8/12)
Free Elective (1/2) Breadth Requirement (Social Science-related course (7/8)) (9/12)
Credits: 16 Credits: 18
Third Year
EDUC 419 - Diversity in Secondary Education  (Multicultural) EDUC 413 - Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology  
PSYC 300-level Requirement (3/4) PSYC 300-level Requirement (4/4)
EDUC 414 - Teaching Exceptional Adolescents   PSYC Elective
Breadth Requirement (Social Scienc- related course (8/8)) (10/12) Breadth Requirement (12/12)
Breadth Requirement (11/12)  
Credits: 15 Credits: 16
Fourth Year
HIST 491 - Planning a Course of Instruction   EDUC 400 - Student Teaching  (DLE and Capstone)
HIST 492 - Integrating Instructional Technology into Social Studies Teaching   HIST 493 - Problems in Teaching History and Social Sciences  
EDUC 420 - Reading in the Content Areas    
PSYC 400-level Specialty Requirement (1/2)  
PSYC 400-level Specialty Requirement (2/2)  
Free Elective (2/2)  
Credits: 16 Credits: 12
Total Credits: 124
**See program page for approved courses.
***Minimum grade C- required in all major requirements.

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.