DEGREE PROGRAM CHECK SHEET

Complete all Institutional Graduation Requirements (Including University Writing Requirement, Diversity Requirement, General Education Requirement, etc.) as provided at http://www.eou.edu/registrar.

Program Requirements: Psychology is a minimum 65-66 credit hour degree. A grade of “C-” or better is required for each course counting towards the major, but a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.00 is required for completion of the major.

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REQUIRED CORE COURSES: 20 credits

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
PSY 201	General Psychology [SSC]	4
PSY 202	General Psychology [SSC]	4	PSY 201
PSY 222	Writing in Psychology [UWR]	3	PSY 201, 202
PSY 223	Intro to Lab Methods	3	PSY 201
PSY 303	The Psychology Major	1	PSY 201 & 202 (202 may be taken concurrently)
STAT 327	Statistics & Experimental Design [SMI]	5	MATH 105, 111 or higher with a C- or better

REQUIRED 300 LEVEL COURSES: 25 credit hours

Complete a minimum of 25 credit hours from the following courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
PSY 311	Child Development [SSC]	5	PSY 201, 202
PSY 321	Stress & Disease [SMI]	3
PSY 330	Emotions [SSC]	5	PSY 201, 202
PSY 335	Cognitive Psychology [SMI, UWR] On-campus students also complete PSY 335L Cognitive Psych Lab	5	PSY 201, 202, 222
PSY 342	Brain & Behavior	5	PSY 201, 202
PSY 343	Learning On-campus students also complete PSY 343L Learning Lab	5	PSY 201, 202
PSY 344	Sensation & Perceptions	5	PSY 201, 202
PSY 345	Motivation	5	PSY 201, 202
PSY 350	Abnormal Psychology	5	PSY 201, 202
PSY 357	Evolution & Behavior [SMI]	5	PSY 201, 202
PSY 360	Principle Social Psychology	5	PSY 201, 202
PSY 370	Personality [UWR]	5	PSY 201, 202
PSY 310	Selected Topics	1 to 6

REQUIRED 400 LEVEL COURSES: 15 credit hours

Complete a minimum of 15 credit hours from the following courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
PSY 407	Seminar	1 to 6	PSY 303
PSY 424	Psychological Assessment	6	PSY 303 & STAT 327
PSY 433	Psychopharmacology	5	PSY 303 & 342
PSY 442	Neuropsychology	5	PSY 303, 335 & 342
PSY 451	Clinical Intervention	5	PSY 303 & 350
PSY 436	Psychology of Diversity [DPD]	5	PSY 360
PSY 473	Family Systems Theory & Therapy	5	PSY, 303, 311 & 350
PSY 410	Selected Topics	1 to 6	PSY 303

REQUIRED CAPSTONE:

Complete one of the following options:

Option One:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
PSY 450	Psychology Research Topics [UWR]	5	PSY 222, 223, 300-Core, 303 & STAT 327

Option Two:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
PSY 460	Experimental Psychology [UWR]	3	PSY 222, 223, 303, STAT 327 with a grade of B or higher and 300-Core
PSY 461	Research/Experimental Psychology	3	PSY 222, 223, 300-Core, 303, 460 & STAT 327

Option Three:

Psychology Honors Program Only: GPA of at least 3.33 in psychology courses at beginning of the senior year, and consent of psychology faculty.

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
PSY 403	Honors Thesis [UWR]	5	PSY 222, 223, 303, STAT 327 with a grade of B or higher and 300-Core

Total credits required for major: 65-66

Last update Feb 2020

Previous EPCC Checksheet (May 2015 update) this checksheet is for May 2015-spring 2020

**Oct 2021 PSY 436 added in place of PSY 453 in the ‘400 level courses’ section