Admission to the Program

All students requesting admission to the major should contact the chairperson of the Psychology Department. The student will then be assigned an advisor within the department.

Degree Requirements

1. All majors must complete a minimum of 39 credits in psychology, exclusive of PSY 100.
2. Students must complete the six courses listed under Psychology Requirements (PSY 101, PSY 217, PSY 227, PSY 327, PSY 402/409, PSY 419) with a grade of C or better.
3. Majors either follow the General Psychology curriculum or, as an alternative, choose a concentration in the Psychology of Children and Youth or Industrial-Organizational Psychology.
4. A minimum of 18 credits of psychology must be completed in residence at Eastern.
5. A minimum overall Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of 2.3 in psychology courses is required for graduation with a major in psychology. Students may not include PSY 100 or Special Program courses in the calculation of the G.P.A. Thus, students are not allowed to use PSY 100, 480, 490, 491, 496, 497 or 498 in computing this required G.P.A. Students must also earn a C or better in each of the six courses required of all psychology majors (PSY 101, PSY 217, PSY 227, PSY 327, PSY 402/409, PSY 419).  It is further noted that students should maintain a minimum 3.0 G.P.A. in the major to be considered for graduate studies in psychology.
6. All psychology majors must take the psychology comprehensive exam and exit survey prior to graduation.
   

Psychology Requirements

All majors are required to take the following six courses:

PSY         101          Introduction to the Psychology Major
PSY         217          Research Methods I
PSY         227          Behavioral Science Statistics
PSY         327          Research Methods II
PSY         402/409   Current Research in (Child) Psychology
PSY         419          History and Systems of Psychology