Psychology, B.S.

Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after. See “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree .”
Satisfy the core requirements for the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science degree.
Bachelor of Arts option - 6 semester hours of sophomore foreign language
Bachelor of Science option - natural sciences with lab (for a total of 11 sem. Hrs. of natural sciences)
General requirements - 13-17 semester hours including ENGL 3430 Professional Writing , HUMA 4322 Ethics , and six semester hours of any upper division HUMA, HIST or ENGL courses, Speech ^, Computer Literacy^
Specialization - 30 advanced semester hours, including PSYC 2317 Statistical Methods in Psychology ; PSYC 2319 Social Psychology ; PSYC 3316 Child and Adolescent Development or PSYC 3317 Adult Development and Gerontology ; PSYC 3314 Physiological Psychology ; PSYC 4310 Tests and Measurements ; PSYC 4311 Abnormal Psychology ; PSYC 4314 History and Systems ; PSYC 4320 Principles of Learning ; PSYC 4318 Research Methods for the Social Sciences . Note PSYC 3315 and 4312 are old courses and are no longer active.
Free electives-Additional hours to satisfy the minimum of 120 credit hours on the degree plan and any other minimums, such as 36 upper division credit hours.

These requirements are summarized below:

Degree Requirements

The following requirements apply to all candidates for the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science. The Bachelor of Arts option is available to those who choose plans in Communication, Humanities, Mathematical Sciences, or Psychology. The Bachelor of Science option is available to those who choose plans in Biology, Communication, Computer Science, Computer Information System, Criminal Justice, Mathematical Sciences or Psychology.

Satisfy all university requirements for a bachelor’s degree as found in the ”University Degree Requirements“ section of this catalog.
Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after. Note: Students who transfer from a Texas public community college or public university and are certified as core complete shall have satisfied the core requirements of UHV.
Satisfy the requirements for either the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science, as follows:

Bachelor of Arts
(1) Lower Division: 3 semester hours of speech and satisfy Computer literacy/proficiency requirement (See [**] below); Foreign Language: 6 semester hours at the sophomore level in one foreign language. Students submitting an acceptable score on a standard foreign language proficiency test approved by the College of Natural and Applied Science may substitute 6 semester hours of electives.

Bachelor of Science
(1) Lower Division: 3 semester hours of speech and satisfy Computer literacy/proficiency requirement (See [**] below); Natural Sciences: 11 semester hours in natural sciences, at least 2 semester hours of which must be in laboratory courses. Natural sciences include biology, biophysical sciences, chemistry, geology, and physics. To fulfill the natural science course requirement, students must take at least six semester credit hours in natural science coursework. i.e. Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, or Bio/Physical Science

[**] May be satisfied within the core curriculum. However, 3 semester hours of both speech and Computer literacy/proficiency are still required even if the student is certified as core complete by way of transfer from a Texas public community college or public university.

4. Satisfy course requirements for the plan: At least 24 semester hours in one plan of which at least 18 semester hours must be advanced.

Core Curriculum Requirements

(42 total core hours required).

Core 010 Communication
Core 020 Mathematics
Core 030 Life and Physical Science
Core 040 Language, Philosophy and Culture
Core 050 Creative Arts
Core 060 American History
Core 070 Government/Political Science
Core 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences
Core 090 Component Area Option: Speech
Core 090 Component Area Option: Computer Literacy

Plan Program Requirements

General

Speech ^
Computer Literacy ^
ENGL 3430 Professional Writing
(B.A. option) Foreign Language – (6 s.h. in sophomore level foreign language
(B.S. option) Additional Natural Science with Labs
HUMA 4322 Ethics
6 s.h. UD HUMA/HIST/ENGL

Specialization (27 s.h.)

Free Electives

(Additional hours to satisfy the minimum of 120 credit hours on the degree plan and any other minimums such as 36 upper division hours.)

Total: 120 s.h.

Total must be minimum of 120 s.h. with minimum of 36 s.h. at upper division level.
^ May be satisfied within core curriculum. However, 3 semester hours of both speech and computer literacy/proficiency are still required even if the student is certified as core complete by way of transfer from a Texas public community college or public university.