Academic Catalog

 Office:

 217 Polk Hall

 �Phone:

 448 4370

 Professors:

 E. Folse, Mathis, McKnight, Price, Rosenthal, Welsh (Head).

 Associate Professors:

 Dwight Boudreaux, Stout, Tanner.

 Assistant Professors:

 M. Boudreaux, C. Broussard, K. Chris Rachal.

The university awards the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in psychology to the student who completes the curriculum below. This curriculum is designed with two goals in mind: (1) to provide a strong liberal arts education which prepares students for a variety of careers and (2) to provide an adequate foundation of psychological knowledge and skills to those students who wish to pursue advanced degrees in psychology or related areas.

A minimum grade of C is required in ENGL 101, 102; MATH 101, and all psychology courses used to fulfill requirements of the major. The structure of the program leading to a bachelor's degree in Psychology is hierarchical i.e., many of the required courses are sequenced and must be completed in the appropriate order. Core courses (Psychology 208, 209, 305, 309, 312, and 401) must be completed at Nicholls State University. Each student majoring in psychology must complete requirements for a minor in another field. This minor must be selected from those described in the university Bulletin; the minor may not be selected from any area of teacher education.

The department offers graduate-level programs in counselor education, psychological counseling, and school psychology. Additional information about these programs may be found in the Graduate Studies section of this Bulletin.

 CLR – Computer Literacy Requirement

 GER – General Education Requirement

 OCR – Oral Communication Requirement

 UR – University Requirement

Students who are not majoring in psychology may complete a minor in the field by earning 21 semester hours of credit as follows: PSYC 101; 204 or 211; 208 or 301 or 302 or 402, and 12 hours of electives in Psychology. NOTE: Students majoring in a teacher education program are not allowed to select a minor in psychology.

 FRESHMAN YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 SOPHOMORE YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 BIOL Electives (GER)

 6

 CMPS Elective

 3

 ENGL 101, 102 (GER)

 6

 CMPS 101, 120, or OIS 200 (CLR)

 3

 Freshman Seminar Course (UR)

 1

 ENGL 366 or 368 (GER)

 3

 HIST 101, 102 or 150, 151 (GER)
 MATH 101, 102 or 105 (GER)

 6
 6

 ENGL Literature Elective (200 or
 above)

 3

 PSYC 101

 3

 PHSC Elective (GER)

 3

 SPCH 101 (OCR)

 3

 PSYC 204, 208, 209

 9

 31

 Social Science Elective
 (non- PSYC) (GER)

 3

 Elective

 3

 30

 JUNIOR YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 SENIOR YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 Minor or Electives*

 9

 Arts Elective (GER)

 3

 PSYC 301, 302, 303,
 305, 309, 312, 399

 19

 Minor or Electives*
 PSYC 401 and Elective

 24
 6

 PSYC Elective*

 3

 33

 31

 Total Hours Required for Degree:  

 125