1991-1992 Academic Catalog

PrograIDsofStudy The Department ofPsychology offers the following programs of study: Majors in: Psychology Applied psychology with emphases in: Child and family studies Counseling Gerontology Health psychology Industrial/Organizational psychology Behavioral science Minor in: Psychology Psychology The psychology major provides students with general exposure to the field of psychology in preparation for graduate study in psychology or a number of other human-services related fields. Course requirements involve fifty-four quarter hours including: PYCH-160 General Psychology .............................................................. 5 PYCH-261 Psychological Statistics ......................................................... 5 PYCH-264 Psychology ofAbnormal Behavior ........................................ 5 PYCH-361 History and Systems ofPsychology ...................................... .4 PYCH-365 PsychologyofLearning ........................................................ 4 PYCH-366 Fundamentals of Counseling ................................................. 5 PYCH-369 Social Psychology ................................................................. 5 PYCH-373 Psychological Research ......................................................... 5 PYCH-464 Literature Seminar in Psychology .......................................... 4 Electives in psychology .......................................................................... 12 Psychology majors are encouraged to take a broad spectrum of courses in their undergraduate education. Coursework in biology, computers, mathematics, and philosophy is highly desirable. Particularly relevant courses include: BEPH-220 Introduction to Philosophy BI0-216 Human Anatomy and Physiology CIS-100 Introduction to Computers GSCI-180 Introduction to Mathematics Psychology 167 Psychology Major Curriculum Summary Proficiency requirements ..................................................................... 0-8 Psychology major requirements ............................................................ 55 Other General Education requirements .......................................... 80-102 Electives ......................................................................................... 36-58 Total (minimum, not including proficiency) .................................... 192 First year: BEGE-171 The Christ.Life .......•....... 4 BEGE-l72IntroBih1Study ••..•....•..•. 4 ENG-110 &lg. Comp. I..................... 5 ENG-140&!g.Comp.ll •.......•..••...... 5 PYCH-160 Gen. Psych ..•..•.....•.•.....•• 5 History elective ............................ 5 Biologicalscience ....•...........•....•.. 5 HUM-140 Intro. Humanities ........•.... 5 PEF-199P.A.CL .............................. 2 P.E. elective .................................. 1 Elective ........................................ 5 Total--·-----·---·· 46 Third year: BEGE-375 God and History.............. 4 BEGE-376GodandChurch .............. 4 PYCH-261 Psych. Stats ..................,. 5 PYCH-365 Psych. Leaming.............. 4 PYCH-369Soc.Psych. .......•..•....."... 5 Psychqlogy elective .................... 4-5 Electives .•........•..•..•.......•..•..•....... 22 Total -··--·----·-----·-·48 Secondyear: PYCH-270,370,or371 ..................... 4 PYCH-264Abnon:nal.Psych. ............ 5 GSS-100 Found. Soc. Sci ...•.••.......... 5 COM-110 Fund. Speech.................... 5 Literatureelective ..•..•.....•..•.•........ 5 Phys. science elective .............•..... 5 BEGE-273 0.T. Survey..................... 4 BEGE-274 N.T. Survey..................... 4 BEPH-220 Intro. Philo. ....•..•..........•.. 5 History elective ........................... 4-5 Math or sci. elective...................... 5 Total --·---·----51-52 Hist& Sys. ....•..........•..... 4 PYCH-366 Fund. Counseling............ 5 PYCH-373 Psych. Research •..•........•. 5 PYCH-464 Lit. Seminar.................... 4 Psychology elective .........•.•.....•...4-5 Electives ..................................22-29 Total -·-·-·---·--·---·-··-45-52 ':.i\t Cedarville we feel that one must have an adequate knowledge of the facts in what can be called 'hard core psychology' in order to be able to develop balanced integration. Integration requires knowing the facts and interpreting them from abiblical perspective." - Stanley Ballard, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Psychology