Psychology Major: Business Concentration , B.A.; B.S.

B.A. degree or B.S. degree

Major Map

The Psychology Major is extremely flexible and is appropriate for anyone interested in psychology, regardless of post-graduation plans including graduate school. The Psychology Major requires completion of a minimum of 30 semester hours of PSY courses. Two additional concentrations are available (Mental Health Psychology and Business Psychology) that each require 36 credit hours.

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

You must complete a minimum of 18 hours of psychology course work at CMU.
You must earn a grade of “C” or better in all courses to count toward this concentration. PSY 100 may be taken on a CR/NC basis.
You must earn a grade of "C" or better in PSY 211QR to enroll in PSY 285 and earn a "C" or better in PSY 285 and have completed ENG 201 to enroll in PSY 385. Online courses in PSY 385 are reserved for CMU Online students only. Consult individual course descriptions for prerequisites for other courses. Note: PSY 285 and PSY 385 are offered as WI sections.
Credit restrictions: Only PSY 100 may be taken on a CR/NC basis. No more than 9 hours may be counted from the following courses with unspecified content: PSY 200, PSY 400, PSY 496, PSY 497, PSY 498, PSY 500, PSY 501, PSY 502. Further, not more than 3 hours may be counted from any one unspecified content course.

Program Requirements

Required Courses I (9 hours)

PSY 100	Introduction to Psychology	3(3-0)
PSY 285	Research Methods	3(3-0)
PSY 385	Applications of Research Methods	3(3-0)

Required Courses II (3 hours)

PSY 211QR

Introduction to Psychological Statistics

3(3-0)

Note: Students who have already taken BIO 500 Biological Statistics (3) or HSC 544 Biostatistics (3) and received a grade of "C" or better in the course may substitute the requirement for PSY 211. In that case, an additional three (3) hours of Psychology must be taken.

Required Courses III (9 hours)

PSY 330	Social Psychology	3(3-0)
PSY 336	Psychology of Work	3(3-0)
PSY 337	Psychology of Advertising	3(3-0)

Electives I (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

PSY 459	Stress	3(3-0)
PSY 535	Organizational Psychology	3(3-0)
PSY 536	Personnel Psychology	3(3-0)
PSY 538	Occupational Health Psychology	3(3-0)

Electives II (6 hours)

Select from the following. The course counted for Electives I may not be counted here.

PSY 310	Psychological Testing	3(3-0)
PSY 340	Studies in Personality	3(3-0)
PSY 379	Health Psychology	3(3-0)
PSY 459	Stress	3(3-0)
PSY 510	Principles of Psychological Measurement	3(3-0)
PSY 511	Statistics in Psychology	3(3-1)
PSY 535	Organizational Psychology	3(3-0)
PSY 536	Personnel Psychology	3(3-0)
PSY 537	Organizational Behavior Management	3(3-0)
PSY 538	Occupational Health Psychology	3(3-0)
PSY 583	Motivation and Emotion	3(3-0)

Psychology Electives (6 hours)

Select 6 hours of PSY courses. Courses counted for Electives I or II may not be used here.

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