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Aug 24, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Psychology, B.S.
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Psychology
Greg Schmidt, program coordinator
615-898-2101
Greg.Schmidt@mtsu.edu
The curriculum is arranged to provide familiarity with scientific bases of psychology for students preparing for careers in a variety of professions; the knowledge and skills necessary for graduate work in psychology; and the academic preparation and technical skills for students who plan to work in health-related, business and/or research settings after completing their undergraduate work.
Two minors are required. Students may choose a specialty minor offered by the department, but this is not required. At least one minor, however, must be from outside the department. The specific interests and career goals of each student determine the remainder of the program. A minimum of 9 psychology upper-division hours from the set of “Required Core Classes” and a minimum of 6 other psychology hours must be taken at MTSU. Students who are graduating with a University Honors/Honors Associate minor must have two other non-honors minors.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
38 hours* |
| Supporting Course |
3-4 hours* |
| Minor 1 |
15-18 hours |
| Minor 2 |
15-18 hours |
| Electives |
1-8 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:
Major Requirements (38 hours)
A grade of C- or above is required for all major core coursework.
Supporting Course (3-4 hours)
Junior Year
- Psychology required core course 3 credit hours
- Psychology elective courses 6 credit hours
- Minor courses 15 credit hours
- General elective hours 2-6 credit hours
Senior Year
- Psychology required core course 3 credit hours
- Psychology elective courses 6 credit hours
- Minor courses 9 credit hours
- General electives 7-12 hours
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