Psychology - Bachelor of Arts

For information, contact the Department of Psychology, 100 Psychology Building, 513-529-2400, psychology@MiamiOH.edu.

You must have at least a 2.00 cumulative GPA for all psychology courses attempted and for which a letter grade has been earned. All courses used to satisfy basic departmental requirements must be taken for a letter grade. If you wish to transfer courses from another institution to meet requirements for the major, we strongly recommend you have those approved IN ADVANCE by the Lead Departmental Advisor.  

Departmental Honors

Students with both a cumulative and major GPA of 3.25 are eligible to apply to complete an honors thesis, which requires the support of a faculty advisor for the project. Departmental honors candidates complete PSY 480 (minimum 4; maximum 6), in which they write and present a thesis.

Recommended Courses of Study

This department offers a single major; all majors are encouraged to take a variety of courses in psychology. For flexible career planning, the department suggests courses of study consistent with your career goals. Choose those courses with your academic advisor.

Program Requirements

(40 hours, with a minimum of 36 semester hours in PSY)

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If you have taken EDP 101, you cannot receive credit for it and PSY 111, so the department will count it as meeting the requirement for PSY 111.  

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Consult with the Lead departmental advisor if you have taken a statistics course other than STA 261 (e.g., STA 125/ISA 125 or STA 301).

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PSY 294 is a prerequisite for nearly all courses at or above the 300-level. 

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Please see below for a list of courses that will count for each of these areas. 

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Some of these could overlap with the breadth requirement if the 200 level content  course is not required for the advanced course in the same content area

Breadth Areas 

Biopsychology

Cognitive

Developmental

Individual

Social