Bachelor of Science in Psychology

General Requirements for the BS Degree in Psychology

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  A minimum of 51 credit hours in required and elective courses, consisting of:
  • PSYC 1000, 1005, 2090, 2220, 3090 and 4054
  • one experiential learning course from approved list
  • two upper division natural sciences electives (from approved list)
  • one of the following: PSYC 3205, PSYC 33305 or PSYC 3415
  • two upper division psychology electives (from approved list) 
  • BIOL 2051/2071, BIOL 2061/2081, CHEM 2031/2038, CHEM 2061/2068
• A minimum of 16 upper division Psychology credit hours taken from UC Denver Downtown Campus faculty.
• No more than 56 credit hours in Psychology can count toward graduation.

Core Course Requirements for the BS Degree in Psychology

PSYCHOLOGY CORE COURSE REQUIREMENTS (ALL REQUIRED)

• PSYC 1000, Introduction to Psychology I
• PSYC 1005, Introduction to Psychology II
• PSYC 2090, Statistics and Research Methods and recitiation (PSY 2090R)
• PSYC 2220, Biological Basis of Behavior
• PSYC 3090, Research Methods in Psychology
• PSYC 4054, Behavioral Neuroscience

NATURAL SCIENCES CORE COURSE REQUIREMENTS (ALL REQUIRED)

• BIOL 2051, General Biology 1
• BIOL 2071, General Biology 1 Lab
• BIOL 2061, General Biology 2
• BIOL 2081, General Biology 2 Lab
• CHEM 2031, General Chemistry 1
• CHEM 2038, General Chemistry 1 Lab
• CHEM 2061, General Chemistry 2
• CHEM 2068, General Chemistry 2 Lab

Elective Courses for the BS Degree in Psychology

PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE COURSES (TWO REQUIRED)

• PSYC 3104, Behavioral Genetics
• PSYC 3222, Principles of Learning and Behavior
• PSYC 3254, Introduction to Animal Behavior
• PSYC 3262, Health Psychology 
• PSYC 3263, Hormones and Behavior 
• PSYC 3264, Exercise, Brain and Behavior
• PSYC 3265, Drugs, Brain, and Behavior
• PSYC 3600, Special Topics (must have advisor approval)
• PSYC 3724, Developmental Psychobiology
• PSYC 3810, Neuropsychology
• PSYC 3822, Aging, Brain and Behavior
• PSYC 3832, Neural Basis of Learning
• PSYC 4164, Psychology of Perception

ONE OF THE FOLLOWING

• PSYC 3205, Developmental Psychology I
• PSYC 3305, Abnormal Psychology
• PSYC 3415, Experimental Social Psychology

NATURAL SCIENCES ELECTIVE COURSES (TWO REQUIRED)

• BIOL 3225, Human Physiology
• BIOL 3244, Human Anatomy
• BIOL 3445, Introduction to Evolution
• BIOL 3611, General Cell Biology
• BIOL 3621, Introduction to Immunology
• BIOL 3654, General Microbiology
• BIOL 3832, General Genetics
• BIOL 4134, Human Genetics
• BIOL 4165, Neurobiology
• CHEM 3810, Biochemistry

Experiential Learning Courses

ONE REQUIRED. REQUIRES PERMISSION OF BS ADVISOR AND INSTRUCTOR.

• PSY 3939, Internship in Psychology (three credit hours; 2.75 GPA required)
• PSYC 4111, Senior Seminar Capstone course
• PSY 4840, Independent Study in Psychology (three credit hours)
• PSYC 4880, Directed Research in Psychology (three credit hours)

Policies Governing the BS Degree in Psychology

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  No grade below C- is acceptable toward the major requirements. That is, courses in which a student earns a D or below will not count toward the major.
• Pass/fail grades do not count toward the major requirements.
• Psychology courses taken at other colleges and universities (including CU-Boulder and CU-Colorado Springs) must be approved by the UC Denver psychology BS advisor before they can be counted toward the major requirements.