Associate
of Arts Degree in Psychology
The associate degree in psychology prepares
students to move into curriculum at a four-year institution leading to a
baccalaureate degree for specialization in any of more than twenty branches
of psychology including, child, clinical, personal, vocation and marriage
counseling, industrial, mental health, and college teaching. Completion of
the two-year program is appropriate for students whose vocational plans
include helping people, i.e., teaching, social welfare, probation,
criminology, nursing, law, personnel work).
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE:
| Required
courses: |
Units: |
Psychology 100, Introduction to
Psychology
OR
Psychology 100H, Honors Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
| Psychology 219, Research Methods in
Psychology |
3 |
| Social Sciences 219, Statistics &
Probability |
4 |
| |
|
| Two courses from the following
psychology electives: |
6 |
| Psychology 140, Psychology of
Adulthood & Aging |
|
| Psychology 157, Introduction to Child
Psychology |
|
| Psychology 170, Multicultural
Psychology |
|
| Psychology 200, Physiological
Psychology |
|
| Psychology 230, Psychology & Effective
Behavior |
|
| Psychology 240, Introduction to Social
Psychology |
|
| Psychology 250, Abnormal Psychology |
|
| |
|
| One additional elective
from the psychology courses above or from the following: |
3 |
| Anthropology 100 or 100H, 101; Biology
109, 149; Chemistry 109,119; Computer Science 100; Interdisciplinary
Studies 155; Philosophy 110, 111; Sociology 100 or 100H |
|
|
TOTAL UNITS
|
19 |
|
