To receive a degree from Northwestern Oklahoma State University, a student must earn at least 124 hours of credit in a chosen curriculum.  Regardless of the student’s major, 54 of these hours must be from the General Education courses listed in the undergraduate catalog.  The student will also select a minor program of study to fulfill additional credit hours.  The courses needed to complete a major in Psychology are specified.  Students are able to choose “elective” courses in both their major and the General Education requirements.

B.S. Degree		Major	Minor
PSYC 1113	General Psychology	3	3
PSYC 3103	History of Psychology	3
PSYC 3123	Human Life-Span Development	3	3
PSYC 4213	Statistics	3
PSYC 4222	Research Methodology	2
PSYC 4232	Experimental Psychology	2
	*Electives (can include lower division hours)	6
	*Elective Advanced Psychology	18	14
Minimum Total		40	20
*Choose electives from the following courses:
PSYC 1213	Marriage and the Family
PSYC 2113	Psychology of Adjustment
PSYC 3143	Social Psychology
PSYC 3153	Theories of Psychological Testing
PSYC 3163	Motivation
PSYC 3213	Industrial Psychology
PSYC 3243	Biopsychology
PSYC 3313	Consumer Behavior
PSYC 3412	Child Guidance
PSYC 3512	Adolescent Guidance
PSYC 4113	Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 4123	Therapy
PSYC 4153	Psychology of Learning
PSYC 4163	Personality
PSYC 4253	Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 4413	Advanced General Psychology
PSYC 4460	Psychology Laboratory
PSYC 4470	Independent Study
PSYC 4480	Seminar in Psychology
PSYC 4490	Readings
Substance Abuse Studies Minor
Select 6 hours from the following:
PSYC 1113	General Psychology
SOC 1113	Introductory Sociology
SOCW 2113	Social Work: A Helping Profession
Select 6 hours from the following:
PSYC 4013	Substance Abuse Counseling
SOC 4603	Substance Abuse and Addiction
SOCW 4023	Social Work Practice with Families and Groups
Select 3 hours from the following:
PSYC 3153	Theories of Psychological Testing
PSYC 4222	Research Methodology AND 1 additional hour of independent study in research
SOC 4723	Social Research and Evaluation
Select 9 hours from the following:
CJUS 4403	Prob, Parole and Comm Treatment
H ED 3202	Therapeutic Recreation AND 1 additional hour in Readings in Therapeutic Recreation--4490
PSYC 4113	Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 4123	Therapy
SOC 4233	Criminology
SOCW 4133	Social Work and Mental Health
Total Hours		24

Note 1:  The substance abuse minor is available to Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice majors.