Program: Psychology - Human Services Concentration, BS - Appalachian State University

Program Requirements

General Education Requirements (44 Hours)

General Education Requirements

Some general education requirements may be double-counted in the major with departmental approval. Please see your advisor for information.

Major Requirements (41-45 Hours)

(not including 15 semester hours for science & math and PSY 1200 ; already counted in General Education requirements, above)

2.0 major GPA is required for graduation. Major GPA calculation will include all courses taken in the major discipline, plus any other courses under major and concentration requirements. Minimum of 18 semester hours of courses taken to fulfill major requirements must be courses offered through Appalachian.

Introduction to Discipline (4 Hours)

Research Methods (7-8 Hours)

(*Minimum grade of “C” (2.0) required)

Foundations of Psychological Science (12 Hours)

Choose at least one course from each of the following groups

(PSY 3100 is a prerequisite/co-requisite for each of these courses)

Biological Group

Developmental Group

Indiv/Group Behavior Group

Learning & Cognition Group

Doing Psychology (3 Hours)

Choose 3 hours from the following Laboratory and/or Research/Fieldwork courses:

Laboratory Courses (PSY 3100 is prerequisite for PSY 4210 -PSY 4217 )

Research/Fieldwork Courses

Any PSY Service Learning course will fulfill this requirement except PSY 2100 .

Applied Psychology (6 Hours)

Choose at least two courses from the following

Capstone Course (3 Hours)

Choose at least one course from the following

(PSY 3100 is a prerequisite for each of these courses)

Psychology Elective Courses (Choose 6 Hours)

(PSY 1200 is a prerequisite for each of these courses)

Choose at least 6 hours from courses beyond the requirements in Foundations, Doing Psychology, Applied Psychology, and Capstone Areas above or the following:

Science/Math Requirement (15 Hours)

Any math and science lab courses up to 12 hours can be used in both general education and this requirement. An additional 3 hours must be taken from AST, BIO, CHE, GES, PHY, STT, MAT, or E_S 2040 or E_S 2050 . Classes excluded from the additional hours are STT 1810 , STT 2810 , STT 2820 , MAT 1001 , and MAT 1010 .

Human Services Concentration (21 Hours)

Minimum of 21 semester hours

Any course used to satisfy a general education requirement cannot be used to satisfy a concentration requirement.

All courses must be at the 2000 level or above.

21 semester hours must come from at least two of the following academic areas or courses: Counseling, Family Therapy, and Higher Education (MFT, LDS, CED prefixes only), Child Development, Literacy and Special Education (SPE prefix only), Communication Science & Disorders, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Sociology, BIO 4563 , COM 2124 , PHL 3015 , PHL 3030 , PSY 2305 .

Minor (optional)

Electives (10-14 Hours)

Taken to total 120 hours for the degree

Psychology - Human Services Concentration, BS