BGS in General Studies: Psychology Emphasis (33 hours*)

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1. Complete the following prerequisite course:
   STDEV 100 : Essential College Skills. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   STDEV 100 : Essential College Skills. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Developing essential college skills. Aims of BYU, values and goals, sound thinking skills. Learning styles and adjustment to college courses. College requirements and planning.
   
   
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2. Complete the following core courses:
   PSYCH 111 : Introduction to Psychological Science. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 111 : Introduction to Psychological Science. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic course in modern scientific psychology.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   PSYCH 210 : A History of Psychology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 210 : A History of Psychology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	PSYCH 111
   RECOMMENDED:	May be taken concurrently with Psych 301.
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of psychological thinking from Ancient Greece to the present. Emphasizes a critical stance toward the assumptions and implications of major psychological theories.
   NOTE:	This course contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Subject Test.
   
   
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   PSYCH 301 : Psychological Statistics. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 301 : Psychological Statistics. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	PSYCH 101 & PSYCH 111; Math 110 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Descriptive analysis and hypothesis testing applied to psychological research data.
   NOTE:	May be taken concurrently with Psych 210. Stat 121 will not substitute for this course. Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
   
   
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   PSYCH 350 : (Psych-Soc) Introduction to Social Psychology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 350 : (Psych-Soc) Introduction to Social Psychology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Conformity and obedience; socialization, norms, roles; attitudes, leadership, group processes.
   NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
   
   
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   PSYCH 381 : Behavioral Neurobiology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 381 : Behavioral Neurobiology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent. (Neuro 205 will substitute for Psych 302.)
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic physiological, anatomical, and chemical foundations of psychology.
   NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
   
   
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   And complete one course from the following:

   PSYCH 320 : Developmental Psychology: Childhood. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 320 : Developmental Psychology: Childhood. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Physical, mental, emotional, and social development of the child.
   NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
   
   
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   PSYCH 342 : Abnormal Psychology. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 342 : Abnormal Psychology. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Dynamics of maladjustment; major psychological disorders and therapeutic procedures. Fieldwork required.
   NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
   
   
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3. Complete 11 hours from the following (including any courses not used for core above):
   ANTHR 101 : Social/Cultural Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 101 : Social/Cultural Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Aspects of society and culture: kinship, beliefs, economy, and political order among peoples worldwide. Methods and perspectives used in social/cultural anthropology.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   PSYCH 306 : Psychology of Gender. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 306 : Psychology of Gender. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Biological and social contributions to sex role development, sexual self-concept, and complementarity of sex roles.
   NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Subject Test.
   
   
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   PSYCH 330 : Organizational Psychology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 330 : Organizational Psychology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Personal, interactional, and structural aspects of organizations; motivation, decision making, problem-solving communication, leadership, organizational structure, change.
   NOTE:	Org B 321 will not substitute for this course.
   
   
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   PSYCH 338 : Sport Psychology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 338 : Sport Psychology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Application of psychological principles to sporting activities.
   
   
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   PSYCH 341 : Personality. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 341 : Personality. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Individual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion; personality theories and their associated strategies of research, assessments, and personality change.
   NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
   
   
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   PSYCH 358 : Leadership Development. (3:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 358 : Leadership Development. (3:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 301, 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Principles and practices of successful leadership: decision making, communications, planning, team building, motivation, and interpersonal skills.
   
   
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   PSYCH 361 : Principles of Learning. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 361 : Principles of Learning. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Principles of learning; representative experiments.
   NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
   
   
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   PSYCH 365 : Motivation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 365 : Motivation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Determinants of motivation, relationship of motives to emotion, cognition, personality, and action. Implications for understanding self and others.
   NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
   
   
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   BYU undergraduate campus courses (including Salt Lake Center classes) in psychology may be used to fill emphasis electives.

4. Complete the following capstone course:
   STDEV 490 : Bachelor of General Studies Capstone. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   STDEV 490 : Bachelor of General Studies Capstone. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study only.
   PREREQUISITE:	STDEV 100; completion of all other BGS program requirements.
   DESCRIPTION:	Culminating course required for bachelor of general studies degree: analyze and evaluate BGS experience in light of the "Aims of a BYU Education" and summarize this experience in a reflective paper, integrate material learned in emphasis by completing a scholarly essay, and demonstrate accomplishment of learning outcomes.
   
   
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*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.