UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE
FORMS
Academic Program
Approval
This form is a routing
document for the approval of new and revised academic programs. Proposing department should
complete this form. For more
information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.
Submitted by:
_____________________________________phone
number__________
Add a Bachelor of
Science Degree curriculum for majors
Action: _______________________________________________________________________________________
(Example: add major/minor/concentration, delete
major/minor/concentration, revise
major/minor/concentration, academic
unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change,
etc.)
06F
Effective term________________________________________________________________________________
(use format 04F, 05W)
BA
Current
degree___________________________________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
BS
(in addition to BA)
Proposed change leads to
the degree of: ______________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Bachelor of Science in
Psychology
Proposed name:__________________________________________________________
Proposed
new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic
unit
(if applicable)
Revising or Deleting:
Undergraduate major /
Concentration:_________________________________
(Example: Applied Music
Instrumental
degree BMAS)
Undergraduate minor:_______________________________________________
(Example: African Studies, Business Administration, English, Leadership, etc.)
Graduate Program Policy
statement change:____________________________
(Attach your Graduate Program Policy
Statement)
Graduate Program of Study:__________________________________________
(Example: Animal Science: MS Animal
Science: PHD Economics: MA Economics:
PHD)
Graduate minor /
concentration:______________________________________
List program changes for
curriculum revisions:
Addition of a Bachelor of
Science Degree Program to the existing Bachelor of Arts Degree
Program. The BA Program will not
change.
List new courses required
for the new or revised curriculum:
(Be aware that approval of the curriculum
is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course
Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter None)
CURRICULUM
CREDITS
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE
MAJOR:
PSYCHOLOGY
University
Requirements:
ENGL 110 Critical
MULTICULTURAL
COURSE
03
COLLEGE
REQUIREMENTS:
Foreign Language
00-12
Breadth Requirements
24 *
(Minimum of 6 credits each
in Groups A & B;
12 credits in Group
C)
SECOND WRITING
REQUIREMENT
03
SCIENCE
CORE:
Biological Sciences
11*
Take these 3 courses:
BISC 207
Introductory Biology I
04
BISC 208
Introductory Biology II
04
BISC 306
General Physiology
03
BISC 207 will be taken in
the Spring semester and 208 in the Fall semester, as
per
agreement with the Biology
Dept.
Chemistry and Physics
08*
Take two courses in
sequence:
CHEM 103/104
General Chemistry or
08
PHYS 201/202
Introductory Physics I/II
08
Mathematics
03-04*
MATH 221
Calculus or
03
MATH 241
Analytic Geometry and Calculus A
04
Computer Science
03*
CISC 105
General Computer Science
03
Major
Requirements:
PSYC 100
General Psychology
03
PSYC 207
Research Methods
03
PSYC 209
Measurement and Statistics
03
One of the following four
courses:
03
PSYC 312
Learning and Motivation
PSYC 314
Brain and Behavior
PSYC 316
Biological Bases of Behavior
PSYC 320
Introduction to Neuroscience
One of the following three
courses:
03
PSYC 310
Sensation and Perception
PSYC 340
Cognition
PSYC 344
Psychology of Language
One of the following two
courses:
03
PSYC 350
Developmental Psychology
PSYC 380
Psychopathology
One of the following two
courses:
03
PSYC 370
Research in Personality
PSYC 390
Social Psychology
PSYC 394
Cultural Psychology
Three courses at the
400-level or the 600-level:
09 *
Two courses of supervised
research:
06 *
PSYC 468
Research or
UNIV 401/402
Thesis
A grade of C- or better is
required in all BISC, CHEM, PHY, MATH, CISC, and PSYC
courses.
* These components
supplement the current BA curriculum by adding Science Background, specifying
Calculus as a Math requirement, adding to the major one 400 level course, the possible substitution of 600 level courses, and
the supervised research requirement.
The University Thesis program will substitute for the PSYC 468
requirement. To compensate for the
added course requirements, the new degree program reduces the number of credits
needed to satisfy the Arts & Sciences General Education requirements by 6 in
each of Groups A and B.
Other affected
units:
(List other departments affected by
this new or revised curriculum.
Attach permission from the affected units. If no other unit is affected, enter
None)
Biological
Sciences
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Computer Science
Rationale:
(Explain your reasons for creating,
revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)
We first explain our goals for this proposed Bachelor of Science Degree Program. Then we describe and explain the details.
Goals:
We propose a new Bachelor of Science Degree Program for several reasons. First, we would like to increase the number of students who apply to graduate schools in psychology and the competitiveness of our best students for entrance into top level graduate programs. We can increase the number by emphasizing the science end of psychology and the strong interrelations with other life sciences. Similarly, exposure to more physical science and more opportunities for supervised independent research in our department (e.g., through PSYC 468) will enhance competitiveness. Good graduate programs in Clinical Science now, for instance, recruit students on the basis of their science interests and demonstrated aptitude, and appreciate the Bachelor of Science degree.
Second, we would like to better meet the needs of students with strong science backgrounds and interests who change majors to Psychology because of changing career aspirations. Providing more opportunities to take upper level and graduate courses and to do supervised research enhances the ability of these students to craft specialty concentrations. The Bachelor of Science Degree Program thus both channels and rewards their achievements. Similarly, students in our undergraduate Neuroscience program, with exceptionally strong science backgrounds, will welcome the new opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Science degree rather than a BA.
More generally, third, we would like to offer dedicated students the opportunity to engage in depth the rigorous scientific approach to Psychology advocated by the faculty. A Bachelor of Science Degree Program serves a rhetorical purpose in communicating that approach and will serve to recruit select students away from the Bachelor of Arts program. As we develop the Bachelor of Science Program, we plan to focus on providing exciting, rigorous, and sequenced research experiences in our laboratories.
Finally, a Bachelor of Science Degree Program dramatically enhances our competitiveness in applying for grants from federal funded programs for undergraduate research and teaching in aspects of psychological science. NIMH, for example, has a program to enhance the undergraduate science training of potential applicants to Clinical Science graduate programs.
Details:
The proposed program requires students to take between 25 and 26 credits in courses constituting the science background (11 in Biology, 8 in Chemistry or Physics, and 6-7 in Computer Science and Math). This total represents an increase of possibly 12 to 13 science credits over the usual number for BA Psychology majors. We also are requiring 6 extra credits in courses in Psychology, with 3 coming from an additional specialty seminar and 6 coming from two semesters of quasi-independent supervised research (PSYC 468). The typical BA major also has 3 credits of electives, which we are eliminating. To partially compensate for the extra credits in the Science background and Psychology components, we propose to reduce the number of credits necessary to satisfy the Arts and Sciences Groups A and B requirements. Halving that number frees up 12 credits.
We
expect to graduate about 10 students per year with a BS degree. That figure would constitute about 5% of
our current Psychology majors. Many
of these 10 students will be in our current Neuroscience interdisciplinary
program or will be students interested in Biological Sciences as a major who
migrated to Psychology.
Program Requirements:
(Show the new or revised curriculum as
it should appear in the Course Catalog.
If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the
present curriculum.)
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE
MAJOR:
PSYCHOLOGY
University
Requirements:
ENGL 110 Critical
MULTICULTURAL
COURSE
03
COLLEGE
REQUIREMENTS:
Foreign Language
00-12
Breadth Requirements
24
(Minimum of 6 credits each
in Groups A & B;
12 credits in Group
C)
SECOND WRITING
REQUIREMENT
03
SCIENCE
CORE:
Biological Sciences
11
Take these 3 courses:
BISC 207
Introductory Biology I
04
BISC 208
Introductory Biology II
04
BISC 306
General Physiology
03
BISC 207 will be taken in
the Spring semester and 208 in the Fall
semester.
Chemistry and Physics
08
Take two courses in
sequence:
CHEM 103/104
General Chemistry or
08
PHYS 201/202
Introductory Physics I/II
08
Mathematics
03-04
MATH 221
Calculus or
03
MATH 241
Analytic Geometry and Calculus A
04
Computer Science
03
CISC 105
General Computer Science
03
MAJOR
REQUIREMENTS:
PSYC 100
General Psychology
03
PSYC 207
Research Methods
03
PSYC 209
Measurement and Statistics
03
One of the following four
courses:
03
PSYC 312
Learning and Motivation
PSYC 314
Brain and Behavior
PSYC 316
Biological Bases of Behavior
PSYC 320
Introduction to Neuroscience
One of the following three
courses:
03
PSYC 310
Sensation and Perception
PSYC 340
Cognition
PSYC 344
Psychology of Language
One of the following two
courses:
03
PSYC 350
Developmental Psychology
PSYC 380
Psychopathology
One of the following two
courses:
03
PSYC 370
Research in Personality
PSYC 390
Social Psychology
PSYC 394
Cultural Psychology
Three courses at the
400-level or the 600-level:
09
Two courses of supervised
research:
06
PSYC 468
Research or
UNIV 401/402
Thesis
A grade of C- or better is
required in all BISC, CHEM, PHY, MATH, CISC, and PSYC
courses.
ELECTIVES
After required courses are
completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit
requirement for the degree.
CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM
OF
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ROUTING AND
AUTHORIZATION:
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Department
Chairperson
Date
Dean of
College
Date
Chairperson,
College Curriculum
Committee___________________________________Date_____________________
Chairperson,
Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies
Date
Chairperson,
Senate Coordinating Com.
Date
Secretary,
Faculty Senate
Date
Date of
Senate Resolution
Date to be Effective
Registrar
Program Code
Date
Vice
Provost for Academic Programs & Planning
Date
Provost
Date
Board of
Trustee Notification
Date
Revised