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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Psychology, Applied Psychology Track (BS) Sample Plan


Year One

Fall Spring
EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I   3 EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II   3
PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or Expanded Literacies (1/6) 3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or Expanded Literacies (1/6) 3
UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience   3 CS - 105 Introduction to Computer Applications   3
PS - 109 Introduction to Psychology 
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Social Analysis - 2/6) 
3 Controlled Psychology Elective (1)** 3
MA - 111 Probability and Statistics    
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies:Mathematical Reasoning - 3/6)
3 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

Year Two

Fall Spring
TH - 109 Catholic Theology  or Expanded Literacies (4/6)  3 TH - 109 Catholic Theology  or Expanded Literacies (4/6) 3
Expanded Literacies (5/6) or Free Elective 3 Expanded Literacies (5/6) or Free Elective 3
PS - 205 Research Design and Analysis   3 PS - 206 Applied Research Design and Analysis   3
PS - 240 Human Development   3 PS - 265 Psychobiology   3
BI - 109 Biological Inquiry  or BI - 151 Introductory Biology I   
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Scientific Inquiry - 6/6) 
3 Free Elective 3
UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy     1 UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 16

Year Three

Fall Spring
Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3)  3 Lens 1, 2, or 3 (2/3)  3
Applied Psychology Elective (1)* 3 Applied Psychology Elective (2)* 3
PS - 230 Cognitive Psychology   3 Applied Psychology Elective (3)* 3
Free Elective 3 Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

Year Four

Fall Spring
Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 
(3/3) 
3 Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 
(3/3) 
3
Applied Psychology Elective (4)* 3 Controlled Psychology Elective (2)** 3
Free Elective 3 PS - 455 Psychological Logic   3
Free Elective or Graduate Level Course*** 3 Free Elective or Graduate Level Course** * 3
Free Elective or Graduate Level Course*** 3 Free Elective 1
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 13

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 120

* Applied Psychology Electives - Choose four: PS 120 PS 275 , PS 295 , PS 300 , PS 340 , PS 365 , PS 381 , PS 390 , PS 490 , or PS 499 .
** Controlled Psychology Electives - Choose two: PS 200 , PS 220 , PS 250 , PS 260 , PS 275 PS 320 PS 370 , PS 375 PS 381 , PS 390 , or PS 499 .

+For students considering the 4+1 MBA program: Free elective course options: AB 217 AB 219 EC 209 EC 210 EC 112 , MG 201 , or MK 201 .

***5-year BS/MBA or BS/MACJ: The Psycholgy Department offers a Bachelor’s to Masters (4+1) program that enables qualifying students to register for MBA or MACJ courses during their senior year. For more information, see the DeSales University Graduate Catalog and consult with the MBA or MACJ Program Director.

For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .