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Aug 26, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Psychology, Social Science Teacher Certification Track (BS) Sample Plan
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Year One
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| Fall |
Spring |
| EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I |
3 |
EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II |
3 |
| UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience |
3 |
PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking or TH - 109 Catholic Theology |
3 |
| ED - 109 The Educative Process |
3 |
Expanded Literacies (3/6) |
3 |
PS - 109 Introduction to Psychology
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Social Analysis - 1/6) |
3 |
Free Elective |
3 |
MA - 111 Probability and Statistics
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies:Mathematical Reasoning - 2/6) |
3 |
Controlled Psychology Elective (1)* |
3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS |
15 |
TOTAL CREDITS |
15 |
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Year Two
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| Fall |
Spring |
| PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking or TH - 109 Catholic Theology |
3 |
Expanded Literacies (5/6) |
3 |
| ED - 209 Cognition and Learning |
3 |
ED - 218 Introduction to Exceptionality |
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 |
Controlled Psychology Elective (2)* |
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 |
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Year Three
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| Fall |
Spring |
| Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3) |
3 |
Lens 1, 2, or 3 (2/3) |
3 |
| Controlled Psychology Elective (3)* or Expanded Literacies (6/6) |
3 |
Controlled Psychology Elective (3)* or Expanded Literacies (6/6) |
3 |
| PS - 230 Cognitive Psychology |
3 |
Controlled Psychology Elective (4)* |
3 |
| ED - 366 Literacy Interventions 4-12 |
3 |
SO - 203 Social Problems |
3 |
| Free Elective |
3 |
Free Elective |
3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS |
15 |
TOTAL CREDITS |
15 |
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Year Four
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| 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 |
| Controlled Psychology Elective (5)* |
3 |
Controlled Psychology Elective (6)* |
3 |
| ED - 373 Teaching English Learners |
3 |
PS - 455 Psychological Logic |
3 |
| Free Elective |
3 |
Free Elective |
3 |
| Free Elective |
3 |
Free Elective |
1 |
| TOTAL CREDITS |
15 |
TOTAL CREDITS |
13 |
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TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 120
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* Controlled Psychology Electives (Group 1) - Choose three: PS 200 , PS 300 , PS 340 , PS 365 , PS 370 , PS 375 , or PS 390 .
* Controlled Psychology Electives (Group 2) - Choose three: PS 220 , PS 250 , PS 260 , PS 275 , PS 290 , PS 295 , or PS 381 .
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Year Five - Graduate M.Ed. Phase* **
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| Summer |
Fall |
| SC 518 |
3 |
SC 525 |
3 |
| SC 519 |
3 |
SE 522 |
3 |
| SC 524 |
3 |
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| SC 522 |
3 |
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Summer |
| SC 551 |
3 |
ED 600 |
3 |
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TOTAL POST-BACHELOR’S CREDITS: 24
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*Admission Requirements for Graduate M.Ed. Phase: (1) Satisfactory completion of ED 109, ED 209, ED 218, ED 366, and ED 373; (2) cumulative GPA of 3.0; and (3) passing score on PRAXIS Biology test.
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**Additional tuition based on current M.Ed. rates.
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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 .
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