Requirements
The candidate for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology must complete all the general degree requirements as stated in their Avila University catalog. In addition, the student must fulfill the outlined hours of required work in each concentration as listed in the course catalog. Students desiring a minor in Psychology are required to complete nine specified hours and nine elective hours.

Curriculum
We offer three areas of concentration:

• Human Behavior Concentration: The traditional liberal arts bachelors degree in psychology.
  
  
• Organizational Leadership Concentration: The track designed for students who are interested in a career in the corporate world.
  
  
• Research Concentration: The track designed for students interested in pursuing doctoral-level work in the field, or any research-intensive employment.

Courses
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
For full descriptions of courses, see our course catalog.

PY 101. General Psychology. (3)

PY 201. Theories of Personality. (3)
PY 203. Cognitive Psychology. (3)
PY/SW 208. Life Span Development. (3)
PY/CO 212. Conflict Resolution. (3)
PY 220. Child and Adolescent Psychology. (3)
PY 224. Human Relations in Organizations. (3)
PY/SO 230. Social Statistics. (3)
PY/ED 235. Psychology of the Exceptional Child. (3)
PY/AR 251. Introduction to Art Therapy. (3)
PY 297. Applied Experimental Methods (1; can be repeated)

PY 310. Abnormal Psychology. (3)
PY/PS/WS 314. Psychology of Gender. (3)
PY/PS/SO 316. Social Psychology. (3)
PY 320. Current Trends in Psychotherapy. (3)
PY/PS 325. Political Psychology (3)
PY 332. Health Psychology (3)
PY/IS 350. Biological Bases of Behavior. (3)
PY/AR 359. Art as Therapy. (3)
PY 360. Applied Industrial/Organizational Psychology. (3)
PY 370. Solving Problems in the Workplace. (3)
PY 375. Motivation and Emotion (3)
PY 380. Special Topics in Psychology. (1-3)
PY 383. Human Behavior & Addiction. (3)
PY 390. Directed Study. (1-3)
PY/SS 393 Sports Psychology. (3)
PY/SO/PS/SW 397. Research Methods. (3)

PY 485. Practicum. (3)
PY 497. Applied Experimental Methods II (1; can be repeated)
PY 498. Senior Thesis. (2; can be repeated)