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The mission of the department is to be excellent in teaching, scholarship, and service. The department applies psychological knowledge, skills, and tools to further human welfare and to produce well-trained students. The Psychology Department continuously assesses the quality of its efforts and uses the data to make improvements in the program. The department offers courses that serve three principal purposes: to help students understand themselves and others by studying factors influencing human behavior, to introduce students to the essentials of the scientific method as applied to behavioral research, and to provide a background for students intending to do graduate study in psychology or an allied field.

General Information

Major in Psychology

Minimum requirements for a psychology major are 34 hours of psychology (16 hours must be in residence) as specified below with a grade of C or greater in all psychology courses counted toward the major. Students pursuing a professional career in psychology are advised that the master’s degree is the minimum training necessary. Prospective psychology majors, regardless of whether they plan to go to graduate school, should select courses with early and continuing advice from the department faculty. It is important that students plan their program of courses carefully. A wide range of courses is recommended as preparation for the requirements of different schools.

PSYC 3369 , PSYC 3469 , PSYC 4221 , PSYC 4321 , and PSYC 4495  are suggested to upper-level pre-professional majors. They provide experience in the actual work done by professional psychologists in ways not possible in lecture courses and are valuable credentials in application to graduate school. A maximum of six hours of these courses can be applied toward the major.

Psi Chi Chapter

Membership in the UA Little Rock Chapter of Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, is available to students interested in psychology as a topic or as a profession, and who meet the membership requirements. Requirements are:

• Declaring a major or minor in psychology, or completing three semesters of college courses and nine semester hours of psychology courses
• Having an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00, a minimum GPA of 3.00 in psychology courses, and a rank in the upper 35 percent of the class (undergraduates)

Programs

• Psychology, B.A.

• Psychology Minor

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