Psychology Emphasis (Tennessee Transfer Pathway), A.A.

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The Psychology emphasis provides students with the freshman and sophomore-level course requirements leading toward a baccalaureate degree. Students completing the Psychology emphasis will be ready to move into upper-division psychology courses at four-year institutions.

To facilitate success in this program, all students should enroll in ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed during their first semester at DSCC.

Major/Concentration Codes: UTPA-UPSY

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General Education Requirements:

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credits: 3
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credits: 3
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3
Humanities/Fine Arts Electives Credits: 9 ^*
Social Sciences Elective Credits: 3 ^*
PSYC 1030 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
History Electives Credits: 6 ^{* **}
BIOL 1110 - General Biology I Credits: 4 ^****
BIOL 1120 - General Biology II Credits: 4 ^****
MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics Credits: 3 ^******

Area of Emphasis Requirements:

PSYC 2120 - Social Psychology Credits: 3 ^*****
PSYC 2130 - Lifespan Development Psychology Credits: 3
Foreign Language Sequence I & II Credits: 6
General Electives Credits: 4 ^***

Additional Degree Requirement:

ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed Credits: 3

Total: 60 Semester Hours

^*For lists of eligible electives, see the appropriate section of the General Education Core Curriculum Requirements .

^**Students who plan to transfer to UT Knoxville should take Western or World History (in sequence).

^***General electives must be selected from courses which are part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway. Consult the Course Descriptions section of this catalog. Courses which are designated as **Not Part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway** should not be taken as general electives.

^****Students transferring to ETSU are required to complete a natural science sequence.

^*****At UT Chattanooga and the University of Memphis, Social Psychology will be counted an elective and not as a course for the major.

^******Students transferring to UT Martin should take a college algebra course.

Additional information regarding foreign language:

Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree at universities include demonstrated competency in foreign language at the intermediate level. Community college students are encouraged to attain intermediate-level competency in foreign language before transferring.

Complete information regarding foreign language requirements at each university may be found on the transfer and articulation websites of the Tennessee Board of Regents and the University of Tennessee Systems. Community college students are encouraged to be familiar with foreign language requirements at the universities and, if applicable, complete the requirements before transferring.