Psychology

Associate of Arts Degree

AA-GR 60806

Advisor:
Hal Weaver

This degree specifies courses that satisfy the AGEC transfer pathway for an AA-GR degree. The Psychology courses identified in the Curriculum Requirements and the General Education Requirements also satisfy the preparatory major requirements for a baccalaureate degree in Psychology. Since program requirements differ between universities, the official transfer guide of the school which you plan to attend upon leaving EAC should be consulted in order to adjust this program to your personal needs. Web addresses for the transfer guides of Arizona’s three public universities are included below. This degree also satisfied the needs of students--majors and non-majors--who are interested in psychology primarily as a part of a broad liberal education. In addition, the courses provide a background in psychological principles and techniques to enhance work in other social sciences and in such professional fields as education, business, law enforcement, and health-related fields.

Students often major in psychology to prepare for careers in related fields such as personnel relations, occupational and personal counseling, medicine and dentistry, social and case work, marketing, administration, the legal profession, or counseling and teaching in the public schools. Others plan on graduate work in psychology. Graduate training in psychology prepares you for a career as an academic psychologist (teaching and research), clinical psychologist (mental health centers, institutions, and private practice), industrial and organizational psychologist, and government psychologist (research, administration, testing).

High school preparation should include courses in social sciences as well as the natural sciences (such as biology and chemistry). Two years of high school foreign language study and a proficiency in algebra is highly desirable. In general, the broad liberal arts education that prepares you for college studies is appropriate for majoring in Psychology at Eastern.

Curriculum Requirements

CMP 103	Introduction to Computer Based Systems	3 credits
PSY 101	Introduction to Psychology	3 credits
PSY 220	Introduction to Statistics (Prerequisite: MAT 154)	3 credits
PSY 270	Experimental Psychology (Prerequisites: PSY 101, ENG 102, and PSY 220 or MAT 160)	4 credits

Total Curriculum Requirements

13 credits

General Education Requirements

AGEC-A

To complete your General Education requirements, one of the courses taken to fulfill degree requirements must be designated as an Intensive Writing/Critical Inquiry course and another must be designated as a Global/International/Historical Awareness course.

English	ENG 101 Written Communications I	3 credits
	ENG 102 Written Communications II	3 credits
Mathematics	MAT 154 College Algebra	3 credits
Lab Science	BIO 100 Biology Concepts	4 credits
	Another Lab Science Course from list	4 credits
Humanities	Select from Humanities list. Choose courses from more than one department and one course must be in the Arts.	9 credits
Social Science	PSY 230 Social Psychology (Prerequisite: PSY 101)	3 credits
	PSY 250 Developmental Psychology (Prerequisite: PSY 101)	3 credits
	SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology	3 credits

Total General Education Requirements

35 credits

Courses qualifying for General Education credit that are listed as curriculum requirements may be counted toward completion of General Education requirements only if other courses are not specified in the General Education distribution area.

Electives and Foreign Language Requirements

To obtain this degree you must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language at the 202 course level. To do this select from the following options:

If you have no foreign language coursework completed, take the French or Spanish 101, 102, 201, 202 course sequence offered at EAC. This option will fulfill your foreign language and electives requirements.
If you have completed two years of high school French or Spanish courses, take the 201, 202 course sequence at EAC. These two courses will fulfill your foreign language requirement. You will need to select eight credits of elective courses from the approved list to obtain the 64 credits required for this degree.
If you have completed four years of high school foreign language courses or have obtained foreign language ability at the 202 course level in some other manner, testing options are available to demonstrate your proficiency. Contact the Records and Registration Office for more information. If you demonstrate foreign language proficiency by testing, you will need to complete 16 credits of elective courses from the approved list to obtain the 64 credits required for the degree.

Electives and Foreign Language Requirements

16 credits

Total Minimum Degree Requirements

64 credits

In addition to completing the required courses listed above with a grade of "C" or better, you must meet the following general graduation requirements to obtain this degree:

Complete at least 16 degree credits at Eastern Arizona College.
Attain a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher.
Demonstrate a reading competency at the twelfth grade level or above by one of the following methods:

1. EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score of 76 or higher*

2. EAC ASSET reading assessment test score of 40 or higher*

3. ACT Assessment Reading score of 18 or higher*

4. SAT verbal score of 530 or higher*

5. Completion of ENG 113, College Reading, with a grade of "C" or better

6. Grade equivalency score of 12 or higher as demonstrated by the Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE tests*

*Your EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor. If you took the ASSET test or submitted an ACT, SAT, Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE score, a derived EAC Compass score has been placed in your record and is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor.

File a Graduation Petition at least 60 calendar days prior to the end of the semester in which graduation is anticipated and pay the Graduation Fee of $25.
Remove any indebtedness to the College.
Complete the Sophomore Qualifying Examination that is administered each semester to students who have petitioned to graduate. The Sophomore Qualifying Examination is used as a measure of EAC's institutional effectiveness, and your score has no effect on your graduation status.

Transfer Guides:

ASU - 2001/2002
ASU - 2000/2001
ASU - 1999/2000
ASU - 1998/1999

NAU - 2001/2002
NAU - 2000/2001
NAU - 1999/2000
NAU - 1998/1999

U of A (BA) - 2001/2002
U of A (BS) - 2001/2002
U of A (BA) - 2000/2001
U of A (BS) - 2000/2001
U of A (BA) - 1999/2000
U of A (BS) - 1999/2000
U of A (BA) - 1998/1999
U of A (BS) - 1998/1999