Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 120 semester hours
Semester Hours required for the Psychology Major: 36-39 semester hours depending on the Math requirement
Admission to the online degree completion option requiresÌý42 semester hours of college credit.
The requirements of the Psychology BA are composed of core courses,Ìýcourses selected from four groups, and electives.
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or higher-level math course, or ACT math score of 26 or higher or SAT math score of 610 or higher
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At least two courses from
At least one course from
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Six semester hours from any PsychologyÌýCourses2 except Psychology 4274 and 4275.
1 Capstone Requirement: Graduation with a major in psychology requires the completion of aÌýcapstone experience entailing four components:
1.ÌýOral presentation of information about psychology
2.ÌýEngagement with original primary literature in psychology
3.ÌýWritten communication of information about psychology
4.ÌýCritical and integrative thinking about psychologyÌýÌýÌý
The capstone requirement must be met after the student has completed 90 semester hours and PSY 3805 - Research Methods in Psychology, with a grade of C or better.
The capstone requirement may also be met by completing individual components in other classes (e.g., PSY 4100F), or by non-class activities. All activities outside of a capstone course must have the approval of the department chair.
2 No more than 3 semester hours each of PSY 3900A-E or PSY 4100A-E may count toward this requirement.
A grade of C or better is required in all courses counting towards the Major.
(Major GPA based on all psychology courses taken at EIU)
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Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
