2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Psychology: Forensic Psychology, B.A.

A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for Major, Declaration, and Graduation.

General Education 41-42

Foundation Requirements 13

 
GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

 

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

 

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2023RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000 or GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030: Requires a grade of C or better.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

PHIL 2505CRITICAL THINKING

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution course required of all students.

Take One GE Approved course from one of the areas below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

SOC 1000INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3

PSY 1000 is a prerequisite for all Psychology courses and requires a grade of B or better.

SOC 1000 is a prerequisite for all Sociology courses.

HIST 1062: GE Distribution course required by all students.

Science and Mathematics 10-11

Math or Computer Science 3
MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

OR

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

Science Requirement 4

A minimum grade of B is required.

BIO 1000PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY

4

Take one additional GE Approved Science course from one of the areas:
Biology

3-4

Chemistry or Physics

3-4

Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences

3-4

ID 1400COMPUTING IN MODERN SOCIETY

3

Additional Required Courses 15

*Students will not receive credit for both CJ 2610 and SOC 2710.

CJ 2600CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA

3

SOC 4700SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE

3

 

PHIL 3307THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

3

OR

PHIL 3309THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT

3

 

CJ 2610CRIMINOLOGY

3

OR

SOC 2710CRIME AND DELINQUENCY

3

 

COMM 4610COMMUNICATION AND LAW

3

OR

COMM 3510PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION

3

Academic Major 40

All major courses, including Capstone, require a grade of C or better.

Major Required Courses 28

PSY 2000PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

3

PSY 3200PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS

3

PSY 4200PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS

3

PSY 4230EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

4

PSY 3110LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3540ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3630SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4430FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4360PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

Prerequisite for PSY 4200 and PSY 4230 is PSY 3200.

PSY 4200 is a Writing Emphasis course (WE).

PSY 4230 requires a GPA of at least 2.5.  

PSY 4430 Forensic Psychology requires a grade of B or better.

Major Elective Courses 9

(Select any 3 course with departmental advisement.)

Developmental

PSY 2100CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 2110PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE

3

PSY 3120ADULT PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3130PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING

3

PSY 4960SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4970INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

Theoretical

PSY 3310PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

3

PSY 3320THEORIES OF PERSONALITY

3

PSY 3360THEORIES OF MOTIVATION

3

PSY 4310HISTORY & SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4350EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4960SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4970INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

Applied

PSY 3300RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS

3

PSY 3410EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3420ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3660COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4400PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS

3

PSY 4420INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4450PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING TECHNIQUES

3

PSY 4960SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4970INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

Social

PSY 2630PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PREJUDICE & RACISM

3

PSY 2640MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

3

PSY 3000CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 3340PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN

3

PSY 3680POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4960SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4970INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

3

Mind/Brain

PSY 3330PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

3

PSY 3370PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTENTION

3

PSY 3380PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ARTS

3

PSY 4380PSYCHOLOGY OF PERCEPTION

3

PSY 4390COGNITIVE PROCESSES

3

PSY 4440FUNCTIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

3

 

Major Capstone Course 3

PSY 4940SEMINAR: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY 4940: Course required by Major. Requires a grade of C or better with a GPA of at least 2.5.

Free Electives 23-24

Selected with advisement. At least 50% must be at 3000/4000 level.

PSY 1996 Optional Research Course (1-2 credits). Freshman may partner with faculty in research and earn 1 credit; may be taken up to 2 times as a free elective.

PSY 3291, PSY 3292, PSY 3293 Option Internship courses (1-6 credits). Can be repeated up to a maximum of 6 credits.

Total Credit Hours: 120