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Psychology Honors Program

Admission to the Departmental Honors Program in Psychology requires at least a 3.50 GPA on a 4.0 scale and permission of the Dean of the Honors College and the Departmental Honors Coordinator.

Students in the Psychology Honors Program must  maintain an overall GPA of 3.50.  Students who have been dismissed from the program because their overall GPA has fallen below 3.50 may petition for readmission.  Students must raise their grade-point average to 3.50 and submit their petition to the Dean of the Honors College and Departmental Honors Coordinator.

Departmental Honors Requirements

(Honors Students also must meet core requirements for the major.)

Total Semester Hours: 52-55

  • One graduate-level course approved by the Departmental Honors Coordinator Credits: 3
    [Psychology 4444 may be substituted for this requirement.  Psychology 4444 can be taken for a total of no more than six hours.]
PSY 3310
Biological Psychology.  (3 credits)
PSY 3590
Theories of Personality.  (3 credits)
PSY 3780
Abnormal Psychology.  (3 credits)
PSY 3830
Cognitive Processes.  (3 credits)
PSY 3870
Social Psychology.  (3 credits)
PSY 4250
History and Systems.  (3 credits)
PSY 4444
Honors Independent Study.  (3 credits)
PSY 4610
Advanced Statistics in Psychology.  (4 credits)
PSY 4644
Honors Thesis.  (3 credits)
PSY 4666
Honors Seminar.  (3 credits)

(taken twice)

[Psychology 4444, taken once, may be substituted for Psychology 4666]

One of the following:

PSY 3515
Child Psychology.  (3 credits)
PSY 3521
Psychology of Adolescence and Young Adulthood.  (3 credits)
PSY 3525
Psychology of Maturity and Old Age.  (3 credits)

Information sourced from the 2005-2006 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.