BA in Psychology

The Psychology Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) is a liberal arts-focused degree program that includes a wide variety of coursework within the discipline. Psychology examines human behavior through environmental, genetic, physiological, and social determinants. This degree prepares you for a wide variety of careers and graduate studies, including counseling/therapy, business, government/law, and education.

Capstone

Psychology B.A. majors have the flexibility of a capstone choice. Students with a second major in another College of Liberal Arts (CLA) department may choose to complete that department's capstone, but must complete 36 total credits in psychology, using psychology electives to replace credits that would have been earned through psychology's capstone.

Transfer Students

Transfer students make up around one-third of psychology majors. View more information for transfer students. Transfer courses can be submitted for evaluation in our major. All students must complete a minimum of 16 upper-level credits within psychology as University of Minnesota Twin Cities credit.

CLA & Degree Requirements

Learn more about the CLA B.A. academic requirements, including the second language requirement.

University Honors Program

We offer rigorous programming for high-achieving students who have been admitted to the University Honors Program. Students who have been accepted into the University Honors Program (UHP) are eligible to declare a Psychology BA program with honors. The curriculum for Psychology BA honors follows similar requirements to the general major with an added emphasis of 3 semesters in Psychology research through the PSY 4994V Honors Research Practicum (Junior Year) and PSY 5994 Directed Research Psychology Honors Thesis coursework in Senior Year.

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