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College of Undergraduate Studies
Ba in Psychology (Campbell)
Note: Effective Fall 2010, students admitted to the BA in
Psychology (Campbell) will follow the program plan for the BA in
Psychology noted on pages 43-45.
The Bachelor of Arts degree-completion program in Psychology
is designed to take students from a completed community college
education to a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with an
emphasis in marriage, family, and child counseling, or an empha sis
in holistic studies. Courses are held at the South Bay campus in
Campbell. The program is built upon a humanistic, philoso phical
perspective, which prepares students to appreciate the capacities,
the potential, and the basic dignity of every individual.
Three components make up the Bachelor of Arts in
Psychol ogy—the major, general-education coursework, and
electives. The major combines theoretical and applied studies.
General-education coursework provides broad perspectives
found in the liberal arts. Within general education,
communication courses help to refine writing, research, and
Courses Units Prerequisite(s) Co-requisite(s)
Lower-Division General-Education Breadth 1
Composition 9
Humanities 12
Natural science 9
Mathematics 3
Social science 12
Interdisciplinary Courses
CUJ 3300 American Culture in Transition 3
Select ONE of the following courses 3–4
SCJ 3110 Anatomy and Physiology (4)
SCJ 4300 Nutrition and Behavior (3)
Select ONE of the following courses 3
PHJ 3405 World Religions (3)
PHJ 4205 Literature and Psychology (3)
PyJ 4220 Cross-Cultural Psychology 3
Communications Skills
EDJ 3105 The Essay 3
EDJ 3116 Library Research in the Electronic Age 2
EDJ 3120 Critical Thinking 3
PyJ 3300 Statistics for the Social Science 2
PyJ 3301 Research Methods 2
Major—Theory Courses
PyJ 3000 Many Faces of Psychology 3
PyJ 3100 Childhood and Adolescence 3
PyJ 3105 Adulthood 3
PyJ 3115 Death, Dying, and Bereavement 3
PyJ 3200 Personality and Psychotherapy 4
PyJ 3210 Social Psychology 3
PyJ 4005 Learning and Cognition 3
Major—Application Courses
EDJ 4005 The Learning Process 2
EDJ 4996A Senior Project I 1.5
EDJ 4996B Senior Project II 1.5
PyJ 3305 Introduction to Counseling 3
PyJ 3310 Group Dynamics 3
PyJ 4000 Community Psychology 3
PyJ 4010 Psychology Assessment and outcomes 3
PyJ 4996 Field Project in Psychology 1.5
PyJ 4997 Field Project in Psychology 1.5
Free electives 2 69–69
Total units required 180
critical and creative thinking skills. Electives, taken as the last
units in the BA in psychology, allow students the potential to
begin graduate study in the linked bachelor’s/master’s programs
in counseling psychology offered by the College of Professional
Studies. This synthesis of communication skills, interdisciplinary
perspectives, and coursework in theoretical and applied
psychology results in a strong baccalaureate education.
Program learning outcomes
• Demonstrate the capacity for critical thinking and writing.
• Demonstrate proficiency in conducting academic research.
• Translate ideas into different disciplinary contexts and
under stand ideas through multicultural lenses.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of theories,
concepts, and techniques in the field of psychology.
• Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills, including
effective speaking and listening.
• Demonstrate self-awareness and the ability to apply theoreti cal
concepts to issues and questions that are personally
meaningful to daily life.
• Discuss and apply theoretical constructs and techniques salient
to the practice of counseling.
1 Students are expected to have completed these requirements prior to admission. Students lacking these courses may take approved upper-division courses
at JFKU, earn credit through CLEP or DANTES tests, or take approved courses from local community colleges.
2 Students may apply transfer coursework as electives. Units earned through CLEP and DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) examinations and
through Credit by Assessment (CBA) may also be used as electives.
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