Psychology Courses

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Bachelor of arts
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Courses

Courses for this program are 100% online: no campus visits are required.

Successful completion of the program requires 120 credit hours of course work, which may include transfer credits from other regionally accredited institutions. 

The degree requirements include 30 credit hours of psychology courses and 3 credit hours of statistics. To fulfill the remainder of the credit hours, the student may choose an area of concentration in clinical psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, or neuroscience. Students are not required to follow one of these concentrations. They may devise an individual program with their advisor.

Transfer students

The number of credits you need to take will depend on the type of previous credit earned and the institutions' accreditation and transfer equivalencies. The admissions office will determine your transfer credit once they receive your official transcripts and application.

Course planner

The chart below shows the courses offered in this program. Courses are 3 credit hours each, unless stated otherwise. The University reserves the right to change or cancel courses as needed.

REQUIRED CORE COURSES (15 CREDIT HOURS)
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PSYCH 1000 General PsychologyPSYCH 1003 General Psychology
Psych 1030 Exploring Psychology Careers (1 credit hour)PSYCH 1000 Choosing a Career in Psychology (1 credit hour)
STAT 1200 Introductory Statistical Reasoning 
PSYCH 3010 Research Methods in Psychology IPSYCH 2219 Research Methods in Psychological Science
PSYCH 3020 Research Methods in Psychology IIPSYCH 2106 Introduction to Psychological Statistics
 PSYCH 4999 Capstone: Integrated Psychology (2 credit hours)
PSYCH 4991W Science of Mindfulness Capstone 
PSYCH 4971W Developmental Psy Capstone 
PSYCH 4980W Human Relationships Capstone 
PSYCH 4972W Animal Learning Capstone 
Distribution – Cognitive/Neuroscience (6 credit hours from:)
MUUMSL
PSYCH 2017 World of Neuroscience (1 credit hour) 
PSYCH 2110 Learning, Memory and Cognition 
PSYCH 2220 Mind, Brain & Behavior 
PSYCH 3160 Perception and Thought 
PSYCH 3830 Health Psychology 
 PSYCH 4376 Mental Health & Aging
PSYCH 4564 Psychobiology of Sex & Gender 
PSYCH 4570 Pediatric Neuropsychology 
 PSYCH 2211 Introduction to Biological Psychology
 PSYCH 2200 Drugs & Behavior
Distribution – Clinical/Social/Developmental (6 credit hours from:)
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PSYCH 2310 Social PsychologyPSYCH 2250 Social Psychological Science
PSYCH 2520 Introduction to Addiction Science 
PSYCH 3451 Psychology of GenderPSYCH 2230: Psychology of Gender
PSYCH 2410 Developmental PsychologyPSYCH 2268 Lifespan Development Psychology
 PSYCH 2270 Developmental Psychology
 PSYCH 2245 Psychological Disorders
 PSYCH 3232 Psychology of Trauma
 PSYCH 3280 Psychology of Death & Dying
PSYCH 3510 Introduction to Clinical PsychologyPSYCH 3346 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
 PSYCH 4275: Drug Use and Addiction: People, Policy, & Practice
 PSYCH 4365 Psychological Testing & Assessment
 PSYCH 4376 Mental Health & Aging
PSYCH 2511 Military and Veteran Psychology 
PSYCH 3830 Health Psychology 
PSYCH 4563 Behavioral and Technology Addictions 
PSYCH 4564 Psychobiology of Sex & Gender 
PSYCH 4570 Pediatric Neuropsychology 
PSYCH 3840 Individual Differences 

State authorization

States require that the University of Missouri be authorized to deliver university-level distance/online education to their residents. Each state handles this process differently.

Please see our state authorization page for more information.

Learn more about this program

This program is administered by the Department of Psychological Sciences