Psychology: Associate of Arts Degree

Description

The Associate Degree is designed to provide an educational experience that prepares students for work, citizenship, and an enriched life as an educated person, and to lay a solid foundation for further study in the field of Psychology.

Students with an Associate of Arts Degree in Psychology who are interested in continuing their degree studies at KPU can apply for the Bachelor of Applied Arts, Psychology degree or a Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology degree, or Minor in Psychology when combined with another BA program. Admission to these programs requires specific courses. For more information, please see the BA Major or Minor in Psychology and BAA or B.Sc. Psychology program descriptions.

Admission Requirements

The Faculty's Admission Requirements, which consist of KPU's undergraduate English Proficiency Requirement, apply to this program.

Curricular Requirements

Within the framework of the Associate of Arts Degree, students must complete at least 60 credits with a minimum grade of C in each course, including the following courses.

Note: A first-year English course, ENGL 1100, is a requirement of this program. This course has prerequisites that may require a student to complete additional preparatory courses.

1. All of:
	PSYC 1100	Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes	3 credits
	PSYC 1200	Introduction to Psychology: Areas and Applications	3 credits
2. At least one of:
	PSYC 2315	Brain and Behaviour	3 credits
	PSYC 2385	Cognition	3 credits
	Note: Students should take both PSYC 2315 and PSYC 2385 if they wish to keep the option open to continue into the Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology or Bachelor of Applied Arts in Psychology degrees.
3. At least one of:
	PSYC 2320	Developmental Psychology: Childhood	3 credits
	PSYC 2330	Social Psychology	3 credits
	PSYC 2350	Psychopathology	3 credits
	PSYC 2370	Psychology of Personality	3 credits
	Note: Students should take PSYC 2330 if they wish to keep the option open to continue into the Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology or Bachelor of Applied Arts in Psychology degrees.
4. Two of:
	PSYC 2300	Applied Statistics	3 credits
	PSYC 2308	History and Systems of Contemporary Psychology	3 credits
	PSYC 2321	Developmental Psychology: Adolescence	3 credits
	PSYC 2322	Developmental Psychology: Adulthood	3 credits
	PSYC 2375	Perception	3 credits
	PSYC 2400	Experimental Psychology: Research Methodology	3 credits
	PSYC 2450	Clinical Psychology: Psychotherapy	3 credits
	PSYC 3307	Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Psychology	3 credits
	Or any additional PSYC course listed in section 2 or 3 above that has not been taken previously.		3 credits
	Note: Students should take both PSYC 2300 and PSYC 2400 if they wish to keep the option open to continue into the Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology or Bachelor of Applied Arts in Psychology degrees.
	Note: Students should consult the appropriate calendar pages for additional information if they are considering the Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology or the Bachelor of Applied Arts in Psychology degrees.