For further information, contact your advisor or Dr. Daniel Lapsley, Department of Educational Psychology, TC 520, 285-8500 dklapsley@bsu.edu

Elementary teachers deal with the people:  children, parents, colleagues.  They need to understand the psychology of people, thinking, behavior, development, learning, and the measurement of these characteristics.  A concentration in psychology gives the elementary education major an opportunity to gain further expertise in this important area of understanding and a chance to learn valuable skills.

  Choose 15 credits from the following courses

Educational Psychology

            EDPSY 306, Behavior Analysis in Education (3)
            EDPSY 345, Educational Tests and Measurement (3)
            EDPSY 350, Child Psychology (3)
            EDPSY 351, Adolescent Psychology (3)  

Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

            CPSY 400, Fundamentals of Counseling, (3)
            CPSY 420, Techniques of Psychological Interventions (3)
            CPSY 470, Introduction to Cross-Cultural Counseling (3)   

Psychological Science

            PSYSC 213, Psychology of Human Adjustment (3)
            PSYSC 316, Introduction to Social Psychology (3)
            PSYSC 317, Introduction to the Study of Personality (3)   

(Note:  Students taking courses in Psychological Sciences must have taken PSYSC 100 as a prerequisite.  This can count toward the General Studies Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement or serve as the Distribution Elective)