College of the Great Smoky Mountains - Southwestern Community College, serving Jackson, Macon, and Swain Counties and Cherokee/ Qually Boundary

 

 




Barb Putman, Dean
Barb Putman, Dean

B.A., Davidson College
M.A., Ph.D., Univ of Connecticut
828.586.4091, ext. 496
800.447.4091, ext. 496
Oaks Hall, 1st floor
bputman@southwesterncc.edu

 
 
 
Pre-Major Associate in Arts Degree
Psychology

 

The Pre-Major Associate in Arts - Psychology program at SCC has been cooperatively designed with four-year state institutions to achieve a seamless junior-level transfer into one of several majors. Only those students who complete one of these pre-major packages at SCC may be guaranteed transfer with full junior status into a baccalaureate major. These programs of study are strongly recommended for SCC transfer students who feel sure of their eventual majors.

Associate in Arts Degree (AA) - A1010L

Course and Hour Requirements 
English Composition 
6
   
Humanities / Fine Arts 
12
   
Social / Behavioral Sciences 
12
   
Natural Sciences 

8

   
Mathematics 
6
   
Other Required 
20-21
   
TOTAL 
64-65
   
—  Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language and/or health and physical education requirements, if applicable, prior to or after transfer to the senior institution. 
—  3 SHC in Speech/Communication may be substituted for 3 SHC in Humanities/Fine Arts. Speech/Communication may not substitute for the literature requirement. 

Application to a University
Admission application deadlines vary; students must meet the deadline for the university to which they plan to transfer. Upon successful completion of the associate in arts degree, students who meet the requirements outlined in this pre-major transfer agreement for Psychology will be eligible to be considered for admission as juniors to the universities offering the baccalaureate degree.

Admission to the Major
Grade point average requirements vary, and admission is competitive across the several programs in Psychology.

ENGLISH / COMMUNICATION (6 SHC)
Two English composition courses are required. 		            
  Prefix Number Title
Class
Lab
Clin
Credit
—  Required course:             
click on title for course description
   ENG  111  Expository Writing  3  0  0  3 
—  The second composition course must be selected from the following: 
   ENG  113  Argument-Based Research   3  0  0  3 
   ENG  114  Professional Research and Reporting  3  0  0  3 
                       
HUMANITIES / FINE ARTS (12 SHC)             
Four courses from three discipline areas are required.             
—  One course must be a literature course.             
—  Three additional courses from the following discipline areas are required: music, art, drama, dance, foreign languages, interdisciplinary humanities, literature, philosophy, and religion. 
                 
SOCIAL / BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE (12 SHC)             
Four courses from three discipline areas are required.             
—  One course must be a history course.             
—  The following course is required:             
   PSY  150  General Psychology   3  0  0  3 
—  Two courses from the following discipline areas are required, to include at least one additional discipline: anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. 
                       
NATURAL SCIENCE / MATHEMATICS (14 SHC)             
Natural Sciences (8 SHC):              
 —  Two courses from the biological and physical science disciplines, including accompanying laboratory work, are required. 
 —  One of the following biology courses is required (4 SHC)             
   BIO  110  Principles of Biology  3  3  0  4 
   BIO  111  General Biology I  3  3  0  4 
Mathematics (6 SHC):              
—  Two courses are required:             
   MAT  161  College Algebra (or higher)  3  0  0  3 
—  The second course may be a higher level mathematics course or may be selected from among other quantitative subjects, such as computer science (CIS) and statistics (MAT). 
                       
OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (20-21 SHC):         
—  Twenty additional hours of approved college transfer courses are required.
 
                       
Total Semester Hour Credits: 64-65    

 

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