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Associate of Arts

Requirements for the Associate of Arts
Course Number Course Title Credits
Credits in IPFW General Education Area I 9
COM 114 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
ENG W131 Elementary Composition I (or equivalent), with a grade of C or higher
Quantitative Reasoning course (except MA 101), with a grade of C or higher
Credits in IPFW General Education Area II, including one science course with a scheduled laboratory 6
Credits in IPFW General Education Area III 6
Credits in IPFW General Education Area IV 6
Credits in the first year of a foreign language 8
Credits in a concentration with a grade of C or higher in each course (see below) 15–21
Additional credits in approved elective courses 4–12
Total with a graduation GPA of at least 2.00 60–63

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Concentration in Psychology for the A.A.

In addition to the courses listed below, you must complete MA 153, MA 168, or STAT 125 as your IPFW General Education course in Quantitative Reasoning. If you plan to continue for a bachelor’s degree with a major in psychology (refer to Part 4 of the undergraduate Bulletin), you should take the second-year foreign-language courses as electives for the A.A.

Course Number Course Title Credits
PSY 100 Introduction to Science and Fields of Psychology 1
PSY 120 Elementary Psychology 3
Two of the following: 6
PSY 201 Introduction to Quantitative Topics in Psychology I
PSY 314 Introduction to Learning
PSY 329 Psychobiology II: Principles of Psychobiological Psychology
PSY 416 Cognitive Psychology
Two of the following: 6
PSY 235 Child Psychology*
PSY 240 Introduction to Social Psychology
PSY 350 Abnormal Psychology
PSY 369 Development Across the Lifespan*
PSY 420 Introduction to Personality Theory
*Credit not given for both PSY 235 and PSY 369
Additional credits in psychology, 200 level or above 3

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