2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Jan 22, 2025

2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Psychology, BS, Cognition and Perception (CAP) Concentration (GPS)

The Cognition and Perception (CAP) concentration focuses an undergraduate’s Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree on courses aimed at understanding how people intelligently adapt to the functional demands of environments. Discoveries about the functioning of the brain have been accelerating in recent decades but continue to both amaze and inform us. Human beings do not passively register information that we encounter but actively select and interpret what we perceive, remember, decide, and act upon, in concert with our immediate and long-term objects and constraints. This is the case whether we are interacting with people, the environment, or advanced technologies such as vehicles, computers, or smart phones. To add the CAP concentration to your degree program, speak to your advisor (cosm-advisors@wright.edu).

Term One

PSY Careers course: Pick one of the PSY Careers courses Credits: 1

WSU Core: Communication - First year writing course Credits: 3

WSU Core: Social Science - Intro to Psych (IW) (Lec/Lab) PSY 1010 Credits: 4

WSU Core: Global Studies Credits: 3

WSU Core: Arts/Humanities Credits: 3

Total: 14 Credit Hours

PSY 1010 - Introduction to Psychology Credit Hour(s): 4
PSY 1010L - Introduction to Psychology Laboratory Credit Hour(s): 0

Term Two

MTH 1280 Credits 4

WSU Core: Communication - Second year writing course Credits: 3

WSU Core: Statistical Concepts (Lec/Lab) STT 1600 Credits: 4

WSU Core: Social Science Credits: 3

Total: 14 Credit Hours

MTH 1280 - College Algebra Credit Hour(s): 4
STT 1600 - Statistical Concepts Credit Hour(s): 4

Term Three

PSY 3010 Credits: 4

PSY Core 3000 level #1 PSY3210 (Basic Processes) Credits: 3

WSU Core: Global Studies: History Credits: 3

WSU Core: Natural Science Credits: 4

Total: 14 Credit Hours

PSY 3210 - Cognition and Learning Credit Hour(s): 3
PSY 3010 - Research Methods in Psychology I Credit Hour(s): 4
PSY 3010L - Research Methods in Psychology I Laboratory Credit Hour(s): 0

Term Four

PSY 3020 Credits: 4

PSY Core 3000 level #2 PSY 3710 (Basic Processes) Credits: 3

PSY Elective Credits: 3

WSU Core Elective Credits: 3

General Elective Credits: 3

Total: 16 Credit Hours

PSY 3020 - Research Methods in Psychology II Credit Hour(s): 4
PSY 3020L - Research Methods in Psychology II Laboratory Credit Hour(s): 0
PSY 3710 - Perception Credit Hour(s): 3

Term Five

CS 1160 Credits: 4

PSY Core 3000 level #3 (Integration) Credits: 3

PSY Core 3000 level #4 (Integration) Credits: 3

PSY Elective Credits: 3

General Elective Credits: 3

Total: 16 Credit Hours

CS 1160 - Introduction to Computer Programming Credit Hour(s): 4
CS 1160L - Intro to Comp Prog Lab Credit Hour(s): 0

Term Six

PSY Core 3000 level #5 (Application) Credits: 3

PSY Core 3000 level #6 (Application) Credits: 3

WSU Core: Natural Science Credits: 4

WSU Core Elective Credits: 3

General Elective Credits: 3

Total: 16 Credit Hours

Term Seven

PSY 4020 Credits: 4

PSY Capstone #1 PSY 4200, PSY 4220, PSY 4230, PSY 4240, PSY 4280, PSY 4600, PSY 4700 (IW) Credits: 3

PSY Elective Credits: 3

General Elective Credits: 6

Total: 16 Credit Hours

Graduation Reminder: Apply for graduation this term.

PSY 4020 - Advanced Topics in Research Methods and Experimental Design Credit Hour(s): 4

Term Eight

PSY Capstone #2 PSY 4200, PSY 4220, PSY 4230, PSY 4240, PSY 4280, PSY 4600, PSY 4700 (IW) Credits: 3

PSY Special Research Methods PSY 3230 or PSY 3730 Credits: 4

General Elective Credits: 7

Total: 14 Credit Hours

PSY 3230 - Cognition and Learning Methods Credit Hour(s): 4
PSY 3230L - Cognition and Learning Methods Laboratory Credit Hour(s): 0
PSY 3730 - Perception Methods Credit Hour(s): 4
PSY 3730L - Perception Methods Laboratory Credit Hour(s): 0

Psychology, BS, Cognition and Perception (CAP) Concentration (GPS)

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Term Five

Term Six

Term Seven

Term Eight

Total: 120 Credits