Behavioral Statistics

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Major Requirements

Major: Behavioral Statistics

Degree Type: B.A. or B.S.
Minimum Degree Credits to Graduate: 120

University Degree Requirements

  1. Satisfactory completion of all requirements of the curriculum in which one is enrolled.
  2. Earn a minimum total of 120 credits in approved coursework.  Some academic programs exceed this minimum.
  3. Satisfactory completion of the general education requirements as specified by the university.
  4. A minimum institutional GPA of 2.00 based on work taken at NDSU.
  5. At least 30 credits must be NDSU resident credits.  Resident credits include credits registered and paid for at NDSU.
  6. At least 36 credits presented for graduation must be in courses numbered 300 or higher.
  7. Students presenting transfer credit must meet the NDSU residence credits and the minimum upper level credit. Of the 30 credits earned in residence, a minimum of 15 semester credits must be in courses numbered 300 or above, and 15 semester credits must be in the student’s curricula for their declared major.

For complete information, please refer to the Degree and Graduation Requirements section of this Bulletin.

University General Education Requirements

Communication (C)12
ENGL 110
College Composition I
ENGL 120
College Composition II
COMM 110
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Upper Division Writing †
Quantitative Reasoning (R) †3
Science and Technology (S) †10
Humanities and Fine Arts (A) †6
Social and Behavioral Sciences (B) †6
Wellness (W) †2
Cultural Diversity (D) *†
Global Perspectives (G) *†
Total Credits39
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 May be satisfied by completing courses in another General Education category.

†

 General education courses may be used to satisfy requirements for both general education and the major, minor, and program emphases, where applicable.  Students should carefully review major requirements to determine if specific courses can also satisfy these general education categories.

  •  A list of university approved general education courses and administrative policies are available here.

College Requirements

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree – An additional 12 credits Humanities and Social Sciences and proficiency at the second year level in a modern foreign language. *12
Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree – An additional 6 credits in Humanities or Social Sciences *6
*

 Humanities and Social Sciences may be fulfilled by any course having the following prefix: ADHM, ANTH, ARCH, ART, CJ, CLAS, COMM, ECON, ENGL, FREN, GEOG, GERM, HDFS, HIST, LA, LANG, MUSC, PHIL, POLS, PSYC, RELS, SOC, SPAN, THEA, WGS, or any course from the approved list of general education courses in humanities and social sciences (general education categories A and B). These credits must come from outside the department of the student’s major.

Major Requirements

Behavioral Statistics Requirements
PSYC 111Introduction to Psychology3
PSYC Elective200-400 Level Psychology Electives6
PSYC 350Research Methods I3
PSYC 351Research Methods II3
PSYC Elective400 Level Psychology Elective3
STAT 330Introductory Statistics (May satisfy general education category R)3
STAT 331Regression Analysis2
STAT 462Introduction to Experimental Design (Capstone)3
STAT 470Statistical SAS Programming3
or STAT 471 Introduction to the R Language
Select two courses from the following:6
STAT 460
Applied Survey Sampling
STAT 463
Nonparametric Statistics
STAT 469
Introduction to Biostatistics
STAT 472
Time Series
Select one course from 3 of the following 4 groups (A-D)
Group A - Social/Personality: 3
PSYC 453
Organizational Psychology
PSYC 468
Personality
PSYC 470
Experimental Social Psychology
Group B - Perception/Cognition:3
PSYC 460
Sensation & Perception
PSYC 461
Memory And Knowledge
PSYC 464
Attention & Thinking
Group C - Biological Bases of Behavior:3
PSYC 465
Psychobiology
PSYC 481
Health Psychology
PSYC 486
Neuropsychology
Group D - Individual Differences:3
PSYC 463
Experimental Developmental Psychology
PSYC 471
The Psychology Of Aging
PSYC 472
Advanced Psychopathology
PSYC 473
Child Psychopathology and Therapy
Capstone Experience: Select one of the following courses or have completed one course from each of the 4 groups (A-D):2-3
PSYC 480
History & Systems
PSYC 489
Honors Thesis
Related Courses Required
ANTH 111Introduction to Anthropology (May satisfy general education category B and D)3
BIOL 126Human Biology (May satisfy general education category S)3
CSCI 114Computer Applications (May satisfy general education category S)3
or TL 116 Business Software Applications
MATH 103College Algebra (or higher level if needed as a prerequisite)3
SOC 110Introduction to Sociology (May satisfy general education category B)3
Total Credits64-65

Program notes

  • Except for courses offered only as pass/fail grading, no course may be taken Pass/Fail.