Proficiency in English and Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning are the prerequisites for many of these courses. Completing PSYC 309 prior to CSBS 320/PSYC 310 is highly recommended.

There is no overall GPA requirement for the major.

Grade Requirements

• To declare the BS Health Psychology major, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA ≥2.0 and taken and passed PSYC 100 (or its equivalent) with a grade ≥C.
  • Transfer students may be given credit for appropriate transfer courses in the major and for electives.
  • Transfer credits will be limited to 20 lower division courses and no more than 30 transfer credits total applied toward the degree.
• CSBS 320 or PSYC 310, PSYC 100, PSYC 231, PSYC 309 and PSYC 490C must be passed with a grade ≥C. 

Required Courses
PSYC 100	GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY	5
PSYC 201	LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT	5
PSYC 231	SCIENCE OF STRESS AND COPING	3
PSYC 302	ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY	5
PSYC 309	SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY	5
PSYC 310	PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS	5
PSYC 316	HUMAN MEMORY AND COGNITION	5
PSYC 317	HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY	5
PSYC 324	CONDITIONING AND LEARNING (only one course will count toward the major)	4
or PSYC 325	COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE
PSYC 420	BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR	5
Electives–choose two from the following		9-10
CMST 210	INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
or CMST 420	HEALTH COMMUNICATION
PSYC 312	COMPUTER STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
PSYC 301	THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
PSYC 303	FOUNDATION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY
PSYC 314	TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS
PSYC 323	DRUGS AND BEHAVIOR
PSYC 359	HUMAN SEXUALITY
PSYC 374	CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSYC 381	SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSYC 413	RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY
PSYC 429	PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY
PSYC 440	HAPPINESS AND POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Focus Experience		8
Take 8 credits of PSYC 495, PSYC 498, and/or PSYC 499 in any combination for a total of 8 credits.
PSYC 495	INTERNSHIP
PSYC 498	SEMINAR
PSYC 499	DIRECTED STUDY
Required Capstone
PSYC 490C	CAPSTONE: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY	4-5
or PSYC 491	SENIOR THESIS
Total Credits		68-70

University Competencies and Proficiencies

English 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB

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General Education Requirements (GER)

• Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours 
  • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
  • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
• Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0

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Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences

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University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
Foreign Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List

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Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.

Degree Works calculates based on these two catalog years.

1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.

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Students who successfully earn a BS in Health Psychology from EWU should be able to do the following:

• evaluate empirical research in health psychology;
• explain how APA’s principles of ethics can be applied to health psychology;
• investigate key concepts from health psychology;
• utilize APA (American Psychological Association) style requirements when writing.