Academic Programs

Psychology (AA.PSY)

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Catalog Term Year: 2025 Summer

First Year
First Semester

COREPSY-271

Credit Hours: 3.00

GENENG-119

-OR-
Credit Hours: 3.00

GEN--- ---

Credit Hours: 3.00

GENPHI-280

-OR-
-OR-
Credit Hours: 3.00

ELECOM-200

Credit Hours: 3.00

First Year
Second Semester

CORE--- ---

Credit Hours: 3.00

GENENG-121

Credit Hours: 3.00

GENMAT-124

-OR-
-OR-
-OR-
Credit Hours: 3.00

GEN--- ---

Credit Hours: 4.00

GEN--- ---

Credit Hours: 3.00

Second Year
First Semester

CORE--- ---

Credit Hours: 3.00

GEN--- ---

Credit Hours: 3.00

GENSOC-280

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Credit Hours: 3.00

GEN--- ---

Credit Hours: 3.00

ELE--- ---

Credit Hours: 3.00

Second Year
Second Semester

ELECOM-111

Credit Hours: 3.00

ELE--- ---

-OR-
Credit Hours: 3.00

ELE--- ---

Credit Hours: 9.00

FIRST YEAR
First Semester			Hours
GEN	ENG-119	Composition I Pathway ENG-119 Composition I Pathway Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts and writing, revising and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion. Course Outline * OR
GEN	ENG-120	Composition I ENG-120 Composition I Students develop a writing process by reading and analyzing texts that illustrate various rhetorical strategies as well as writing, revising and editing short essays. Minimally, students must compose four formal, revised writing assignments, having one reach at least 1,250 words. Course Outline	3.0
ELE	COM-200	Interpersonal Communication COM-200 Interpersonal Communication Principles and practices of oral communication emphasizing message formation and delivery, listening, perception, awareness of verbal and non-verbal codes, and managing conflict. Course Outline	3.0
GEN	--- ---	IAI Physical Science --- --- IAI Physical Science	3.0
GEN	PHI-280	Ethics PHI-280 Ethics Introduction to issues and theories of ethics. Includes survey of major value systems and contemporary issues. Course Outline OR
GEN	PHI-290	Intro to Logic PHI-290 Intro to Logic Introduction to rules of reasoning, including truth and validity, deduction and induction, language and meaning, and fallacies. Course Outline OR
GEN	--- ---	IAI Humanities --- --- IAI Humanities	3.0
CORE	PSY-271	Intr/Psychology PSY-271 Intr/Psychology Focuses on psychology as a science, presenting concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy and social psychology. Course Outline	3.0
	Semester Totals		15.0
Second Semester
GEN	ENG-121	Composition II ENG-121 Composition II Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research. Course Outline	3.0
GEN	MAT-124	Statistics Pathway MAT-124 Statistics Pathway Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required. Intended for students that don't assess directly into MAT-125 Statistics. Includes supplemental instruction lab. Course Outline OR
GEN	MAT-125	Statistics MAT-125 Statistics Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required. Course Outline OR
GEN	MAT-115	General Education Pathway MAT-115 General Education Pathway Survey of mathematical topics including set theory, consumer/financial math, measurement and statistics. Problem solving projects involving detailed written solutions required. Calculators and computers will be used. Intended for students that don't assess directly into MAT-116. Includes supplemental instruction lab. Course Outline OR
GEN	MAT-116	General Education Math MAT-116 General Education Math Survey of mathematical topics with emphasis on solutions to real life problems. Topics will include set theory, consumer/financial math, measurement, and statistics. Problem solving projects involving detailed written solutions will be required. Calculators and computers will be used. Course Outline	3.0
GEN	--- ---	IAI Life Science --- --- IAI Life Science	4.0
GEN	--- ---	IAI Humanities --- --- IAI Humanities	3.0
CORE	--- ---	PSY Elective --- --- PSY Elective	3.0
	Semester Totals		16.0

SECOND YEAR
First Semester			Hours
GEN	--- ---	IAI Social Science --- --- IAI Social Science	3.0
GEN	SOC-280	Introduction to Sociology SOC-280 Introduction to Sociology Study of human interaction focusing on social influences shaping personality, structure and dynamics of human society. Topics include: sociological perspective, culture, society, social interaction; social change in global perspective; socialization; families; social class; and social stratification; race and ethnicity; and deviance. Course Outline OR
GEN	--- ---	IAI Social Science --- --- IAI Social Science	3.0
GEN	--- ---	IAI Fine Arts --- --- IAI Fine Arts	3.0
GEN	--- ---	IAI Social Science --- --- IAI Social Science	3.0
CORE	--- ---	PSY Elective --- --- PSY Elective	3.0
ELE	--- ---	Transfer Elective --- --- Transfer Elective	3.0
	Semester Totals		18.0
Second Semester
ELE	COM-111	Intro to Speech Communication COM-111 Intro to Speech Communication Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selecting, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence and points of view to audiences. Course Outline	3.0
ELE	--- ---	PSY Elective --- --- PSY Elective OR
ELE	--- ---	Transfer Elective --- --- Transfer Elective	3.0
ELE	--- ---	Transfer Elective --- --- Transfer Elective	9.0
	Semester Totals		15.0

Total Program Hours

64.0

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Email: counsel@lakelandcollege.edu

Faculty Contact: Andrew W. Gaines
Faculty Email: againes@lakelandcollege.edu
Faculty Phone: 217-234-5442

* There are prerequisites, course requisites, or minimum placement test scores for this course.
** Electives must be approved by the Program Coordinator
+ Course only offered fall semester
++ Course only offered spring and summer semester
+++ Course only offered spring semester
++++ Course offered in summer term only
^ SOS 050 Human Relations and PSY 271 Introduction to Psychology cannot be used as a social science elective
^^ Consult Academic Advisor for appropriate course
^^^ Course requires a 30-hour practicum experience in addition to classroom lecture hours
^^^^ ECE 120 and ECE 125 must be taken the same semester

Psychology (AA.PSY)

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Catalog Term Year: 2025 Summer

First YearFirst Semester

First YearSecond Semester

Second YearFirst Semester

Second YearSecond Semester

ENG-119Composition I Pathway

ENG-120Composition I

COM-200Interpersonal Communication

--- ---IAI Physical Science

PHI-280Ethics

PHI-290Intro to Logic

--- ---IAI Humanities

PSY-271Intr/Psychology

Semester Totals

ENG-121Composition II

MAT-124Statistics Pathway

MAT-125Statistics

MAT-115General Education Pathway

MAT-116General Education Math

--- ---IAI Life Science

--- ---IAI Humanities

--- ---PSY Elective

Semester Totals

--- ---IAI Social Science

SOC-280Introduction to Sociology

--- ---IAI Social Science

--- ---IAI Fine Arts

--- ---IAI Social Science

--- ---PSY Elective

--- ---Transfer Elective

Semester Totals

COM-111Intro to Speech Communication

--- ---PSY Elective

--- ---Transfer Elective

--- ---Transfer Elective

Semester Totals

Total Program Hours

First Year
First Semester

First Year
Second Semester

Second Year
First Semester

Second Year
Second Semester

ENG-119
Composition I Pathway

ENG-120
Composition I

COM-200
Interpersonal Communication

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IAI Physical Science

PHI-280
Ethics

PHI-290
Intro to Logic

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IAI Humanities

PSY-271
Intr/Psychology

ENG-121
Composition II

MAT-124
Statistics Pathway

MAT-125
Statistics

MAT-115
General Education Pathway

MAT-116
General Education Math

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IAI Life Science

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IAI Humanities

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PSY Elective

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IAI Social Science

SOC-280
Introduction to Sociology

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IAI Social Science

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IAI Fine Arts

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IAI Social Science

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PSY Elective

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Transfer Elective

COM-111
Intro to Speech Communication

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PSY Elective

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Transfer Elective

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Transfer Elective