Online Psychology and social science courses for college credit

Introduction to Psychology is the usual first course; Introduction to Sociology is the usual first sociology course. No course here lists a prerequisite in its syllabus, so you can start anywhere.

10 self-paced courses, worth 30 semester hours of NCCRS-recommended credit in all. 2 of them also carry an ACE recommendation.

Introduction to Psychology (UPIS-0006) and Introduction to Sociology (UPIS-0005). They and every other psychology and social science course here also carry an NCCRS recommendation.

Psychology of Personality and Advanced Social Psychology can count as lower or upper division. The rest are lower division.

Abnormal Psychology covers psychological disorders, their causes, symptoms and treatment, from anxiety and mood disorders to psychosis, plus therapy and law. Advanced Social Psychology covers how people relate to others: attitudes, the self, prejudice, attraction, relationships, groups, helping, aggression and life online. Psychology of Diversity covers identity, prejudice, stereotypes, culture and reducing bias from psychological and social views, and how diversity is studied.

Research Methods in Psychology covers how psychology research is planned and run: ethics, study design, data collection, sampling, measurement, validity and statistics. Ethics in the Social Sciences covers ethics in the social sciences: moral theories, professional codes, decision-making, research with people, data privacy and integrity.

Introduction to Sociology introduces sociology: culture, socialization, groups, deviance, inequality, race and gender, family, institutions, population and change. Introduction to Criminology introduces criminology: how crime is measured, theories of why it happens, major types of crime, and U.S. policing, courts and corrections.

Start with Introduction to Sociology, then Introduction to Criminology and Advanced Social Psychology, in that order. This is UPI Study's suggested order for society and behavior; your program may set its own.

Start with Introduction to Psychology, then Research Methods in Psychology, Abnormal Psychology and Psychology of Personality, in that order. This is UPI Study's suggested order for start in psychology; your program may set its own.

As long as you need: every course is self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want. By their syllabi they run from 54.5 instructional hours (Ethics in the Social Sciences) to 71.5 (Educational Psychology).

In most of them (8), 25% of the grade. Introduction to Psychology and Introduction to Sociology: 50% of the grade. Final exams are mostly multiple choice, and a pass in the course is 70 or more.

Yes: Watch free Criminology lessons shows real lessons from the course, so you can see how a UPI Study course works first.

Each school decides how transfer credit applies to its own degree: as a major course, general education or an elective. The NCCRS recommendations for these courses most often name Psychology and Sociology. Ask your school with the course syllabus in hand; every course page has its syllabus.

You get one free retake. If you pass and retake it, your first score counts. Quizzes can be retaken as often as you like; the average of your first two attempts counts.

ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Search your school in Find My College, and ask your registrar which course each one would count as.

$250 a course, paid once, with no proctoring or exam fees. Or take every course with a plan.