hours needed for a bachelors in psychology
General Requirements for the BS Degree in Psychology. 1  a minimum of 51 credit hours in required and elective courses, consisting of: PSYC 1000, 1005, 2090, 2220, 3090 and 4054. BIOL 2051/2071, BIOL 2061/2081, CHEM 2031/2038, CHEM 2061/2068. 2  A minimum of 15 upper division Psychology credit hours taken from UC Denver Downtown Campus faculty.