Four-year plan: model course sequence for psychology majors
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First year
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Fall semester
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Spring semester
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- General Education
- General Education
- Elective
- Elective
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Second year
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Third year
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- PSYC Concentration course
- PSYC Concentration course
- General Education
- Elective
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- PSYC Concentration course
- PSYC Concentration course
- General Education
- Elective
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Fourth year
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- PSYC Concentration course (400 level)
- PSYC Elective
- General Education
- Elective
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- PSYC Elective
- General Education
- Elective
- Elective
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PSYC 100 (General Psychology)
The introductory course may be taken either fall or spring semester of the first year.
General Education
Psychology majors may fulfill their General Education Program requirements with minimal restrictions. This adds flexibility for our students. If they choose, they can complete most minor programs without undue scheduling difficulty.
Psychology students are free to choose any course from the College's lower biennium General Education program.
- PSYC 100 (General Psychology) fulfills the General Education Area 3 (Human Relationships) requirement.
- SSCI 224 (Statistics) fulfills the General Education Area 8 (Quantitative Skills) requirement.
- Psychology students are encouraged to select BL 100 (Human Biology) to fulfill their General Education Area 4 (Natural Science) requirement.
Psychology students may not take junior and senior psychology courses included in the General Education program for General Education credit.
Electives
Along with meeting the requirements of a psychology major (11 courses) and the General Education program (12 courses, two of which [PS 100 and SSCI 224] are also psychology courses), psychology majors are free to choose their remaining 11 elective courses. This provides the student with the opportunity to explore a variety of personal interests or to complete a minor or major in a second discipline.
PSYC Concentration Courses
Students majoring in psychology must complete one course in each of six psychology concentration areas.
PSYC 301 (Research Methods)
Students typically complete PSYC 301 (Research Methods) during the spring semester of their second year or the fall semester of their third year. It is a prerequisite to many upper-level courses.
PSYC Electives
Psychology elective courses should typically be left for the fourth year. Any psychology course may be taken as an elective.
