B.S.

in PSYCHOLOGY 2017-2019 Catalog

Suggested 4-Year Academic Flowchart

Updated 7/3/2017

FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE JUNIOR SENIOR

Fall Winter Spring Fall Winter Spring Fall Winter Spring Fall Winter Spring
Social Psychology Personality Abnormal Psychology Memory and Cognition
General
PSY 252 (4) PSY 305 (4) PSY 405 (4) PSY 457 (4)
Psychology
(PSY 201 or 202) (PSY 201 or 202) (PSY 201 or 202) (PSY 333)
PSY 201 or
202 (4) Developmental Psych. Research Methods in Psychology Biopsychology Learning
CD / PSY 256 (4) PSY 329 (4) PSY 340 (4) PSY 458 (4)
(PSY 201 or 202) (PSY 201 or 202, STAT 217 or 211, or Instr. Consent) (PSY 201 or 202) [B5] (PSY 333)
[D4]
Introduction to Statistical Concepts and Methods Quantitative Research Methods Senior Project Seminar
GE (4) STAT 217 (4)* PSY 333 (3) PSY 461 (1)
** [B1] (PSY 329 or SOC 333, & STAT 217, or Instr. Consent) (PSY 329; Sr. standing)

Expository Writing 1 Electives Senior Project Seminar

Support Elective (4)
ENGL 133/134 (4)** PSY 300-400 (4) PSY 462 (3)
[A1] * (PSY 461)

Oral Communication Electives Supervised Fieldwork &/or Research Internship

COMS 101/102 (4)** PSY 300-400 (4) Select one course from the following:
[A2] * PSY 448, 449, 453, 454 (5)
*
Reasoning, Argumentation, & Writing [A3] Multicultural The Helping
COMS 126; COMS / ENGL 145; ENGL 148; PHIL 126 (4)** Psychology Relationship Supervised Fieldwork &/or Research Internship
(Completion of GE A1 with a C- or better) PSY 372 (4) PSY 323 (4) Select one course from the following:
Can be taken anytime between Winter of Freshman and Winter of Sophomore Years. (PSY 201 or 202; (Jr. standing, one PSY 448, 449, 453, 454 (5)
Soph. standing) USCP course, Instr. *
GE (4) GE (4) [USCP] Consent)

** ** Electives
Human Genetics BIO 302 (4)2* PSY 300-400 (4)
GE (4) GE (4) or *
** ** Behavioral Genetics PSY 344 (4)3*
Electives
GE (4) GE (4) GE (4) PSY 300-400 (4)
** ** ** *

GE (4) GE (4) GE (4) Electives

** ** ** PSY 300-400 (4)
*
GE (4)
Free Elective (4) ** Free Elective (4)

Free Elective (4) Free Elective (4) Free Elective (4)

Free Elective (4) Graduation Writing Requirement GWR* Free Elective (3)
(Students can attempt to fulfill the requirement after 90 earned
units; students should complete the requirement before senior
year)

TOTAL YEARLY UNITS 44 TOTAL YEARLY UNITS 44 TOTAL YEARLY UNITS 47 TOTAL YEARLY UNITS 45
TOTAL: 180
Notes: Legend:
MOST GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES CAN BE TAKEN IN ANY ORDER AS LONG AS PREREQUISITES ARE MET Course Title Major (81)
* Refer to current catalog for prerequisites. Course # (Units)
**One course from each of the following GE areas must be completed: A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, (B4 [lab] must be completed with either B2 or B3), (Prerequisite) Support (12)
C1, C2, C3, C4, D1, D2, D3, D5 and F. C4, D5 and F should be taken only after Junior standing is reached (90 units).
One (1) course must be completed from B1 and B2, in addition to STAT 217/251/252. No PSY course may be taken to fulfill GE D5. General Ed. (60)
Refer to online catalog for GE course selection and Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR). [GE Area]
1
Select one from the following: CD 424, ES 320, 321, 322, 323, ES/WGS 350, ES 380, 381, PSY 260, 304, 318, PSY/WGS 324, 475, WGS 301, 320, 340, Free Electives (27)
WGS/RELS 370. Some courses on this list may have prerequisites that may be taken as Free Electives. If GE courses are taken for a letter grade and used
as Support Elective, additional Free Elective units may be required to complete the 180 total degree requirement. See college advisor for additional
information.
2
To satisfy the prerequisite for BIO 302, it is recommended that students take a B2 in ASCI 112, BIO 111, BIO 123, BIO 161, BIO 213, or BOT 121.
3
To satisfy the prerequisites for PSY 344, students must take PSY 201 or PSY 202 and it is recommended that students take a B2 in ASCI 112, BIO 111,
BIO 123, BIO 161, or BIO 213.

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