Advising Course Plan - Psychology Major Option 4
What follows is an example three-year plan for students bringing in NO courses required for the major but needing to complete the major in three years. (Example: change of major to Psychology after the first year of study). Other plans will work, too. It is critical, however, that with this plan, by the end of the first year as a Psychology major, you have successfully completed PSYC 101S, MATH 125Q, PSYC 203, at least one PSYC Elective, and BIOL 121P. It is also critical that you start the research sequence of courses (PSYC 306Q, PSYC 498, and PSYC 499) sometime during the junior year. These courses must be taken sequentially.
This plan assumes that the student has not taken any courses for the major prior to the first semester shown in the plan but has already completed 32 credits (8 units) that can be applied to the B.S. degree.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| PSYC 101S | Introduction to Psychology | 1 |
| MATH 125Q or BIOL 121P | Introduction to Mathematical and Statistical Modeling The Biological Basis of Behavior | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| PSYC 203 | Foundations for Psychology Majors: Scientific Inquiry, Information Literacy, and Professional Dev. | 1 |
| BIOL 121P or MATH 125Q | The Biological Basis of Behavior Introduction to Mathematical and Statistical Modeling | 1 |
| Major Elective Requirement or Elective1 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Major Elective Requirement1 | 1 | |
| Major Elective Requirement1 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| PSYC 313V | Drugs, Mind and Behavior | 1 |
| Major Elective Requirement1 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| PSYC 498 | Research Methods and Proposal | 1 |
| Major Elective Requirement1 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| PSYC 499 | Senior Project | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Total Unit: 24 | ||
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Major Elective Requirement must be 200-level or higher.