Undergraduate Bulletin
Spring 2025
Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Psychology (B.A. Degree)
For more information about SBC courses that fulfill major requirements, click here.
| FRESHMAN |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| First Year Seminar 101 | 1 |
| WRT 101 | 3 |
| PSY 103 | 3 |
| SOC or ANT or POL course** | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| LANG Part 1 | 3-4 |
| Total | 16-17 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| First Year Seminar 102 | 1 |
| WRT 102 | 3 |
| PSY Group A (220 or 230 o 240) OR PSY Group B (250 or 260) | 3 |
| PHI course | 3 |
| MAT course* | 3-4 |
| LANG Part 2
|
3-4 |
| Total | 16-18 |
| SOPHOMORE |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY Group B (if Group A taken) OR Group A (if Group B taken) | 3 |
| Course for outside concentration (#1) | 3 |
| Statistics course*** | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
|
SBC
|
3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY Group A or B course | 3 |
| PSY 200 and above elective | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| BIO course | 3-4 |
|
SBC
|
3 |
| Total | 15-16 |
| JUNIOR |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY Upper-division elec. (301 to 384) | 3 |
| Course for outside concentration (#2) | 3 |
| PSY Upper-division elective (301-384) | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY Upper-division elective (301-384) | 3 |
| Upper-division course for outside concentration (#3) | 3 |
| PSY Upper-Division elective (301-384) | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SENIOR |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY 310 | 4 |
| Upper-division for outside concentration (course #4) | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| SBC | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
*Choose from among the following: AMS 101, MAT 118 or any higher AMS, CSE, or MAT course approved by the department. Note: PSY 201 (or equivalent introductory statistics courses) does not satisfy this requirement. Students who pass the Mathematics Placement Exam at Level 4 or above are not required to complete a course in this category.
**Any course offered by these departments except SOC 202 or POL 201
***Choose one of the following: PSY 201, AMS 102, AMS 110, AMS 310, BUS 215, ECO 320, POL 201, or SOC 202
Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Psychology (B.S. Degree)
A course planning guide for this major may be found
here.
| FRESHMAN |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| First Year Seminar 101 | 1 |
| WRT 101 | 3 |
| PSY 103 | 3 |
| MAT 125 or 131 or 141 | 3-4 |
| CHE 131 * | 3-4 |
| LANG Part 1 | 3-4 |
| Total | 16-19 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| First Year Seminar 102 | 1 |
| WRT 102 | 3 |
| PSY Group A (220 or 230 or 240) OR PSY Group B (250 or 260) | 3 |
| MAT 126 or 132 or 142 | 3-4 |
| LANG Part 2 | 3-4 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 16-18 |
| SOPHOMORE |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY 201 ** | 3 |
| PSY Group B (if Group A taken) OR Group A (if Group B taken) | 3 |
| BIO 201 , 202, or 203, and 204 | 5 |
| SBC | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 17 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY Upper-division elective (301-384) | 3 |
| PSY Group A or B | 3 |
| PSY 200 and above elective**** | 3 |
| BIO 201 , 202, or 203, and 205 | 5 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 17 |
| JUNIOR |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY advanced laboratory (380 or 382 or 386 or 389) | 4 |
| Science sequence concentration elective | 3-5 |
| PSY Upper-division elective*** | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 16-18 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY 301 , PSY 355, PSY 356, PSY 368 or AMS 315 | 3 |
| Science sequence concentration elective | 3-5 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 15-17 |
| SENIOR |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY 310* | 4 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| PSY Upper-division elective**** | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| Upper-division elective | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 12 |
Note: Passing a placement test at the appropriate level also satisfies the calculus requirement.
*CHE 131 is a prerequisite to the 200-level BIO courses.
** Other statistics courses allowed are AMS 102, AMS 110, AMS 310, BUS 215, ECO 320, POL 201, or SOC 202.
*** BIO 334 or BIO 338 may be used here only if it is not used in a BIO concentration.
**** May not use any of the following to fulfill this requirement: PSY 273, 283, 399, 447, 475, 476, 487, 488, or 495-496.
