The Department of Psychological Sciences has a set of advising procedures in place to empower all majors with the knowledge necessary to graduate with their degree. Please consider the information provided here to ensure you understand the process.
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The drop-down menu and headings below will guide students through the steps of the advising process.
Advising Process
The goal should be to finish the core curriculum as soon as possible, so you can incorporate courses for the minor and foreign language sequence as you work your way through the major.
Freshman Year
Concentrate on completing core curriculum courses.
Before you can take your first psychology class, PSYC 20043 (was 2300) Psychology and the Human Experience, you must first finish RHET 10103 (was 1311) Composition I.
Be sure to take MATH 11003 (was 1302) or MATH 11103 (was 1321) and earn a C or better. This is a prerequisite for PSYC 33554 (was 3435) Statistics and Methods.
Sophomore Year
Once you complete RHET 10103 (was 1311) and MATH 11003 (was 1302)/MATH 11103 (was 1321), take PSYC 20043 (was 2300). In your second semester, you are ready to take PSYC 33554 (was 3435) Statistics & Methods and PSYC 31233 (was 3320) Applied Psychology. Start working on your foreign language sequence courses and choose a minor.
Junior Year
The following will ensure you are prepared for your senior year.
Plan to take:
- PSYC 33554 (was 3435) Statistics & Methods (If you have not already)
- PSYC 34104 (was 3441) Research Methods
One course from the following:
- PSYC 3350 Social Psychology
- PSYC 30203 (was 3360) Abnormal Psychology
- PSYC 33043 (was 3330) Health Psychology
One course from the following:
- PSYC 31733 (was 3370) Industrial Psychology
- PSYC 37543 (was 3375) Consumer Psychology
- PSYC 4325 Personnel Psychology
- PSYC 4363 Organizational Psychology
One course from the following:
- PSYC 30543 (was 3305) Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 31003 (was 3380) Cognitive Psychology
- PSYC 41333 (was 4320) Physiological Psychology
- PSYC 4300 Learning and Memory
Senior Year
Plan to take:
- 3 upper-level course electives
- PSYC 49204 (was 4492) Capstone