Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Psychology (B.A. Degree)
| Freshman Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| First Year Seminar 101 | 1 | First Year Seminar 102 | 1 |
| D.E.C. A | 3 | D.E.C. A | 3 |
| PSY 103 | 3 | PSY Group A (220 or 230 or240) OR PSY Group B (250 or 260) | 3 |
| MAT course* | 4 | PHI course | 3 |
| BIO course | 4 | SOC or ANT or POL course** | 3 |
| D.E.C. | 3 | Statistics course*** | 3 |
| Total | 16-18 | Total | 16 |
| Sophomore Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PSY Group B (if Group A taken) OR Group A (if Group B taken) | 3 | PSY Group A or B course | 3 |
| Course outside concentration (#1) | 3 | PSY 200 and above elective | 3 |
| PSY 310 (or D.E.C. course and takePSY 310 in spring) | 3 | D.E.C. (or PSY 310 of not taken in fall) | 3 |
| D.E.C. | 3 | D.E.C. | 3 |
| D.E.C. | 3 | D.E.C. | 3 |
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 |
| Junior Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PSY Upper-Division elec. (301 to 384) | 3 | PSY Upper-Division elective (301-384) | 3 |
| Course outside concentration (#2) | 3 | Upper-Division course outside concentration (#3) | 3 |
| Upper-Division elective | 3 | PSY Upper-Division elective (301-384) | 3 |
| Upper-Division elective | 3 | D.E.C. | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Total | 15 |
| Total | 16-18 | ||
| Senior Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Upper-Division outside concentration (course #4) | 3 | D.E.C. | 3 |
| PSY Upper-Division elective (301-384) | 3 | Upper-Division elective | 3 |
| D.E.C. | 3 | Upper-Division elective | 3 |
| Upper-Division elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Upper-Division elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 |
*One course from among the following: AMS 101, CSE 110, MAT 122 or any higher AMS, CSE, or MAT course except AMS 102. (Students who pass the current Department of Mathematics placement examination with a score of 4 or higher have fulfilled this requirement.)
**Any course offered by these departments except SOC 202 or POL 201
***Choose one of the following: AMS 102, ECO 320, POL 201, PSY 201, or SOC 202
Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Psychology (B.S. Degree)
| Freshman Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| First Year Seminar 101 | 1 | First Year Seminar 102 | 1 |
| D.E.C. A | 3 | D.E.C. A | 3 |
| PSY 103 | 3 | PSY Group A (220 or 230 or 240)OR PSY Group B (250 or 260) | 3 |
| MAT 125 or 131 or 141 | 3-4 | D.E.C. | 3 |
| CHE 131* | 3-4 | MAT 126 or 132 or 142 | 3-4 |
| D.E.C. | 3 | D.E.C. | 3 |
| Total | 16-18 | Total | 16-17 |
| Sophomore Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PSY 201** | 3 | PSY 310 | 4 |
| PSY Group B (if Group A taken)OR Group A (if Group B taken) | 3 | PSY Group A or B | 3 |
| BIO 201, 202, or 203, and 204 | 5 | PSY elective*** | 3 |
| D.E.C. | 3 | BIO 201, 202, or 203, and 205 | 5 |
| D.E.C. | 3 | D.E.C. | 3 |
| Total | 17 | Total | 18 |
| Junior Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PSY advanced laboratory (380 or381 or 382 or 383 or 384) | 3-4 | PSY 301 or AMS 315 | 3 |
| Science sequence elective | 3 | Science sequence elective | 3 |
| PSY Upper-Division elective*** | 3 | D.E.C. | 3 |
| Upper-Division elective | 3 | Upper-Division elective | 3 |
| D.E.C. | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15-16 | Total | 15 |
| Senior Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PSY Upper-Division elective*** | 3 | PSY Upper-Division elective *** | 3 |
| D.E.C. | 3 | D.E.C. | 3 |
| Upper-Division elective | 3 | Upper-Division elective | 3 |
| Upper-Division elective | 3 | Upper-Division elective | 3 |
| Upper-Division elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 |
‑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, ECO 320, POL 201, or SOC 202.
*** May not use any of the following to fulfill this requirement: PSY 273, 283, 399, 447, 475, 476, 487, 488, or 495-496.
