PSychology 301 - Understanding Major Requirements

Once you have met the requirements to declare the major, you must visit ATLAS to declare the psychology major.

The Psychology Department has over 1500 psychology majors/minors.

To declare the Psychology major, you need:

You can drop by the Psychology Resource Office (PRO) in room PSY 206 for:

If you were looking for opportunities for Research experience, where could you look?

When looking for research opportunities, you should focus on asking tenured or tenure-track faculty members.

The College of Liberal Arts Advising Center (ATLAS) is in PH1 Room 104. ATLAS is open Monday-Friday, and you can drop in or make an appointment to see them about Psychology major requirements, declaring the psychology major, GE requirements, units, GPAs, or other majors and minors in the College of Liberal Arts. ATLAS does all the academic advising for psychology students.

To graduate from CSULB, you need:

A Psychology minor requires at least ____ units.

30 units out of your 120 total units needed must be taken in Residency, this means:

You must pass the Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE) or take a writing course at CSULB before graduating to meet the GWAR writing requirement.

You must file a request to graduate (using the form found online at the enrollment services website):

PSY 241- Psychobiology is required for:

All departments handle prerequisites differently. In the psychology department, you can take a psychology course without the prerequisites.

Which sources could you use to find out what the prerequisites for psychology courses are? (check all that apply)

If you register for a psychology course and do not have the prerequisites:

If you plan on going to Graduate School in Psychology, you should plan on taking: (check all that apply)

At CSULB, a grade of D is considered a passing grade. However, the Psychology Department requires you to have a grade of C or better in PSY 100, 110, and 220 for admission to the major.

You can get a list of the approved ethnic studies courses from: (check all that apply)

All courses take at a Community or Junior College are considered lower division. Lower division community college courses CANNOT be used for upper division (300 level or above) CSULB courses. You can check Assist.org or in the Psychology Major Handbook for transfer equivalents at CSULB.

At CSULB you can take PSY 100, 110, and 220 all in the same semester.

If you are declared as a psychology "pre-major", you will have to declare a "real" major by 60 units.

The Psychology Student association (PSA) and Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society: (check all that apply)

Which group of psychology courses are open to Psychology majors only? (Meaning you must be declared as a psychology major to take these courses)

Students at CSULB are limited to ____ units of repeating.