PSychology 301 - Understanding Major Requirements

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

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To declare the Psychology major, you need:

PSY 100, 110, and 310 with a grade of B or better and a GPA of 3.0.

PSY 100, 110, and 220 with a grade of C or better and an overall GPA of 2.5.

PSY 100, 110, 220, and 241 and an overall GPA of 3.5.

PSY 100, 110, 220, AND 241 with a grade of C or better and a 2.5 CSULB GPA.

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

Questions about the Psychology Department Resources

Capstones and GE questions

Graduate School in Psychology resources

Help finding a job with a BA in Psychology resources

Tutoring for psychology courses

PSY 301 help

Course syllabi from Psychology courses

Academic Advising

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

The Faculty Research Areas section of the Psychology department website

On BeachBoard

In the Psychology Resource Office (Room 206) on bulletin boards, handouts, or postings

By conducting a library search using COAST

Looking in the Psychology Student Study Center in room PSY 314

By asking faculty you've taken classes with about openings in their research labs

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

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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.

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To graduate from CSULB, you need:

At least 120 total units

3 upper division Capstone courses

at least a 2.0 in all four GPAs (overall, CSULB, major and upper division major GPA)

A minor in a related area

to complete all major requirements

To complete all lower division GE courses or have your GE certification

To walk in a Spring Graduation Ceremony

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

You must take 30 activity units

You must live at the CSULB dorms

at least 30 out of your 120 units must be taken at CSULB

you cannot take more than 30 units of online courses

30 units must be taken in the city of Long Beach

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

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

at least one day before you plan on graduating.

After 90 units and before the enrollment services deadline for graduation terms (Oct. 15th for Spring Graduations; March 1st for Fall Graduations).

At least a week before you plan on graduating.

The same day you declare the psychology major.

PSY 241- Psychobiology is required for:

Applying to the psychology major

Taking PSY 331, 332, 333 and all the other Group 1 psychology courses

Psychology major requirements for graduation

Psychology minor requirements for graduation

Applying to the psychology minor

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

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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:

You will get a jump start on graduating.

You can and most likely will be dropped from the class by the instructor once the semester starts.

You will still have to take the prerequisite course for the psychology major or minor.

You will not be prepared for the course and will fall behind.

Answers B, C, and D

Answers A & B

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

PSY 310 Intermediate Statistics, 411 Experimental Design & Analysis, and 412 Multivariate Statistics

PSY 314 Assessment and/or 315 Testing

The minimum required course for the Psychology major

PSY 499 (Independent Study credit doing research with a faculty member)

lots of elective courses from other departments

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.

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

The Psychology Resource Office in room PSY 206

The Psychology Department website

The main psychology department office (in PSY 100)

Inside the Psychology Major Handbook

Your friends at CSULB

The University Center for Undergraduate Advising in the Horn Center, room 103.

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.

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

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Flase

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

Meet together every other week

Put on Psych Day every spring

Require students to attend every meeting

Always have free food

Never have guest speakers or interesting workshops

Look good on vitas and resumes for applying to graduate school and jobs

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

The Group 1 courses (PSY 331, 332, 333, etc.)

The Group 3 courses from Sub-group B

The 400 level courses

The Psychology Electives courses

PSychology 301 - Understanding Major Requirements

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