The Psychology Major

Know Your Major
In order to graduate with a Psychology major, the following requirements must be met:

Grades & Numbers

• Maintain a 2.0 gpa in your UIUC PSYC courses (An average of “C” in your courses, not a “C” in every course)
• Earn at least 32 PSYC hours(From courses with the abbreviation/rubric PSYC)
  
  

Coursework

• Introductory Psychology – PSYC 100, PSYC 103, PSYC 105 or equivalent transfer class
  
  (For transfer courses, consult with the Course Applicability System – CAS (First, click on “Go Directly to Illinois CAS” and then click on “Guest login” on the left of the page)
  
  
• Statistics - PSYC 235 or PSYC 301 (this course is recommended for students interested in pursuing Ph.D. work in Psychology)
  
  If you are wanting a basic understanding of statistics may choose from STAT 100, ECON 202, EPSY 280, or other departmental introductory statistics.
  
  **A non-PSYC statistics course will fulfill the statistics requirement but the hours will not count toward your 32 PSYC hours**
  
• 200-Level Psychology courses
  Group III – Biological/Cognitive Psychology Courses
  
  Students must complete at least two from the following courses:
  

  210 - Brain & Mind	217 – Comparative
  224 – Cognitive	230 – Perception
  248 – Learning and Memory	296 – Images of Mind
  358 – Human Factors

  
  
  Group IV – Additional Psychology Courses
  
  Students must complete at least two from the following courses:

  201 - Social	216 – Child
  238 – Abnormal	239 – Community
  245 – Industrial	250 – Personality

  
  

• Advanced Level courses


Advanced hours = any course numbered in the 300 or 400 level

Our college, Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) requires at least 21 hours of advanced credit

Of the 21 total hours, your major requires at least 12 hours of advanced PSYC courses

One advanced course must be a Psychology research methods/laboratory course. Choose one from the following:

311 - Biological	331 – Cognitive
332 – Social/Laboratory Settings	333 – Social/Natural Settings
334 – Vision and Space	350 – Personality
363 – Developmental	490 – Measurement and Evaluation



Supporting Coursework – 12 hours of non-Psychology courses

Ask yourself – “What classes would I take when no one is telling me what to take?”


• From different departments: business-related, education, sciences…..
  
  
• From the same department: Sociology, Gender and Women’s studies, African-American Studies, Chemistry …...
  
  
• Supporting course work could be… * a declared minor * a second major * pre-law interest * pre-med courses * specific graduate school preparation
  
  Make this part of your plan – your major plan of study