Notes on the Psychology Major
1. A minimum of 21 credits in Psychology courses must be completed at Geneseo.
2. Note that: (a) PSYC 100 is a prerequisite for all other Psychology courses; (b) Proficiency in Basic Requirements is the prerequisite for most 300-level Psychology courses; (c) All prerequisites must be completed with a minimum C- grade before taking 200-, or 300-, or 400-level Psychology courses.
3. PSYC 250 satisfies the college requirement for Numeric/Symbolic Reasoning.
4. A student who has received credit (and a grade of at least C-) for ECON 205 , GEOG 278 , MATH 242 , MATH 262 , PLSC 251 , or SOCL 211 may use this course in place of PSYC 250 to fulfill the statistics requirement for the major. The student must then complete an additional psychology elective in order to reach the 45 psychology credits required for the major.
5. The related requirement in Biology is a pre- or co-requisite for Biopsychology. The related requirements in Biology and Sociology can be used to satisfy the College general education requirement in natural sciences (N/) and social sciences (S/). Pre-medical students are advised to take BIOL 117 , BIOL 119 , BIOL 118 , BIOL 121, AND SOCL 100 . NOTE: BIOL 100 and BIOL 105 /BIOL 106 do not fill the Biology related requirement
6. Students must complete PSYC 452 at Geneseo. The prerequisites for PSYC 452 include proficiency in Basic Requirements and three 300-level PSYC courses. These 300-level courses should be courses with specific academic content. Experiential courses (PSYC 391 , PSYC 395 , PSYC 396 , PSYC 397 ) do not count as prerequisites. All prerequisites must be completed with a minimum grade of C - before taking PSYC 452 .
7. A maximum of two courses can be transferred to meet Content Area requirements.
8. No more than 3 credits from PSYC 294 , PSYC 299 , PSYC 391 , PSYC 395 , PSYC 396 , PSYC 397 , or 399 may be used to satisfy elective requirements of the major.
9. The College requires a 1.67 grade point average in the related requirements for all majors as well as a 2.00 grade point average across the courses counted toward the major requirements.
10. A maximum of 51 credits in psychology may be included within the 120 credits required for the degree. At least 69 credits must be completed outside of the Psychology department.
11. Any student who renders psychological services or implies to the public that they, she, or he is licensed to practice as a psychologist is acting in contravention of the laws of the State of New York Education Law, Article 153, Sections 7601-7614.
12. Majors who contemplate graduate study in psychology are encouraged to develop proficiency in computer use and/or a foreign language, and to take courses in biology.
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