Any 200-level course in Psychology may be taken after passing Psychology 100 or Psychology 299. Because 299 is a prerequisite for 300 level courses, the department recommends that students who are planning to major in Psychology take 299 as early as possible . Ascore of 10 or above on the math placement exam is required. You may take the placement exam at any time prior to registering for the course. That is, if you took the exam as an entering first year student and did not do well, you can take the exam again after some preparation.
Statistics is required early in the sequence of courses.
Upper level courses are highly statistical in content. In rare circumstances, a student who demonstrates high competence in statistics may be allowed to take an advanced tutorial in statistics and experimental design rather than taking Psychology 299. Although not required , we strongly suggest that psychology majors take the 2 semester lab sequence of either introductory Biology or introductory Chemistry and at least one course in mathematics. Students often find an I.S. topic in Psychology that crosses disciplinary boundaries. Graduate schools in Psychology often require lab Biology or Chemistry plus a math course.