Majors

• Psychology

  Areas of Study

  • Lifespan development
  • Brain and Behavior
  • Personality and perception
  • Health and Well being
  • Abnormal behavior
  • Techniques of individual and group counseling
  • Organizational dynamics and leadership
  • Cognitive processes

  Minimum Criteria to Declare

  • Good Academic Standing for the previous two quarters
  • Ability to complete the degree within 216 units
  • If upper-division courses have been taken, a minimum upper-division GPA of 2.0
  • Completion of Math 4 or higher, PSYC 1, PSYC 2, and PSYC 11* with grades of C- or better
  • *Please note: PSYC 11 has a prerequisite of Math 4 or higher

  Requirement Worksheet for a B.A.

  Requirement Worksheet for a B.S. (By invitation only)

  Two-Year Sample Plan for a B.A. Four-Year Sample Plan for a B.A. 
• Psychology/Law and Society

  Areas of Study

  • Lifespan development
  • Brain and Behavior
  • Personality and perception
  • Law and religion
  • Eyewitness testimony
  • Rehabilitation and punishment
  • Ethics and legal responsibilities
  • Delinquency and correctional programs
  • Criminology theory
  • Components of organized crime
  • The function of criminal law

  Minimum Criteria to Declare

  • Good Academic Standing for the previous two quarters
  • Ability to complete the degree within 216 units
  • If upper-division courses have been taken, a minimum upper-division GPA of 2.0
  • Completion of Math 4 or higher, PSYC 1, PSYC 2, and PSYC 11* with grades of C- or better
  • Completion of LWSO 100 with a grade of “C” or higher
  • *Please note: PSYC 11 has a prerequisite of Math 4 or higher

  Requirement Worksheet

  Two-Year Sample Plan Four-Year Sample Plan
• Neuroscience

  The Neuroscience major is jointly offered by CHASS and CNAS.
  For information regarding the CNAS Neuroscience major, click here.

  Areas of Study

  • Hormones and behavior
  • Genetic aspects of a cell
  • Sensory systems and perception
  • Biorhythms
  • Protein targeting
  • Nuclear transport
  • Organic chemistry
  • Nutrition and energy metabolism

  Minimum Criteria to Declare

  • Good Academic Standing
  • Ability to complete the degree within 216 units
  • If upper-division courses have been taken, a minimum upper-division GPA of 2.0
  • Appropriate progress towards the Life Science Core. Please see the Neuroscience Major Change Criteria Sheet.

  Requirement Worksheet

  Two-Year Sample Plan Four-Year Sample Plan for a B.A. Four-Year Sample Plan for a B.S.

Minors

• Psychology

  Areas of Study

  • Memory and sensation
  • Inferential statistics
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Variability and correlation
  • Methodologies and research design
  • Biological methods of memory
  • Conformity and deviance
  • Artificial intelligence

  Minimum Criteria to Declare

  • Good Academic Standing
  • Ability to complete the degree within 216 units
  • Completion of all lower-division in the minor and the minor must be declared at least two quarters prior to graduation
  • A minimum upper-division minor GPA of 2.0

  Requirement Worksheet

• Neuroscience

  Areas of Study

  • Endocrine physiology
  • Brain injury
  • Cognitive impairments
  • Pharmacological agents and effects
  • Emotional memory
  • Sensory inputs
  • Neural systems and underlying behavior
  • Cellular mechanisms

  Minimum Criteria to Declare

  • Good Academic Standing
  • Ability to complete the degree within 216 units
  • Completion of all lower-division in the minor and the minor must be declared at least two quarters prior to graduation
  • A minimum upper-division minor GPA of 2.0

  Requirement Worksheet

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