The Ohio State University Department of Psychology

BS

BS

NOTE: If you started AU22 or later and are following GEN, you will also follow this major curriculum. If you are unsure which GE curriculum you are following, please contact your advisor.

View the GE - Legacy (GEL) Curriculum

 

Overview of Major Requirements

  • Visit Declare the Major under 'Academic Advising' to learn how to declare psychology as your major.
  • Psychology 1100(H): Introduction to Psychology is a prerequisite for all psychology coursework. Psychology 1100(H) fulfills the Social and Behavioral Science GE and is a required supporting course for the major. This course does not count on the major.
  • Twelve (12) courses totaling at least 36 semester credit hours of Psychology Department coursework are required for the major. You must earn at least a C- in your psychology courses to count them on the major.
  • Courses with variable credit hours (e.g., Psychology 4998, Psychology 3193.xx): You need 3 credit hours to count it as one course to be applied to the major

Section I. Data Analysis & Research Requirements

Take all 4 of the courses listed below.
If a course has an (H) next to it, there is both an Honors and a non-honors version available.

*You must earn a B or above in Psychology 2220(H) in order to take Psychology 3321.

Section II. Core Requirements

Take one course in each of the 4 areas below.
If a course has an (H) next to it, there is both an Honors and a non-honors version available.

Section III. Advanced Requirements

Take at least two courses, one of which must be a Sequenced Advanced Course. 

You must earn a C- or higher in PSYCH 2220 and 2300 and any other core prerequisite before you can take advanced courses. If you take Advanced Courses before successfully completing the prerequisites, the courses will count as electives only.

Section IV. Elective Courses

To reach the 12 courses (36 credit hours) required for the Psychology Major, you take any additional courses from Sections II, III, or IV. Psychology courses taken abroad (Psychology 5797) are evaluated individually.

Psychology Major Embedded Literacy

Students must take one course in Advanced Writing to fulfill the embedded literacy requirement. This course also counts in the psychology major as the sequenced advanced course and the advanced research course.