Arts Academic Plans

The Four-Year General Bachelor of Arts in Psychology will be of particular interest to those who require a four-year degree in order to pursue further studies that do not require an Honours degree for admission.

Please refer to the Applying for a Psychology Major section.

Continuation in this academic plan requires a cumulative overall average of 60% and a cumulative Psychology average of 70%. Conditional standing may be granted for one academic term to students whose averages fall below these criteria.

Eligibility for graduation in the Four-Year General Psychology academic plan includes successful fulfillment of the following requirements:

1. Appropriate Program-level requirements. See Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements.
2. Psychology Plan-level requirements:
   • at least seven academic course units (14 courses) in Psychology with a minimum cumulative Psychology average of 70%, including:
     • PSYCH 101/PSYCH 101R
     • PSYCH 291, PSYCH 292
     • four of the following Discipline Core: PSYCH 207, PSYCH 211, PSYCH 253/PSYCH 253R, PSYCH 257/PSYCH 257R, PSYCH 261
     • four PSYCH courses from the following: PSYCH 306 through PSYCH 380, PSYCH 439, PSYCH 481, PSYCH 482 
     • three additional PSYCH courses at any level 

Notes

1. Students who have not successfully completed Math 4U (grade 12 university level), or Grade 12 Math course in a province other than Ontario, or an approved equivalent will be required to take MATH 103 as a corequisite to PSYCH 291. For those required to take MATH 103, it counts as an "unspecified elective" towards the degree requirements.
2. PSYCH 291 and PSYCH 292 must be completed in Year Two. Normally, the Discipline Core courses are completed by the end of Year Two.
3. Regarding the "Social Science" courses for the Bachelor of Arts Breadth Requirements, Psychology majors only require 1.0 academic course unit (two courses) from this area in a discipline(s) other than Psychology.
4. Residency Requirements: Students enrolled in academic plans in Psychology must successfully complete at least half of the total number of academic course units required in Psychology for their academic plan from the University of Waterloo with numerical grades. Please refer to the Residency Requirement section for the Faculty of Arts as well as the Department of Psychology policies for further details regarding the residency requirements.
5. If Psychology courses are required for another academic plan(s), please refer to the Faculty of Arts' double-counting regulations for further details.
6. Please refer to the Psychology programs section on the Psychology undergraduate website for further course sequence information and class enrolment instructions.