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Arts Academic Plans

Psychology

Four-Year General Psychology

Refer to the Applying for a Psychology Major page.

Continuation in this academic plan requires a minimum cumulative overall average of 60% and a minimum cumulative Psychology major average of 65%. 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 completion of the following requirements:

  1. Appropriate program-level requirements. See Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements.
  2. Psychology plan-level requirements:

Notes

  1. Students who have not successfully completed Math 4U (grade 12 university level), a Grade 12 Mathematics 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.
  3. At least five of the six Discipline Core courses must be completed by the end of Year Two.
  4. PSYCH 391 is a corequisite for enrolment in a Research Seminar.
  5. 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.
  6. Refer to the Psychology programs section on the Psychology undergraduate website for further course sequence information and course registration instructions.

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