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:
- Appropriate program-level requirements. See Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements.
- Psychology plan-level requirements:
- a minimum cumulative Psychology major average of 65%
- at least eight academic course units (16 courses) in Psychology, including:
- PSYCH 101/PSYCH 101R
- Methodology Core: PSYCH 291, PSYCH 292
- Discipline Core: PSYCH 207, PSYCH 211, PSYCH 238, PSYCH 253/PSYCH 253R, PSYCH 257/PSYCH 257R, PSYCH 261
- PSYCH 470 or one Research Seminar from PSYCH 420, PSYCH 451, PSYCH 453, PSYCH 454, PSYCH 455, PSYCH 457, PSYCH 458, PSYCH 459, PSYCH 461, PSYCH 462, PSYCH 463, PSYCH 485
- five additional PSYCH courses at the 300-level or above
- one additional PSYCH course at any level
Notes
- 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.
- PSYCH 291 and PSYCH 292 must be completed in Year Two.
- At least five of the six Discipline Core courses must be completed by the end of Year Two.
- PSYCH 391 is a corequisite for enrolment in a Research Seminar.
- 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.
- Refer to the Psychology programs section on the Psychology undergraduate website for further course sequence information and course registration instructions.