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Arts Academic Plans

Psychology

Four-Year General Psychology

Refer to Applying for a Psychology Major.

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. 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.
  3. Refer to Psychology programs web page for course sequence information and course registration instructions.

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