2024-2025 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog

Nov 21, 2024

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2024-2025 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog

Psychology, B.A. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to planning the courses you take.

Major Academic Plans or MAPs show what courses you might take each semester in order to meet university and major program requirements and graduate with a degree in four years. Discussing course options with an advisor will best serve you in planning a customized schedule to meet your individual academic needs.

Additionally, you may build your personalized plan in DARS planning tools using a program MAP as a resource. Meet with your advisor each semester to assist in planning and to review your progress.

Year 1

Semester 1 (15-16 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
GE Area A: Critical Thinking PSYC 100 - Psychology of Critical Thinking Units: 3 Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning & Self-Development Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3

Semester 2 (16-17 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 103 - Composition and Rhetoric B Units: 3 ^[1]
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B: Life Sciences
Units: 3 (with a lab activity)
GE Area B: Mathematics / Major: PSYC 109 - Introduction to Psychological Statistics Units: 4 ^[2]
GE Area D: Social Science / Major: PSYC 104 - Introduction to Psychology Units: 3

^[1] If ENGL 104 was taken the previous semester take an elective, other GE or a major course in place of ENGL 103.

^[2] Students in math placement category IV, need to enroll in PSYC 198

Year 2

Semester 3 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area B: Physical Science
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3
American Institutions/GE Area D: Social Science
U.S. History
Units: 3
GE Area F: Ethnic Studies Units: 3 (Take a course that double-counts for DCG Domestic)
Major PSYC 240 - Foundations of Research Methods in Psychology Units: 3

Semester 4 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
(Take a course that double-counts for DCG) Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR Humanities Units: 3
American Institutions
U.S. and California Government
Units: 3
Major: PSYC 311 - Developmental Psychology Units: 3
Major: PSYC 321 - Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience Units: 3

Year 3

Semester 5 (15 Units)

Upper Division GE Area B: Math & Science
Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences Units: 3
Major PSYC 324 - Cognitive Psychology Units: 3
Major PSYC 342W - Application of Research Methods in Psychology Units: 4
Elective Units: 2

Semester 6 (15 Units)

Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities
Units: 3
Major PSYC 335 - Social Psychology Units: 3
Major PSYC 338 - Abnormal Psychology Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3

Year 4

Semester 7 (15 Units)

Major (Specialized Topic)Units: 3
Major (Specialized Topic) Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3

Semester 8 (15 Units)

Major (Specialized Topic)Units: 3
Major (Specialized Topic) Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3