Psychology, B.A. (2017-2018 Archive)
Honors Option
Notice: The General Education requirements prescribed on this Road Map are based on the Plan R Required Pattern of Courses (GE catalog years 2006-2018). See General Education Plan R for more information.
All lower division GE completed. Lower division major requirements of General Psychology and Statistics completed as part of the AA-T in Psychology.
Transfer Year 1: First Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| PSY 250 (if not completed prior to transfer) | 3 |
| PSY 301 | 1 |
| PSY 320/L | 3/1 |
| Cognitive Psych.** One of the following: PSY 304, PSY 367, PSY 369, PSY 382 | 3 |
| Social Psych.** PSY 345 | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
Transfer Year 1: Second Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| PSY 321H/L (honors section) | 3/1 |
| PSY 492H | 1 |
| Clinical/Personality.** One of the following: PSY 310, PSY 351, PSY 353, PSY 370, PSY 380 | 3 |
| Developmental Psych.** One of the following: PSY 313, PSY 327, PSY 335, PSY 361, PSY 365 | 3 |
| GE Upper Division* | 3 |
| GE Upper Division* | 3 |
| Total | 17 |
Transfer Year 2: First Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Honors Capstone. An honors section of one of the following: PSY 471AA-ZZ/PSY 471AAS-ZZS, PSY 473AA-ZZ/S, PSY 475AA-ZZ/S, PSY 479AA-ZZ/PSY 479AAS-ZZS, PSY 485AA-ZZ/S, PSY 488AA-ZZ/PSY 488AAS-ZZS | 3/2 |
| GE Upper Division* | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 14 |
Transfer Year 2: Second Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Graduate Seminar Requirement | 3 |
| Upper Division PSY Elective | 3 |
| Electives | 9 |
| Total | 15 |
| Total units after transfer | 60 |
*If needed, select GE Upper Division courses that also satisfy: (1) IC: Information Competence, (2) GE Comparative Cultural Studies, and/or (3) Title 5 requirements in American History and/or US/State/Local Government.
**The area requirements of Clinical/Personality Psych, Cognitive Psych, Developmental Psych, and Social Psych may be taken in any order, but should be completed within the first year at CSUN.
+Minimum of 42 units required in courses for the Psychology major. No more than 4 units of PSY 421 may be counted toward the major. No more than 6 units combined of PSY 498/PSY 499 may be counted toward the major.
To be eligible to apply for the Honors in Psychology program, a student must:
- Be a declared Psychology major.
- Have completed or be currently enrolled in PSY 320/L.
- Have a minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA at CSUN.
- Have a minimum 3.50 GPA in all upper division Psychology courses taken at CSUN (first-semester transfer students should report grades from their prior university/college).
If admitted, students in the Honors in Psychology program must:
- Complete honors sections of the following courses with a B+ or better:
- PSY 321H/L Research Methods in Psychology and Lab (3/1)
- One of the Psychology Capstone courses (see list of capstone courses under “Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree”) (3/2)
- Successfully complete PSY 492H Honors Professional Development (1)
- Complete one of the following graduate-level courses with a B+ or better (note that enrollment in 500-level courses requires permission of the instructor):
- PSY 420/L Advanced Statistical Methods and Lab (3/1)
- PSY 593A and PSY 593B Community Research Seminar I and II (must complete both courses if choosing this option) (3+3)
- PSY 512 Seminar in Developmental Psychology
- PSY 519 Seminar in Autism Spectrum Disorders (3)
- PSY 524/L Multivariate Statistical Methods and Lab (3/1)
- PSY 540 Seminar in Social Psychology
- PSY 591A Seminar in Cognition
- PSY 591B Seminar in Emotion and Motivation
- PSY 592B Seminar in Research Methodology (3)
- Maintain a portfolio of their honors assignments from the required courses above.
- Present a project at the Department of Psychology’s Honors Forum. The project must be conducted under the supervision of a faculty member in Psychology and may be an empirical research project, a literature review project, or a community project.
- Maintain a minimum 3.50 GPA in all of their upper division Psychology coursework.