Degrees, Certificates, & Transfer Programs

Associate Degree for Transfer-Psychology 2020-2021

The Associate in Arts in Psychology for Transfer degree is designed to prepare students for transfer to local California State Universities (CSUs). Students who complete the Associate in Arts in Psychology for Transfer degree will be ensured preferential transfer status to local CSUs as Psychology majors and majors in related disciplines. The Associate in Arts in Psychology for Transfer degree requirements will fulfill the lower division major requirements at many local CSUs. Students are advised, however, to meet with a counselor to assess the course requirements for specific local CSUs and to validate which CSUs are considered local. The Associate in Arts in Psychology for Transfer degree will enable students to develop a strong foundation in research methods, statistics, and biological aspects of behavior, and will also offer a wide variety of elective courses in psychology and other related fields for students to develop a broad knowledge base of human behavior. In addition, students will develop strong critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills that will prepare them for the requirements of upper division course work.

Program Learning Outcomes:

-Students will be able to recognize the diversity of behavior of various populations and be able to explain, interpret, apply, and evaluate a broad base of concepts in the various fields of psychology.
-Students will be able to apply critical thinking skills and psychological theories to real-world situations, and to be able to apply research methodology and data analysis in the process of answering questions about human behavior.

Career Opportunities:

An Associate in Arts in Psychology for Transfer degree also allows students to pursue careers with a psychological focus, and instills lifelong learning skills from their knowledge and understanding of the applicability of psychological principles in every day life. This program emphasizes the importance of global citizenship by teaching multicultural and biopsychosocial perspectives in our courses.

Units Required

Degree Requirements:

Associate in Arts in Psychology for Transfer requires completion of a minimum of 90 units to include:
-CSU General Education Breadth Requirements or the *Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) (49-58 units) (full certification is required)
-Core and support courses (28-30 units, of which 28-30 units may satisfy the GE requirement)
-Transferable electives necessary to meet the 90-unit minimum requirement

NOTE: All courses pertaining to the major must be completed with a grade of "C" (or "P") or better. In addition, the student must obtain a minimum GPA of 2.0.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: Although it is possible to fulfill the requirements for the Associate Degree for Transfer by completing the IGETC for UC pattern, admission to CSU requires completion of an Oral Communication course (IGETC Area 1C; CSU GE Area A-1); therefore, students who plan to transfer to CSU should complete this course as part of their GE or elective units.

Core Courses (20 units)

PSYC 1 General Psychology (5 units)
or PSYC 1H Honors General Psychology (5 units)
PSYC 7 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (5 units)
or SOC 7 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (5 units)
or MATH 10 Elementary Statistics (5 units)
or MATH 17 Integrated Statistics II (5 units)
PSYC 10 Research Methods & Designs (5 units)
or SOC 10 Research Methods & Designs (5 units)

And ONE of the following:
BIOL 10 General Biology: Basic Principles (5 units)
BIOL 14 Human Biology (5 units)
PSYC 4 Introduction to Biopsychology (5 units)

Support Courses (8-10 units)

Select ONE course each from List A and List B; any course that was not selected from List A may also be used to satisfy List B.

List A:
ENGL 1A Composition & Reading (5 units)
or ENGL 1AH Honors Composition & Reading (5 units)
ENGL 1B Composition, Critical Reading & Thinking through Literature (5 units)
or ENGL 1BH Honors Composition, Critical Reading & Thinking through Literature (5 units)
MATH 1A Calculus (5 units)
or MATH 1AH Honors Calculus I (5 units)
PHIL 1 Critical Thinking & Writing (5 units)
PSYC 14 Child & Adolescent Development (4 units)
PSYC 30 Social Psychology (4 units)
or SOC 30 Social Psychology (4 units)
PSYC 40 Human Development (5 units)
SOC 1 Introduction to Sociology (5 units)
or SOC 1H Honors Introduction to Sociology (5 units)

List B:
ANTH 1 Introduction to Physical Anthropology (4 units)
or ANTH 1H Honors Introduction to Physical Anthropology (4 units)
ANTH 2A Cultural Anthropology (4 units)
or ANTH 2AH Honors Cultural Anthropology (4 units)
PSYC 9 Positive Psychology (4 units)
PSYC 21 Psychology of Women: Sex & Gender Differences (4 units)
or WMN 21 Psychology of Women: Sex & Gender Differences (4 units)
PSYC 22 Psychology of Prejudice & Discrimination (4 units)
PSYC 25 Introduction to Abnormal Psychology (4 units)
PSYC 33 Introduction to Personality Psychology (4 units)
PSYC 39 Psychology of Sports (4 units)
PSYC 49 Human Sexuality (4 units)

Control Information:
2020-2021 | Status: Approved | Modified: 2020-04-27 13:50:33 | Dept Code: PSYC