After PSY 2256
Gateway: PSY 2256
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PSY coursework.
Generated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate PSY work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.
Showing the 77 PSY and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 11 more PSY courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PSY, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
MAJOR COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Foundation; Select from the following:; Cognitive; Select from the following:; Mental and Physical Health; Select from the following:; Social and Personality; Select from the following:; Internships; Select from the following:
Approved Electives1 required · verify with the official sheet
Select any 3000-4000 level PSY courses
SUPPORT COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Professional Skills; Select from the following:; Upper-Division Science; Select from the following: (Upper-Division 2/5); Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Select from the following: (Upper-Division 4)
REQUIRED COURSESall required
Select from the following:
Choose 1choose 1
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PSY. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at PSY 4417
4 courses deep, ending at PSY 4449
4 courses deep, ending at PSY 4454
4 courses deep, ending at PSY 4462
SUPPORT COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Professional Skills; Select from the following:; Upper-Division Science; Select from the following (Upper-Division 2/5):; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Select from the following (Upper-Division 4):
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
SUPPORT COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select from the following: (5A & 5C); Select from the following: (2); Select from the following:; Life Science Support Electives; Select from the following: (5B)
All PSY courses in the Cal Poly SLO catalog
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