Psychology at George Mason University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PSYC coursework.

• PSYC 300Statistics in Psychologyopens 17 courses (9.3 directly)
• PSYC 301Research Methods in Psychologyopens 17 courses (3 directly)
• PSYC 324Personality Theoryopens 9 courses (3.5 directly)
• PSYC 211Lifespan Developmentopens 6 courses (0.5 directly)
• PSYC 325Psychopathologyopens 5 courses (5 directly)
• PSYC 643General Linear Modeling II.opens 4 courses (4 directly)

The map

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 PSYC 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 93 PSYC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 69 more PSYC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on PSYC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in PSYC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at PSYC 435

  1. PSYC 301Research Methods in Psychology
  2. PSYC 300Statistics in Psychology
  3. PSYC 320Psychological Tests and Measurements
  4. PSYC 435Personnel Training and Development: A Psychological Perspective

• 5 courses deep, ending at PSYC 492

  1. PSYC 301Research Methods in Psychology
  2. PSYC 300Statistics in Psychology
  3. PSYC 491Psychology Honors II.

• 5 courses deep, ending at PSYC 638

  1. PSYC 301Research Methods in Psychology
  2. PSYC 300Statistics in Psychology
  3. PSYC 636Survey of Industrial-Organizational Psychology

• 4 courses deep, ending at PSYC 321

  1. PSYC 100Introduction to Psychology
  2. PSYC 211Lifespan Development
  3. PSYC 325Psychopathology

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PSYC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PSYC yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

Psychology does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the GMU campus feed.