Psychology at Slippery Rock 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 231Psychological Science I: Research Methodsopens 15 courses (6 directly)
• PSYC 232Psychological Science II: Statistical Applicationsopens 12 courses (6.5 directly)
• PSYC 221Introduction to Behavioral Statisticsopens 9 courses (4.5 directly)
• PSYC 244Developmental Psychologyopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• PSYC 276Introduction to Abnormal Psychologyopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• PSYC 325Introduction to Experimental Psychologyopens 6 courses (5 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 53 PSYC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 14 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 471

  1. ENGL 102Critical Writing
  2. PSYC 231Psychological Science I: Research Methods
  3. PSYC 232Psychological Science II: Statistical Applications
  4. PSYC 311Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience
  5. PSYC 471Psychopharmacology

• 4 courses deep, ending at PSYC 365

  1. PSYC 105Introduction to Psychology
  2. PSYC 221Introduction to Behavioral Statistics
  3. PSYC 325Introduction to Experimental Psychology

• 4 courses deep, ending at PSYC 480

  1. ENGL 102Critical Writing
  2. PSYC 231Psychological Science I: Research Methods
  3. PSYC 303Learning

• 3 courses deep, ending at PSYC 304

  1. PSYC 105Introduction to Psychology
  2. PSYC 208Personality
  3. PSYC 304Theories of Counseling

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 Slippery Rock campus feed.