Psychology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 210Statistical Principles of Psychological Researchopens 21 courses (20 directly)
• PSYC 831Statistical Methods in Psychology II.opens 6 courses (6 directly)
• NSCI 395Independent Researchopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• NSCI 693HHonors in Neuroscience I.opens 3 courses (3 directly)
• PSYC 270Research Methods in Psychologyopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• PSYC 250Child Developmentopens 2 courses (2 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 117 PSYC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 80 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 694H

  1. NSCI 175Introduction to Neuroscience
  2. NSCI 395Independent Research
  3. NSCI 693HHonors in Neuroscience I.
  4. NSCI 694HHonors in Neuroscience II.
  5. PSYC 694HHonors in Psychology II.

• 4 courses deep, ending at PSYC 551

  1. NSCI 175Introduction to Neuroscience
  2. PSYC 210Statistical Principles of Psychological Research
  3. PSYC 550Statistical Models in Psychology: Theory and Application I.

• 3 courses deep, ending at PSYC 518H

  1. PSYC 101General Psychology
  2. PSYC 250Child Development
  3. PSYC 518HCreating Digital Tools for Positive Youth Development

• 3 courses deep, ending at PSYC 525

  1. PSYC 101General Psychology
  2. PSYC 270Research Methods in Psychology
  3. PSYC 525Psychological Archival Data Science

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PSYC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PSYC yet.

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Department events

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