Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth 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 214Applications of Statisticsopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• PSYC 317Experimental Methodsopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• PSYC 681Statistics in Psychological Research II.opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• PSYC 407Psychology of the Abnormalopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• PSYC 410Principles of Learning and Cognitionopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• PSYC 497Honors in Psychology I.opens 2 courses (1 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 65 PSYC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 70 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.

• 6 courses deep, ending at PSYC 499

  1. PSYC 101Introduction to Psychology
  2. PSYC 214Applications of Statistics
  3. PSYC 317Experimental Methods
  4. PSYC 497Honors in Psychology I.
  5. PSYC 498Honors in Psychology II.
  6. PSYC 499Honors in Psychology III.

• 4 courses deep, ending at PSYC 416

  1. PSYC 101Introduction to Psychology
  2. PSYC 407Psychology of the Abnormal
  3. PSYC 415Psychological Theories of Addiction

• 3 courses deep, ending at PSYC 682

  1. PSYC 680Statistics in Psychological Research I.
  2. PSYC 681Statistics in Psychological Research II.
  3. PSYC 682Advanced Multivariate Methods in Psychology

• 2 courses deep, ending at PSYC 604

  1. PSYC 630Social Psychology
  2. PSYC 604Social Psychology of Business and Industry

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 VCU campus feed.