Psychology at West Virginia 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.

• STAT 211Elementary Statistical Inferenceopens 23 courses (3.5 directly)
• PSYC 203Research Methods and Analysisopens 19 courses (2 directly)
• PSYC 204Research Methods and Analysisopens 17 courses (7.1 directly)
• PSYC 241Introduction to Human Developmentopens 14 courses (7.5 directly)
• PSYC 281Introduction to Psychological Disordersopens 9 courses (3.0 directly)
• PSYC 251Introduction to Social Psychologyopens 9 courses (2.5 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 63 PSYC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 18 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 402

  1. MATH 124Algebra with Applications
  2. STAT 211Elementary Statistical Inference
  3. PSYC 203Research Methods and Analysis
  4. PSYC 204Research Methods and Analysis
  5. PSYC 302Behavior Principles
  6. PSYC 402Advanced Behavior Principles

• 6 courses deep, ending at PSYC 489

  1. MATH 124Algebra with Applications
  2. STAT 211Elementary Statistical Inference
  3. PSYC 203Research Methods and Analysis

• 4 courses deep, ending at PSYC 425

  1. PSYC 301LBiological Foundations of Behavior Laboratory
  2. PSYC 301Biological Foundations of Behavior
  3. PSYC 425Perception

• 3 courses deep, ending at PSYC 304

  1. PSYC 101Introduction to Psychology
  2. PSYC 232Sex Roles and Behavior
  3. PSYC 304Critical Thinking in Psychology

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 WVU campus feed.