PSYS at Western Kentucky 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 PSYS coursework.

• PSYS 210Research Methods in Psychologyopens 16 courses (9.3 directly)
• PSYS 211Research Methods in Psychology Laboratoryopens 16 courses (7.8 directly)
• PSY 210Research Methods in Psychologyopens 14 courses (7.3 directly)
• PSY 211Research Methods in Psychology Laboratoryopens 14 courses (6.8 directly)
• PSYS 321Child Developmental Psychologyopens 3 courses (2.3 directly)
• PSYS 440Abnormal Psychologyopens 2 courses (1.3 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 PSYS 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 58 PSYS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more PSYS 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 PSYS, 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 PSYS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at PSYS 332

  1. PSY 211Research Methods in Psychology Laboratory
  2. PSY 210Research Methods in Psychology
  3. PSYS 331Principles of Human and Animal Learning
  4. PSYS 332Laboratory in Human and Animal Learning

• 5 courses deep, ending at PSYS 334

  1. PSY 211Research Methods in Psychology Laboratory
  2. PSY 210Research Methods in Psychology
  3. PSYS 333Cognitive Psychology

• 5 courses deep, ending at PSYS 365

  1. PSY 211Research Methods in Psychology Laboratory
  2. PSY 210Research Methods in Psychology
  3. PSYS 360Behavioral Neuroscience

• 4 courses deep, ending at PSYS 322

  1. PSYS 211Research Methods in Psychology Laboratory
  2. PSYS 210Research Methods in Psychology
  3. PSYS 322Laboratory in Developmental Psychology

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PSYS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PSYS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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