The associate degree in psychology prepares students to move
into a curriculum at a four-year institution leading to a baccalaureate degree
for specialization in any of more than twenty branches of psychology including
child, clinical, personal, vocational and marriage counseling, industrial,
mental health, college teaching. Completion of the two-year program is
appropriate for students whose vocational plans include helping people, i.e.,
teaching, social welfare, probation, criminology, nursing, law, personnel work.
| Course | Units |
| Psychology 100, Introduction to Psychology | |
| OR | 3 |
| Psychology 100H, Honors Introduction to Psychology | |
| Psychology 219, Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology | 3 |
| Social Science 219, Statistics & Probability | |
| OR | 4 |
| Social Science 219H, Honors Statistics & Probability | |
| Two courses from the following psychology electives: | 6 |
| Psychology 140, Introduction to Psychology of Adulthood & Aging | |
| Psychology 157, Introduction to Child Psychology | |
| Psychology 170, Multicultural Psychology | |
| Psychology 200, Introduction to Biological Psychology | |
| Psychology 230, Psychology & Effective Behavior | |
| Psychology 240, Introduction to Social Psychology | |
| Psychology 250, Introduction to Abnormal Psychology | |
One additional elective from the psychology courses above or
from the following: | 3 |
| Anthropology 100 or 100H, 101; Biology 109 or 109H,149; Chemistry 109, 119; Computer Science 100; Interdisciplinary Studies 155; Philosophy 110 or 110H, 111; Sociology 100 or 100H. | |
| TOTAL UNITS | 19 |
Courses recommended for upper division standing (check with a counselor and the transfer school to verify current courses).
