Concentrations: None

Major requirements and their VCCS equivalents (and RBC equivalents if applicable)

NOTE: The word "AND" between VCCS course numbers indicate JMU credit will be awarded for the completion of the VCCS sequence.

JMU Course: PSYC 101, General Psychology

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 200
  • RBC equivalents: PSY 201 and 202

JMU Course: MATH 220, Elementary Statistics (recommended), or MATH 205, Introductory Calculus I or MATH 235, Calculus I

  • VCCS equivalents: MTH 155 or MTH 245 or MTH 261 or MTH 263
  • RBC equivalents: MATH 217 or 200 or 251

JMU Course: PSYC 210, Psychological Measurement and Statistics

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 210
  • RBC equivalents: No equivalent

JMU Course: PSYC 211, Psychological Research Methods

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 211
  • RBC equivalents: No equivalent

JMU Course: PSYC 160, Life Span Human Development

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 230 or PSY 231 and 232
  • RBC equivalents: PSY 250
  • NOTE: Will count as elective in the major. Students need 6 credits of psychology at any level.

JMU Course: PSYC 180, Introduction to Behavioral Analysis

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 220
  • RBC equivalents: No equivalent
  • NOTE: Will count as elective in the major. Students need 6 credits of psychology at any level.

JMU Course: PSYC 220, Psychology and Culture

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 219
  • RBC equivalents: No equivalent
  • NOTE: Will count as Sociocultural Awareness Requirement; one course required.

JMU Course: PSY 200, Topics in Psychology

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 236 or 237
  • RBC equivalents: PSY 292 or 295
  • NOTE: Will count as elective in the major. Students need 6 credits of psychology at any level.

JMU Course: PSYC 235, Psychology of Adjustment

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 105
  • RBC equivalents: PSY 291
  • NOTE: Will count as elective in the major. Students need 6 credits of psychology at any level.

JMU Course: PSYC 285, Drugs and Behavior

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 260
  • RBC equivalents: No equivalent
  • NOTE: Will count as elective in the major. Students need 6 credits of psychology at any level.

JMU Course: PSYC 304, Death and Dying: Thanatology

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 116
  • RBC equivalents: No equivalent
  • NOTE: Will count as elective in the major. Students need 6 credits of psychology at any level.

JMU Course: PSYC 308, Health Psychology

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 240
  • RBC equivalents: No equivalent
  • NOTE: Will count as Sociocultural Awareness Requirement; one course required.

JMU Course: PSYC 325, Counseling Psychology

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 226
  • RBC equivalents: No equivalent
  • NOTE: Will count as Sociocultural Awareness Requirement; one course required.

JMU Course: PSYC 330, Psychology of Personality

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 225
  • RBC equivalents: PSY 260
  • NOTE: Will count as a social science content core requirement; 9 credits required.

JMU Course: PSYC 335, Abnormal Psychology

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 215
  • RBC equivalents: PSY 218
  • NOTE: Will count as a social science content core requirement; 9 credits required.

JMU Course: PSYC 345, Social Psychology

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 216
  • RBC equivalents: No equivalent
  • NOTE: Will count as a social science content core requirement; 9 credits required.

JMU Course: PSYC 365, Developmental Psychology

  • VCCS equivalents: PSY 235
  • RBC equivalents: No equivalent
  • NOTE: Will count as a social science content core requirement; 9 credits required.

Advising Notes

Please Read: This major guide is a list of all possible major courses offered in the Virginia Community College System. Not all courses may be offered at your community college, and you are not required to complete all these courses in order to transfer. Rather, it’s designed to help you meet JMU major requirements before you transfer, and be better prepared to progress through the major once you arrive at JMU. Please be sure to read the advising notes for additional information on the major.

  1. Transfer students who complete courses prior to matriculation at JMU that are the equivalent of PSYC 101 and a 200-level math course (statistics or calculus) are automatically admitted to the major (see above for equivalencies). Students who transfer without one or both of these courses may apply to the major during their first semester at JMU. See the Department of Psychology web site for more information. Please Note: After admission to the psychology major it takes at least 4 semesters to graduate from JMU, so it is strongly recommended that students complete the required introductory psychology and math courses prior to admission to JMU.
  2. Because of the sequencing of major courses, students should consider completing, or at least beginning, the PSYC 210-211 sequence in the summer if possible. These courses are the prerequisites to all upper-division area requirements and are typically completed by JMU students during their sophomore year. Students must complete PSY 210 and 211 before they can take any upper-division major courses. Students who have to complete 210 and 211 at JMU may need more than 4 semesters to graduate.
  3. Students pursuing a BA degree must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language (either through the JMU foreign language placement exam or coursework). 

Updated 5/23

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