SFSU Counseling Program prerequisite courses at other California colleges
All of the undergraduate psychology classes must have been completed within ten years from the date of enrollment (i.e., Fall admission). In addition, classes
taken for credit will not be accepted. You must receive a letter grade of C or better. A grade of C- will not be accepted. Please keep copies of the prerequisite
syllabi so that you are able to include them in your department program application.
It is your responsibility to ensure that the proper courses are taken. Please check the appropriate university website(s) for their most current information. Refer to
the legend at the bottom of the last page for information on special notations. This document is a courtesy to applicants. The Counseling Department staff will not
respond to any requests for clarification on the approved courses listed below. Upon acceptance to the program, the department will clarify prerequisite questions.
Updated as of June 3rd
California Institution
Alliant International University
American River College
Berkeley City College (aka Peralta)
Cabrillo College
Cal Poly Pomona State University
California Poly State University, SLO
Canada College
Cerritos College
Cerro Coso Community College
Chabot College
Chaffey College
Citrus College
City College of San Francisco
Coastline Community College
College of Alameda
College of Marin
College of San Mateo
College of the Redwoods
College of the Sequoias
College of the Siskiyous
Columbia College
Contra Costa College
Copper Mountain College
Cosumnes River College
Crafton Hills College
CSU Bakersfield
CSU Channel Islands
Theories of Personality
GEN 1005
Lifespan Developmental
PSYCH 370
PSYCH 21
PSYCH 26
PSY 403
PSY 305
PSYC 150
PSYC 11
PSY 3
**PSY 111
PSYC 225
PSY 305
PSY 256
PSYC 200
PSYC 251
PSYC C211
PSYC 12
PSYCH 25
**PSY 205
PSYC 21 (online)
PSYCHOLOGY C118
PSY 114
PSYC 200
**PSYCH 11
**PSYCH 103
PSYC 10
PSYCH 128
PSY 003
PSYC 371
PSYCH 111
PSYC 317
PSYC 213
PSYCH 130
Abnormal/Psychopathology
PSYCH 24
PSYCH 31
PSY 415
PSY 405
PSYC 410
PSYC 271
PSYC C241
PSYC 6
PSYCH 55
PSY 212
PSYC 10 (online)
PSYCHOLOGY C255
PSYCH 24
PSY 204
PSYC 410
PSYCH 38
PSY 034
PSY 1502
PSYCH 132
PSYC 340
**PSYCH 110
PSYC 315
PSYC 313
CSU Chico
CSU Dominguez Hills
CSU East Bay
CSU Fresno
CSU Fullerton
CSU Long Beach
CSU Monterey Bay
CSU Northridge
CSU Sacramento
CSU San Bernardino
CSU Stanislaus
Cuyamaca College
DeAnza College
Diablo Valley College
East Los Angeles College
El Camino College
Evergreen Valley College
Folsom Lake College
Foothill College
Fresno City College
Fullerton College
Glendale Community College
Golden West College
Grossmont College
Hartnell College
Imperial Valley College
Irvine Valley College
Lake Tahoe Community College
Las Positas College
Long Beach City College
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles Harbor College
Los Angeles Mission College
Los Angeles Pierce College
Los Angeles Southwest College
Los Angeles Valley College
Marymount University
Mendocino College
PSYC 382
PSY 360
PSYC 4620
PSYCH 154
PSYC 431 or PSY 331
PSY 356
PSYC 603 or *PSYC (355)
*PSYC (350 & 351 & 352)
PSYC 4420
PSYCH 155
PSYC 361 & 103 (must be taken together)
PSY 340
**PSY 200 or PSY 313
PSYC 130
PSYC 385
PSYC 3320 (online)
PSYC 5
PSYCH 220
PSYC 33
PSYC 32
PSY 107
PSYC 201
PSYC (3140 & 3240)
PSY 150
PSYC 14
PSYCH 200
PSY 41
Psychology 16
PSYCH 092
PSYC 370
PSYC 40
PSY 38
PSY 139
PSYCHOLOGY 106
Psychology G118
**Psychology 150
**PSY 25
PSY 204
PSYC 106
PSYC 12
PSYCH 33
PSYC 3
**Psychology 3
**Psychology 3
**PSY 240
PSY 212
PSYCH 41
Psychology 41
Psychology 41
Psychology 41
Psychology 41
Psychology 41
PSY 220
PSY 210
PSYC 381
PSY 363
PSYC 4410
**PSYCH 66
PSYC 341
PSY 370
PSY 320
**PSY 310
PSYC 168
PSYC 390
PSYC 3350
PSY 170
PSYC 4
PSYCH 230
PSY 14
Psychology 15
PSYCH 099
PSYC 25
PSY 16
PSY 222
Psychology G255
PSY 170
PSY 22
**PSY 208
PSYC 37
PSY 202
PSYC 6
PSYCH 14
PSY 14
PSY 14
PSY 14
PSY 14
PSY 14
PSY 14
PSY 218
PSY 218
Merced College
Merritt College
MiraCosta College
Mission College
Modesto Junior College
Monterey Peninsula College
Moorpark College
Mount San Antonio College
Mt. San Jacinto College
Napa Valley College
Ohlone College
Orange Coast College
Oxnard College
Palo Verde College
Palomar College
Pasadena City College
Porterville College
Reedley College
Rio Hondo College
Sacramento City College
Saddleback College
San Bernardino Valley College
San Diego City College
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego Miramar College
San Diego State University
San Joaquin Delta College
San Jose City College
San Jose State University
Santa Ana College
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Clara University
Santa Monica College
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santiago Canyon College
Shasta College
Sierra College
Skyline College
PSYC 09
PSYC 175
Psychology A220
PSYC 155
PSY 351
**PSYCH 003
PSYCH 3
PSYCH 7
**Psychology 230
**PSYC 14
PSYC 121
PSYCH 012
**PSYCH 141
PSYC 25
PSY M07
PSYC 14
**PSYC 103
PSYC 125
PSY 108
Psychology A130
PSY R108
**PSY 201
PSYC 110
PSYCH 24
PSYC C211
PSY 38
PSY 112
PSYC 370
PSYCH 111
PSYC 230
PSYC 230
PSY 230
**PSYCH 006
PSYCH 092
*Psychology (140 & 157)
PSY 145
PSY 185**
PSYCH 19
*PSYCH (4 & 56)
**PSYC 0104
PSYC 200
PSYC 25
**PSYCH 24
PSYC 114
PSYCH 025
PSYCH 105
PSYC 35
PSY M08
PSYC 19
**PSYC 108C
PSY 115
Psychology A255
PSY 210
PSYC 225
**PSYCH 241
**PSY 16
PSY 114
PSYC 340
PSYC 37
PSYCH 110
PSYC 245
PSYC 245
PSYC 245
PSY 350
PSYCH 007
PSYCH 099
PSYC 110
Psychology 250
PSY 170
PSYC 115
PSYCH 14
PSYCH 5
PSYC 250
PSYC 17
PSYCH 107
PSYC 410
Solano Community College
Sonoma State University
Southwestern College
University of California: Berkeley
University of California: Davis
University of California: Irvine
University of California: Los Angeles
University of California: Merced
University of California: Riverside
University of California: Santa Barbara
University of Phoenix
University of Redlands
University of San Francisco
Ventura College
Victor Valley College
West Hills College Coalinga
West Hills College Lemoore
West Los Angeles College
West Valley College
Yuba College
PSY 461
PSY 302
PSYCH 150 or x176
PSYCH 140 or x140
*HDE 100 (A-B-C)
PSYCH 120D
PSYCH 120P
PSYCH 129D
PSYC 005
PSY 425
PSYC 250
PSYCH 130 or x145
PSYCH 168
PSYCH 120A or C
PSYCH 127A (only)
**PSY 290
**PSYC 160
**PSY 104
PSY 230 or 250
BSHS 342
**PSYC 445
PSYC 318
**PSYCH 103
**PSYCH 33
PSYC V05
PSYC 110
PSYC 3
PSYC 3
PSYC 41
PSYC 012
PSYC 41
PSY 103
PSY 410
PSYC 344
PSY 313
PSY V15
PSYC 213
PSYCH 2
PSY 14
PSYCH 025
PSYCH 46
Legend:
*All courses listed must be completed to be considered equivalent to the one psychology course at SFSU.
** “Needs syllabus to verify” means that you must obtain a syllabus for that course. Further:
Note: Courses with an asterisk require additional documentation (syllabus) that the course meets our criteria.
The department does not pre-approve courses with asterisks. Students who take and submit these courses are
doing so at the risk of having the course rejected.
• For the Theories of Personality course: you must obtain the course syllabus from the appropriate institution and fax or email the syllabus to
the department so that the appropriate coordinator can approve the course. You will receive an email from the department within a week as to whether
or not the course has been accepted. Be sure that you write your full name and email address on the syllabus so that we can respond back to you.
• For the Lifespan Developmental Psychology course: obtain the course syllabus from the appropriate institution and first check that the course
covers the entire lifespan (from birth to death) before sending a copy of the syllabus to the department for verification.
If the syllabus does not mention the entire lifespan (e.g. conception, adolescence, adulthood, and old age), then you can assume that the course is not
equivalent and must therefore take the course at another institution. Once you can initially verify that the course covers the entire lifespan,
then fax or email the syllabus to the department so that the appropriate coordinator can approve the course. You will receive an email from
the department within a week as to whether or not the course has been accepted. Be sure that you write your full name and email address
on the syllabus so that we can respond back to you.
Since these are undergraduate level courses, they are generally offered under similar titles across different Universities.
If you are interested in taking the prerequisites at another school (not listed in the above list), please check your school’s Catalogue or Bulletin
and match the appropriate courses to the psychology prerequisites at SFSU. The course title should be pretty clear as to whether or not the course
meet our requirements. For example, we require a lifespan developmental psychology course. If the title of the course you are interested in at
another institution only says “Developmental Psychology”, then you will need to verify that the class covers psychological development throughout
the entire lifespan, i.e. from birth to death. Use that institution’s course bulletin, catalog, or online descriptions for verification. Refer to the
bullet points in the legend above for further instructions.
For your reference, the SFSU course descriptions are:
1) PSYC 431 – Lifespan Developmental Psychology. Fundamental principles of developmental psychology; origin and development of behavior.
Must be a course that spans throughout the lifespan, i.e. from birth to death.
2) PSYC 451 – Theories of Personality. Survey of the major contemporary theories of personality. Theoretical positions are compared and
critically examined along various significant dimensions, including their relationships to the total field of psychology. Methods of personality
assessment as related in theory construction.
3) PSYC 452 – Abnormal Psychology, Minor Variants of Personality. The nature and development of emotional disturbances which result in
a person's failure to adapt adequately in this society; contemporary theories of personality development as well as a clinical description of the neuroses.
Note: Psychopathology, which is the science or study of mental disorders, is also known as Abnormal Psychology.