Student's Name ______________________
SID ________________________________
PSYCHOLOGY - LAW & SOCIETY (B.A.)
(effective Fall 2012)
Please refer to the UCR General Catalog for a complete explanation of the following requirements, including course
prerequisites and descriptions. Each course chosen must be worth 4 or more units. For further explanation, please
contact the Office of Undergraduate Advising for the Department of Psychology.
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES BREADTH
English Composition (one year with grade of C or better in each course)
ENGL 1A (or AP 3-5) _______________
ENGL 1B (or AP 4-5) ____________
ENGL 1C _____________
Foreign Language (4th qrtr proficiency) ___________ ___________ ____________ ______________
Ethnicity ____________ (check catalog - then also use as Humanities or Social Science course)
Humanities B. A. (5 courses)
World History (HIST 10, 15, or 20) _________________
Fine Arts (one course) __________________________
LIT, PHIL, or RLST (two) ________________________
One Humanities Elective ______________________
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Social Sciences (4 courses)
ECON or POSC (one course) ____________________
ANTH or SOC (one course) ___________________
Social Science Electives (two) ____________________________ __________________________________
(Courses from Psychology may NOT be used for Social Science breadth.)
LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR
The lower division requirements listed below must be completed by the end of the sophomore year, with an average
grade of "C" or better, with no grade below "C-", and before upper division Psychology courses are taken. All
courses must be taken for a letter grade. Transfer students and others entering the major after achieving sophomore
standing must complete the requirements within one year by enrolling in applicable courses every quarter until the
requirements are met. Students who do not complete the lower division requirements in this timely fashion
with the minimum grade average may not be permitted to continue in the Psychology major. Students must
check course descriptions for prerequisite requirements.
A. One course selected from MATH 4, MATH 5, or MATH 8A
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B. Biological Science: One course from BIOL 2, 3, 5A+5LA, 5B, or 34
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C. Physical Science: One course chosen from CHEM 1A, 1B, 1C, 3; or
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PHYS 2A, 2B, 2C, 40A, 40B, 40C, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24; any GEO
course with the exception of cultural geography.
D. Two additional courses selected from the following: any CS; any
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STAT (except 20, 105) any MATH course except those listed in "A";
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any additional courses from "B" and "C". (Note: please check the
catalog for duplications of credit. For example, credit is not awarded for
BIOL 2 if it has already been awarded for BIOL 5A or 5LA and vice versa.)
E. Psychology lower division coursework:
PSYC 1 __________
PSYC 2 __________
PSYC 11__________
PSYC 12__________
UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR
Required Courses:
1. PSYC 110 or CBNS 106
2. PSYC 132 or 134
3. PSYC 140
4. PSYC 150
5. PSYC 160 or 161
or 162 or 163
Four 4-unit upper division PSYC electives:
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6. PSYC __________________________________
7. PSYC __________________________________
8. PSYC __________________________________
9. PSYC __________________________________
(one 4-unit block of PSYC 198G or PSYC 198I can be used;
NO other 190 series courses can be used.)
NOTE: You must have a 2.0 major GPA as well as a 2.0 cumulative GPA and a minimum of
180 completed units to graduate.
05/2008
PSYCHOLOGY - LAW AND SOCIETY
Requirements for the B.A. Degree (PYLW)
LAW AND SOCIETY (36 units)
A.
B.
C.
PHIL 7 or PHIL 7H
LWSO 100
One course from the following:
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ECON 111
POSC 114
PSYC 12*
SOC 4
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* NO more than 2 courses from Sections D & E combined can be from the same subject area .
D.
E.
F.
At least three courses from the following (12 units):
ANTH 127
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ECON 119
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HISE 153
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PHIL 165
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POSC 167
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PSYC 175*
SOC 159
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No more than two courses from the following (8 units):
ENSC 174
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HISA 120A
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HISA 120B
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HISE 123
PHIL 164
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LWSO 175
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POSC 111
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POSC 166
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POSC 168
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POSC 186
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SOC 147
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SOC 149
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SOC 180
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LWSO 193
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In filling the dual requirements of this major, students may not count more than two courses toward both parts of their total
requirements (specified Psychology requirements and Law and Society requirements). Students are responsible for completing all
prerequisites to upper division courses. Recommended courses are bolded and designated with an asterisk.
NOTE: You must have a 2.0 major GPA (in both parts of this major) as well as a 2.0 cumulative
GPA and a minimum of 180 earned units to graduate.