Pre-Major: Psychology
Associate in Arts Degree

This Pre-Major is designed for the student who plans to transfer
to a Florida public university as a junior to complete a four-year
bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Students who plan to transfer to a
limited access program are responsible for completing the specific
requirements of the institution to which they will transfer as
completion of this Pre-Major does not guarantee admission
to an upper division limited access program. Although this
Pre-Major is the best preparation for transfer in this major, students
may be able to earnValencia’s Associate in Arts Degree: General
Studies and still be prepared for transfer in this major.

All degree-seeking students must satisfy entry testing requirements
and satisfactorily complete all Mandatory Courses in reading,
student success, mathematics, English and English for Academic
Purposes in which the student is placed. Students must complete
all prerequisites for the listed course requirements andValencia’s
foreign language proficiency requirement. Courses meeting the
preceding requirements may be in addition to the 60 credits listed.
The courses do not have to be taken in the order listed; the sequence
suggested is based upon prerequisites and level of course difficulty
for most students.

FOUNDATION COURSES
Course Title Credits Code
+* ENC 1101 Freshman Composition I (GR) 3 ENC1, COMM,
GREG
+* Mathematics (GR) 3 GRMT, GRQN
Humanities (See A.A. Gen Ed Requirement) 3 HUMN
POS 2041 U.S. Government 3 POS
SPC 1600 Fundamentals of Speech 3 COMM, SPC
+ PSY 1012 General Psychology 3
Elective(s) 3
Total Credits 21

INTERMEDIATE COURSES
Course Title Credits Code
+* ENC 1102 Freshman Composition II (GR) 3 ENC2, COMM,
GREG
+* STA 2023 Statistical Methods (GR) 3
+ BSC 1010C Fundamentals of Biology I 4
+* Humanities HUM Prefix (GR) 3 HUMH, GRHM
Elective(s) 3
Elective(s) 3
Total Credits 19

ADVANCED COURSES
Course Title Credits Code
+* Humanities (GR) 3 HUMN, GRHM
Science (See A.A. Gen Ed Requirement) 3 AASC
+* DEP 2004 Developmental Psychology 3
Elective(s) 3
Elective(s) 3
Elective(s) 3
Elective(s) 2
Total Credits 20
Total Degree Credits 60

NOTES: Recommended electives include: prerequisites necessary
for the listed course requirements, foreign language courses
necessary to satisfyValencia’s and the university’s foreign language
proficiency requirement(s), SLS 1122 Student Success, SLS 1301
Career Development and Psychology courses from the course
descriptions section of the catalog.The electives do not necessarily
need to be taken in three-credit courses.