Earlier this month I asked: Have any of your programs established criteria
that must be satisfied in order to major in Psych or Behavioral Sciences? I
promised to compile responses for the list and have done so in the order
they were received, which will give you a sense of how the discussion
We have been talking about it here - in fact, I posted a message a few
weeks ago about that same subject and didn't receive any replies. I do know
that there are some schools with requirements because I found a few through
an internet search (if you want the names, I can send them).
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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 17:21:04 -0500
From: "Bev Ayers-Nachamkin" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Requirements to Declare Major?
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Recently a couple of programs have tried this here, some we have to go
along with because they come out of certification (e.g., Social Work) or
new state requirements (e.g., Education). I find this trend troubling. Our
College (and University) policy staes that a 2.0 GPA is required to be "in
At 10:09 AM 11/09/2000 -0500, Vincent Prohaska wrote:
snip How can we then tell students in good standing
that they cannot enroll in their major of choice because its requirement
is 2.5 or 2.75 or even 3.0? And once the dam is breeched don't we all have
to go along? I would hate to be one of the
Hi, Bev -
In order to move from "pre-major" to "major" status, our students must have
earned at least a C in college algebra and at least a C in Psy. 100. Those
requirements may sound really minimal, but to be honest, they seem to have had
an effect. College algebra is a pre-req for our
At UCLA (where I went for grad school) your first had to become a
pre-psychology major. To become a psychology major you had to pass general
psychology, statistics and methods. Maybe also a physiology class. I'm sure
the issues at research universities are different than small liberal arts
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Our students declare majors at the end of their first semester as
sophomores. Once again I find myself jealously eyeing Education's
requirement that, among other things, any student who wishes to major in
Ed.
must have an
Our students declare majors at the end of their first semester as
sophomores. Once again I find myself jealously eyeing Education's
requirement that, among other things, any student who wishes to major in Ed.
must have and maintain a 2.5 gpa (soon to be 3.0). Have any of your programs
established
