The Department of Psychology offers:

• a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
• a Minor in Psychology

General Requirements[ Printable PDF Version¹ ]:

Admission to the Department:

• Matriculated students who begin their studies at Salve as Freshman and wish to declare a Major in this subject must have earned(or be in the process of earning) a C(2.00) in a psychology course at the time they declare. Students, including students in PSY 100 as a first course, may declare their major midsemester at the time set aside for registering for a subsequent semester. Furthermore, to be consistent with university requirements, students must possess an overall GPA in their other university courses of C(2.0). Transfer students who transfer in psychology credits must take at least one course in psychology at Salve and fulfill the GPA requirements as described above before declaring. Students transferring in more than two psychology courses will need to consult with the department before selecting their psychology classes.
• Students wishing to Minor must earn(or be in the process of earning) a C(2.0) in a psychology course--normally PSY 100--before declaring. Minors may also declare midsemester of their first course as described above for majors.
• To apply for admission as a Psychology Major or Minor students complete the University Major-Minor Form and have it signed by the Chairman. No student becomes a bonafide Major or Minor until this process has been completed, regardless of the number of Psychology courses taken here or elsewhere.

Requirements for retention in Department:

• Students will have their progress monitored regularly by the Department as they advance through their courses. Satisfactory progress is taken to mean that the student is maintaining, at a minimum, an overall GPA of 2.0 and a GPA no lower than 2.00[C] in their Psychology courses. In addition, students are expected to conduct themselves at all times, both on campus and off, in a manner that will not reflect unfavorably on either the University or the Department.
• Students who do not maintain the required GPA may be required to withdraw from the Department and choose another major; however, all students have a right to appeal and may apply for probationary status in the Department upon the recommendation of their department advisor. Students on probation will have their status reviewed at the end of the semester during which the probationary status was granted.
• Students who MINOR in Psychology will be required to obtain a GPA of 2.0 in their Psychology Courses to demonstrate satisfactory progress.

Requirements for Graduation:

• Psychology Majors must complete a minimum of 39 credit hours in Psychology more than half of which, 21 credit hours, must have been taken at Salve and maintain a 2.00[C] GPA in those classes.
• All majors must take the following required courses: PSY 100, 220 or 230, 250 or 290, 260, 270, 310,320, 350, 370, 430 and three additional PSY courses for a total of 39 credit hours. See the university catalogue or our Course Descriptions Page for complete descriptions of these required classes.
• Majors must satisfactorily complete PSY100 and MTH170(or higher level MTH course) before enrolling in PSY 270, Statistical Methods in Behavioral Science.
• Students are encouraged to use courses in Biology such as BIO 110(Human Biology) combined with one other BIO course, the BIO 111-BIO 112(General Biology) sequence, or BIO 205-BIO 206(Human Anatomy) to fulfill their general education 6 credit science component as preparation for the PSY 350 physiological psychology course requirement.
• To graduate with a MINOR in Psychology, a student must have taken at least 18 credit hours in psychology, twelve of which were taken at Salve and one of which is PSY 100, and achieve a GPA in these courses of 2.0.

This page is not an official page of Salve Regina University. It was created--and is still maintained-- for the Department of Psychology by Anthony A. Walsh to be a part of a larger web site devoted to psychology and other matters that he first put on line in January, 1996. These redesigned pages went on line November 5th, 1999.