UTexas

Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Psychology (BSPsy)

RequirementsHours
1st Semester
UGS 302First-Year Signature Course (Core) 0903
or UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course
RHE 306Rhetoric and Writing (Core) 0103
PSY 301Introduction to Psychology (Core, Major) 0203
PSY 317LIntroduction to Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (Core, Major) 0203
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core, General Education) 0303
2nd Semester
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core, General Education) 0303
Visual and Performing Arts (Core) 0503
Lower-division PSY course (Major)3
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (Core, General Education) 0933
Natural Science course (General Education)2
3rd Semester
Natural Science course (General Education)3
GOV 310LAmerican and Texas Government (Core) 0703
Social Science course (General Education)3
Foreign Language (General Education)6
4th Semester
PSY 420MPsychological Methods and Statistics (Major)4
Natural Science course (General Education)3
GOV 312LIssues and Policies in American Government (Core) 0803
Foreign Language (General Education)6
5th Semester
Upper-division PSY Area I course (Major)3
Elective (Major)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
6th Semester
Upper-division PSY Area II course (Major)3
Elective (Major)3
Natural Science course (General Education)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
7th Semester
Upper-division PSY Area III course (Major)3
Upper-division PSY course (Major)3
Upper-division PSY course (Major)3
E 316LBritish Literature (Core) 0403
or E 316M American Literature
or E 316N World Literature
or E 316P Masterworks of Literature
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
8th Semester
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
Cultural Expression, Human Experience, and Thought course (General Education)3
M 408KDifferential Calculus (Core, General Education) 0204
or M 408C Differential and Integral Calculus
Upper-division elective (Elective)3
Upper-division elective (Elective)2
Total Hours120

Four-year degree suggestion (for planning purposes only). 

Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor.

Course categories: Core, General Education†, Major, Elective, Opportunity

Core Component Areas: 010 Communication; 020 Mathematics; 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I; 040 Humanities; 050 Visual and Performing Arts; 060 U.S. History; 070 American and Texas Government; 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences; 090 First-Year Signature Course; 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II

Undergraduate Degree Program listing 

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Effective April 2025, UT Austin no longer requires Skills and Experience flags.