Lower-division (LD) courses for the major should be completed by the end of the sophomore year. These requirements will guarantee an adequate background for the topics of the upper-division (UD) psychology courses.

3 Natural Science Courses (choose three of the following)

• BILD 1, 2, 3, 10, 12**, 20, 26 (BILD 22 is NOT accepted)
• CHEM 4*, 6A, 6B, 6C, 11*, 12, 13
• COGS 17**
• PHYS 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 10, 11
• PSYC 2**

*Only one of CHEM 4 or 11 can be taken for credit.
**Only one of BILD 12, COGS 17, or PSYC 2 may be counted towards this requirement.

3 Formal Skills Courses

• PSYC 70 (preferred) or COGS 14A 
• MATH 10A or 20A
• MATH 10B or 20B

1 Computer Programming Course (choose one of the following)

• CSE 5A, 6R, 7*, 8A, 8B, 11, 12
• COGS 18*
• CSS 1*
• ECE 15*
• MAE 5, 8*
• BILD 62^

*Students who plan to pursue research careers in Psychology or related fields will find these courses critical to their success.

^Students who take BILD 62 need to send a VAC message to Psych Advising to apply it to their degree audit.

1 Statistics Course (choose one of the following) - Statistics must be taken for a letter grade.

• PSYC 60 (preferred)
• MGT 3
• BENG 100
• BIEB 100
• COGS 14B
• ECON 120A
• MATH 11, 181A, 183, 186

2 Business Fundamentals Courses - Business Fundamentals must be taken for a letter grade.

• MGT 16
• MGT 18

2 Research Courses (choose one of the following options - a pair of courses)

• MGT 52 and MGT 153^
• MGT 52 and MGT 151R#^
• 2 PSYC 199s**
• 2 MGT 199s**
• 1 PSYC 199 and 1 MGT 199**
• PSYC 194ABC and thesis^

# Students who select MGT 52 and MGT 151R to complete their research area will need to send a Virtual Advising Center (VAC) message once they receive a final letter grade in both courses to have this exception applied to their degree audit. 

B.S. Research Paper

^Students who use Research Lab courses from the list above do not have to submit a B.S. Research paper to the Psychology Advising Office.

**Students who satisfy their research requirement using 8 units of PSYC 199s and/or MGT 199s are required to submit a B.S. Research paper to the Psychology Advising Office to fully satisfy their B.S. major requirements. You can learn more about the B.S. Research Paper Guidelines on our website.

B.S. Research Paper section on your Degree Audit: must be manually cleared by a Psychology advisor; therefore, even if you are not required to write a B.S. Research paper: this section will not be marked complete until after one of the advisors reviews and approves your Degree and Diploma Application (DDA).

2 Business PSYC Core Courses

• PSYC 104
• PSYC 105

2 Additional PSYC Core Courses (choose two of the following)

• PSYC 100, 101, 102, 106, 108

3 Business MGT Management Courses (choose three of the following)

• Marketing-related courses: MGT 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108R, 109, 129**, 154
• STEM-related courses: MGT 121A, 121B, 127, 128, 129**, 154, 167, 172, 172R, 173
• Operations-related courses: MGT 117, 129**, 154, 171, 171R, 174, 175
• Other MGT courses allowed: MGT 162, 162R, 164

**MGT 129: ONLY the topics of interpersonal Communication at Work and Developing an Entrepreneurial Workforce will be accepted toward the major.

3 Business PSYC Electives (choose three of the following)

• PSYC 120, 129, 130, 137, 143, 147, 148*, 151*, 152, 153, 154, 157, 158, 161, 162, 173, 176, 178*, 184, 187, 193**

*Students must choose at least one of these courses. 

**At this time, the only PSYC 193 course that will apply toward the Business Psychology Elective is PSYC 193: Behavioral Economics. Once your final grade for the course has been posted, send a VAC message to our office so we can update your degree audit.

1 Additional PSYC Elective (choose one from the following)

• PSYC 100 – 193

*Students are allowed to use one 4-unit PSYC 195 and/or one 4-unit AIP 197 (must be pre-approved through Psychology) toward the upper-division (UD) PSYC Elective requirement. Please send a Virtual Advising Center (VAC) message to have these courses applied to your degree audit.