Students are encouraged to plan their major or minor based on the catalog requirements (see links to handouts under Forms and Handouts) and to be self-reliant in planning and completing their degree. In addition to the links, you may obtain information about the Psychology major, including information About Graduate Study from the Psychology Department in King Hall, C-Wing, Room 3104.
Information about careers and graduate programs in Psychology is also available at the American Psychological Association (APA), Association for Psychological Science (APS), and the Western Psychological Association (WPA) websites.
Advisement Appointments
For help with selecting your classes, checking your progress toward graduation, or completing a graduation application, please schedule an appointment with an advisor in the NSS Advisement Center by calling (323) 343-5284 or visiting their office in King Hall, D-Wing, Room 1044.
Each Spring and Fall semester, the Psychology Department also has Faculty Advisors available who assist students with selecting classes, checking progress toward graduation, and completing a graduation application. Faculty Advisors also help students with planning for graduate school and career goals. To make an appointment, please email us at [email protected].
Major Specific Admission Requirements
The Psychology major has 'Major Specific Admission Requirements.' Effective Fall 2018, supplementary admission criteria will be used for incoming freshman, transfer students, and current students interested in changing majors to psychology. Please see below.
» If you are interested in applying to Cal State LA as an incoming freshmen or transfer student, please review the information regarding Major Specific Admission Requirements for the psychology major. If you have questions about these requirements, you can contact the Office of Admissions at (323) 343-3901, send an email to [email protected] or visit Student Services located in the Student Services Building, 1st Floor.
» Current Cal State LA students interested in changing majors to psychology: please review the requirements and application.
Quick Links:
- NSS Advisement Center
- University Academic Advisement Center
- Graduation Office
- University Catalog
- ASSIST.ORG
- GE Requirements
Checking your Cal State LA Email:
The Department and University send important information via the campus email system. For example, the Department will send you notices about class cancellations, job or volunteer opportunities, or upcoming events. You will want to continuously check your Cal State LA email account or opt to have your messages forwarded to an email account you check more frequently.
Transferable Courses:
Courses from the community college that are transferable to Cal State LA include PSY 1500 (Introductory Psychology) and PSY 1700 (Introduction to Physiological Psychology). General Psych 1 and General Psych 2 are examples of courses that will transfer to the major at Cal State LA. All students are required to complete College Algebra as a prerequisite for PSY 3020.
Lower-division courses completed at the community college cannot fulfill upper-division Psychology requirements. For example, if you take a lower division abnormal psychology course at a community college, it will not count for our upper division abnormal psychology course. Check ASSIST.ORG for more information on transferable courses.
Applying for Graduation
All Cal State LA students are required to apply for graduation one semester before their graduation date (e.g., if you are planning to graduate in Spring, you must file your graduation application the previous Fall. Ex: declared graduation term Spring Semester; for Undergraduate Degree Preceding October 15th). You can obtain a Graduation Application online; pay the Graduation Application fee at the University Cashier's window; then turn in your paid and stamped Graduation Application to the Graduation Office (Student Services Building SSB 3380). We advise students to make an appointment with an advisor for a "Graduation Check" at least two weeks before the application deadlines.