Step 1) Fill out the New Student Questionnaire

Step 2) Understand the term "liberal arts" and the umw degree requirements

Step 3) Understand AP, IB, Dual Enrollment, and Cambridge Credit

Step 4) Understand Prerequisites & Vertically Building Coursework

Step 5) Consider Pre-Professional Interests

Step 6) Tips and other considerations when planning a schedule

Step 7) First-Year Seminar

Step 8) Choose Possible Courses

Step 9) Fill Out the Course Registration Request Form

Step 10) Video Guides & How to Register

Psychology

Please refer to the current University Catalog to see the course descriptions and a major description with requirements for psychology.

Students who enter UMW with no previous psychology credits should take PSYC 100 as their first course in the discipline.

Students who enter with approved transfer credits for General Psychology, or with at least a 4 on the AP Psychology Examination, should take available 200 & 300-level courses in psychology below (but not including) PSYC 360A - such courses which may have only PSYC 100 as a prerequisite.  Recommended courses of this sort include:  PSYC 301, Social Psychology; PSYC 305, Biocognition; PSYC 306, Biocognition Lab; PSYC 311, Abnormal Psychology; PSYC 315, Clinical Psychology; PSYC 320, Psychology of Exceptional Children and Youth; and PSYC 331, Developmental Psychology - Infant and Child; PSYC 332, Adolescent and Adult Development; PSYC 333, Aging; PSYC 342, Personality.

Below please find some examples of first semester schedules for a psychology major. There are many variations of a first semester schedule; the examples are just meant to help you see that there are many ways to reach the same goals.

Example 1:

Course (credits)	Requirement(s) Met
PSYC 100** - General Psychology (3) MATH 200 - Intro Statistics (3) BIOL 121 - Biology Concepts I with Lab (4) LATN 101** - Elementary Latin (3) FSEM 100L - Cold Case: Mystery & History (3)	Major, HES QR NS FL FS

Example 2:

Course	Requirement(s) Met
PSYC 100** - General Psychology (3) PHYS 101 - General Physics with Lab (4) FSEM 100E9 - Environmental Justice (3) ARTH 114A - History of Western Art I (3) PHYD 117 - Swimming for Non-Swimmers (1)	Major, HES NS FS ALPA Elective

Example 3: Athletes for varsity sports must register for the 400-level course of the sport. Practice times for varsity sports can vary, but generally speaking, athletes should allow for enough time to get to and from practice on weekdays from 3 - 6 p.m. Please check with the individual coach for your sport to verify specific practice times each semester.

Course	Requirement(s) Met
PSYC 100** - General Psychology (3) FSEM 100Z - Internatnl Shrt Fictn by Women (3) GEOG 101 - World Regional Geography (3) ARAB 101** - Beginning Arabic (3) PHYD 417 - Intercollegiate Rowing - Men (1)	Major, HES FS GI FL Elective

**This particular course is in a discipline that allows students with demonstrated competence upon admission to UMW (such as AP/IB credit, dual enrollment, etc.) to begin courses at a higher level. Please read the Academic Planning Guide carefully to see if you meet the requirements. For example: students may begin at any level language course for which they feel prepared (101, 102, 105, 201, 202 or 205), but must then complete the rest of the sequence in order without repeating or skipping any levels.