Illinois Institute of Technology
Office of Educational Services
Transfer Guideline
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For students attending: Prairie State College
Who plan to major in: Psychology

THIS GUIDELINE IS VALID FOR THE 2004 - 2007 ACADEMIC BULLETIN AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

  1. GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM - Please consult the General Education section of the current IIT Bulletin for complete requirements.

    1. Basic Writing Proficiency - Students must show basic writing proficiency by receiving a satisfactory score on the Writing Proficiency Examination or by passing an English Composition course.

    2. Humanities - Choose one course from the following: ENG 211, 212, 215, 221, 231, 232, 240, 241, 242, 261, 262, 271; HIST 111, 112, 151, 152, 201, 202; HUMAN 101, 201; or PHILO 201, 202, 204, 205.

    3. Social Sciences - Choose one course from the following: ANTHR 215, 222; ECON 201, 202, 289; GEOG 101, 102; POLSC 101, 140, 152, 230, 240; SOCSC 101; or SOCIO 101, 111, 210, 212, 215, 220.

    4. Choose one course from section B or section C or from the following: ART 121, 122, 124, 126, 129, 131; ENG 220; HIST 115, 116, 140, 230; HUMAN 102, 202; MUSIC 130, 131, 132, 172; or THTRE 101, 104.

    5. Science Electives - A minimum of eleven (11) credit hours is required to fulfill this requirement. A Psychology major should complete BIOL 111, 112 or 221 and additional courses chosen from the following to total 11 credit hours: ASTRO 101, 200; BIOL 100, 103, 105, 106, 108, 150, 201, 211, 220, 221, 222; CHEM 104, 105, 110, 130, 205; or PHYS 100, 110, 120, 130.

  2. EQUIVALENCIES - Following is a list of courses that will transfer into the Psychology program at IIT and their direct equivalents at Prairie State College:
PRAIRIE STATE TITLE IIT EQUIVALENT
MATH 161 and 157 or Plane Trigonometry and Calculus for Business and Social Science MATH 119 and 122
MATH 171 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I MATH 151
MATH 141 Probability and Statistics PSYC 203
BIOL 111 or Cellular and Molecular Biology BIOL 107
BIOL 112 or Organismal Biology BIOL 107
BIOL 221 Human Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL 115
ITPRG 142 or Introduction to Visual BASIC Programming CS Elect (see note 1)
ITPRG 147 Introduction to JAVA Programming CS 105
PSYCH 101 Introduction to Psychology PSYC 221
PSYCH 203 Abnormal Psychology PSYC 303 (see note 2)
PSYCH 204 Industrial/Organizational Psychology PSYC 301 (see note 2)
PSYCH 215 Social Psychology PSYC 310 (see note )

Note 1. This CS Elective will substitute for CS 105.
Note 2. IIT's Institute of Psychology will have the final approval to determine transfer credit.