Psychology
For students attending: Prairie State College
Who plan to major in: Psychology
Please contact the Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs with any questions regarding the course equivalencies below.
I. GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM - Please consult the General Education section of the current IIT Bulletin for complete requirements.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
II. 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 |
| 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 144 or | Introdution to C++ Programming | CS 105 |
| 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.
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