CAS: Psychology

For more information about the major, please see the Psychology Department webpage. Please contact Academic Advisors Jessica Kelly (jlkelly@bu.edu) or Katie O’Shea (kaoshea@bu.edu) with any questions regarding the major.

Upon completion of the CGS program, students must have earned credit towards the following 10 courses:

• Humanities: 3 courses
  • Choose two from CGS HU 103, CGS HU 201, or CGS HU 202
  • CGS HU 104*
• Natural Sciences: 2 courses
  • CGS NS 201 and CGS NS 202
• Rhetoric: 2 courses
  • CGS RH 103 and CGS RH 104*
• Social Sciences: 3 courses
  • Choose two from CGS SS 103, CGS SS 201, or CGS SS 202
  • CGS SS 104*

*Required course taken during the Summer term.

The major in psychology requires a total of 11 courses: a prerequisite course (CAS PS 101), nine principal courses (one of which MUST be CAS PS 231), and a course in statistics.

Students must complete CAS MA 116 (prerequisite: MA 115), MA 214 (prerequisite: MA 213), CAS PS 211, or PS 212 with a grade of C or higher. Only one of CAS MA 116 and MA 214 may be taken for credit. CAS MA 113 does not fulfill the psychology statistics requirement for the psychology major.

Four of the nine principal courses must be selected from offerings at the 300-level or above, including one experimental course. Principal courses in psychology are those listed in the CAS Bulletin and numbered at the 200-level or above, excluding PS 211 and PS/NE 212.

A grade of ‘C’ or higher is required in all principal courses. For required courses, please see the CAS Bulletin.

• Completion of the CGS required courses and appropriate electives
• Cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 2.00

Boston University students completing a degree in CAS must also complete the following requirements. 

• BU Hub requirements
• CAS requirements:
  • Second Language requirement 
• Psychology major requirements
• CAS requires a minimum of 128 credits, excluding PDP, ROTC, and CAS FY and SY courses.