Transfer Students

Information for transfer students planning to major in psychology.

General Requirements

All transfer students must follow St. Mary’s transfer procedures and seek official approval from the Psychology Department Chair and the Office of the Registrar.

• Department Chair Approval Form

Further Information

ARTSYS
A website intended to aid the transfer of students from Maryland community colleges to the University System of Maryland institutions and other participating institutions.

• St. Mary’s Transfer Procedures

General Psychology Requirements

Transfers from 2-year, community colleges:

Successful completion (C- or better) of any or all of these courses will make it easier to complete the Psychology major at St. Mary’s. Course selections may vary among community colleges.

• General/Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 101 counts towards the humanistic perspectives requirement of the St. Mary’s CORE Curriculum; an Advanced Placement score of 4 or 5 also satisfies PSYC 101)
• Human Development/Lifespan (transfers in as PSYC 230)
• Social Psychology (transfers in as PSYC 250) Or Personality Psychology (transfers in as PSYC 270)
• Physiological and Sensory Psychology (may transfer in as PSYC 235)
• Learning and Cognition (may transfer in as PSYC 205)

Please note that while community colleges may offer courses with names similar to those of 300-400 level psychology courses at St. Mary’s (e.g. Infant & Child Development, Abnormal Psychology, Adolescence) they can only transfer in as extra lower-division credits and will not counts towards the required upper division courses.

Transfers from 4-year institutions:

Successful completion (C- or better) of any or all of these courses will make it easier to complete the Psychology major at St. Mary’s.

• General/Introduction to Psychology (transfers in as PSYC 101 and counts towards the humanistic perspectives requirement of the St. Mary’s CORE Curriculum; an Advanced Placement score of 4 or 5 also satisfies PSYC 101)
• Human Development/Lifespan (transfers in as PSYC 230)
• Social Psychology (transfers in as PSYC 250) OR Personality Psychology (transfers in as PSYC 270)
• Physiological and Sensory Psychology (may transfer in as PSYC 235)
• Learning and Cognition (may transfer in as PSYC 205)
• One or more upper-division course(s) to count toward the St. Mary’s psychology major

Upper-division courses most frequently transferred in:

• Infant & Child Development (transfers in as PSYC 331)
• Adolescence (transfers in as PSYC 333)
• Cultural Psychology (transfers in as PSYC 363)
• Educational Psychology (transfers in as PSYC/EDUC 368)
• Abnormal Psychology (transfers in as PSYC 375)
• Counseling (transfers in as PSYC 378)
• History & Systems of Psychology (transfers in as PSYC 405)
• Psychological Assessment (transfers in as PSYC 474)
• Adulthood and Aging (transfers in as PSYC 483)