Advising

• Supporting Discipline Electives  
  • Supporting Disciplines is part of the Lower Division Major Requirements. This is 6 credit hours (about 2 classes) of any 1000-2000 level class in the following subjects: STAT, MATH, BIOL, CHEM, PHYS, IT, TCOM, CSE, and DATA.
  • Supporting Discipline Options (doc from advisors’ website?) 
• Psychology Electives  
  • PSYC Electives are a part of the Upper Division Major Requirements. This is 12 credit hours (about 4 classes) of any 3000-4000 level class in PSYC.
  • Any 3000- or 4000-level PSYC course can count as a PSYC elective as long as it is not being used elsewhere in the degree (e.g., to satisfy one of the five Areas).  
  • Psychology Electives (doc from advisors’ website; include forecast?) 
• Upper Division Electives 
  • Upper Division Electives (formerly called Related Studies) are a part of the elective requirements. This is 12 credit hours (about 4 classes) of any 3000-4000 level class in any non-PSYC subject. 
  • Many of the 3000-4000 courses will have prerequisites, so plan accordingly. A helpful tip is to see what lower-level courses a student has already completed (e.g., in General Education and Free Electives) that might serve as prerequisites for upper-level courses in that same field. 
  • Students completing a second major, a non-Psychology minor, or a certificate or who are pursuing a Double Owl Pathway may have courses from those programs that fulfill the Psychology degree Upper Division Electives requirement. 
  • Upper-Division Electives (doc from advisors’ website?) 
• Free Electives 
  • Free Electives are a part of the elective requirements. This is 15 credit hours (about 5 classes) of any course (i.e., any subject, any level). 
  • Students completing a second major, a non-Psychology minor, or a certificate or who are pursuing a Double Owl Pathway may have courses from those programs that fulfill the Psychology degree Free Electives requirement. 

Capstone provides students at the end of their degree with an experience that helps them integrate their learning to date, make connections between academic knowledge and skills to employment opportunities, and further enhance key skills, including written and oral communication.

What are the Capstone prerequisites? 

• PSYC 4100 – Advanced PSYC Lab (cannot be taken concurrently) 
• 3 of the 4 Areas (1 Area can be taken concurrently): 
  
  • Diversity and Multicultural Area – PSYC 3355, PSYC 3385, PSYC 3395, or PSYC 3425 
  • Personality and Social Area – PSYC 3325 or PSYC 3335 
  • Biological Bases Area – PSYC 4410 or PSYC 4415 
  • Learning and Cognition Area – PSYC 4345 or PSYC 4455 
• Some Capstone Experiences may have additional prerequisites. Review the Undergraduate Course Catalog for additional information. 

• Helpful tips about the registration system, time tickets, waitlists, important dates, etc., are available on the Registrar’s website. Students who get a prerequisite error and are certain they have completed the prerequisite course with a grade of "C" or better, should contact the Department at 470-578-6225 or psychology@kennesaw.edu.

• The Department does not waive prerequisites. All prerequisites must be satisfied with a grade of “C” or higher. Current prerequisites for PSYC courses can be viewed in the Undergraduate Catalog.

• The Department does not give closed/full course overrides. Overrides are never given for a course that has a waitlist because students on the waitlist have been waiting in line for a seat. For those courses without a waitlist, they usually are already being offered at their maximum capacity.
• Note that individual faculty do not make decisions about overrides into courses. 
• Direct any questions you have to psychology@kennesaw.edu. 

• KSU calculates three different GPAs for students.    
  • the “semester” (or most recent term) GPA  
  • the “cumulative” (or Regents) GPA, which is includes all courses attempted at KSU 
  • the “institutional” (or adjusted) GPA, which takes into account KSU course repeats to improve a grade of D, F, or WF by only including the higher grade 
• All three GPAs appear in Owl Express on the unofficial transcript, but only the institutional GPA appears in DegreeWorks.  
• At KSU, the institutional GPA is primary in that it is used to determine academic standing.
• Students may need to calculate other GPAs for department and university applications, potential employers, graduate program applications, or scholarship programs. Other possible GPAs include 
  • Calculating a Psychology GPA that includes all attempted PSYC courses. PSYC GPA Calculator 
  • Calculating a GPA during a set period of time (e.g., the last year of study). 
  • Calculating a true cumulative GPA that includes all courses attempted at all institutions.
  • There are many GPA calculators available online to assist you.