Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, SFU

Simon Fraser University offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Major in Psychology.

  • Students can also complete an Honours, Joint Major, Extended Minor or Minor in Psychology
  • All information concerning applying for the Major can be found on the SFU Department of Psychology website

Useful links when using this course planning worksheet:

Program Requirements 
SFU Department
BC Transfer Guide
Langara Diagnostic Tests


In addition to the SFU general requirements, these are the lower division requirements for this major.

SFU Courses

Credits

Langara Equivalents

Credits

All of:

PSYC 100

PSYC 102

PSYC 201W2

 

3

3

4

All of:

PSYC 11151

PSYC 12151

PSYC 23202

 

3

3

3

One of:

PSYC 2103

STAT 270

 

4

3

One of:

PSYC 23213

STAT 2281

 

3

3

Group A - choose one of:

PSYC 221

PSYC 280

 

3

3

Group A - choose one of:

PSYC 2341

PSYC 2331 or PSYC 2333

 

3

3

Group B - choose one of:

PSYC 241

PSYC 250

PSYC 260

PSYC 268

 

3

3

3

3

Group B - choose one of:

PSYC 2326

PSYC 2324

PSYC 2322

PSYC 2329

 

3

3

3

3

One additional course from Group A or B

3

One additional course from Group A or B

3

Electives4

37

Electives4

39

 

Footnotes:

Second year PSYC courses at Langara require both PSYC 1115 & 1215 with a C+ or higher (2.33)

To be admitted into the Major program at SFU a final course grade of C (2.0) or better is required in PSYC 201W (Langara PSYC 2320)

To enroll in SFU PSYC 210 the prerequisites are PSYC 201W and one of the following: BC Math 11 (B-  or better); BC Math 12 (C or better); any university level MATH/STAT course (C- or better); or SFU FANx99 (C or better). However, to enroll in Langara’s equivalent, PSYC 2321, the prerequisites are one of the following courses completed within the last three years: a minimum "C" grade in Foundations of Mathematics 11, Pre-calculus 11, Foundations of Mathematics 12, or Pre-calculus 12; an "S" grade in MATH 1150; or a satisfactory score (053) on the statistics version of the Mathematics and Statistics Diagnostic Test (MDT).

4 The electives should include SFU W/Q/B requirements.

This course planning outline is created by the Langara College Counselling Department and is intended for use only as a guide. SFU's requirements are subject to change, and it is the student’s responsibility to consult original sources to ensure accuracy.

Updated: July 2023