At UCLA (where I went for grad school) your first had to become a
pre-psychology major. To become a psychology major you had to pass general
psychology, statistics and methods. Maybe also a physiology class. I'm sure
the issues at research universities are different than small liberal arts
schools. Nevertheless, the point is that many schools (with an influx of psych
majors) have made passing certain classes a prerequisite.
Marie
Vincent Prohaska wrote:
> Recently a couple of programs have tried this here, some we have to go
> along with because they come out of certification (e.g., Social Work) or
> new state requirements (e.g., Education). I find this trend troubling. Our
> College (and University) policy staes that a 2.0 GPA is required to be "in
> good academic standing." How can we then tell students in good standing
> that they cannot enroll in their major of choice because its requirement
> is 2.5 or 2.75 or even 3.0? And once the dam is breeched don't we all have
> to go along? I would hate to be one of the programs whose requirement
> stays at 2.0 while others get raised. But is most of us raise, then "good
> standing" becomes meaningless. (I haven't even linked this to the grade
> inflation issue - a 2.7 requirement isn't going to be a problem if the
> courses in the major have A- as the average grade.)
>
> Vinny
>
> Vincent Prohaska, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor and Chair
> Department of Psychology
> Lehman College, City University of New York
> Bronx, NY 10468-1589
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 718-960-8204
> 718-960-8092 fax
