Hi Aska!
So I’m going to UofT (St. George) next September for Arts and I have a (possibly quite stupid) question about psych. I’ve always been fascinated by psychology and had wanted to study it, but well, I never gave much effort towards the whole science/math thing. I know that you need calculus in order to take any higher year psych course, but do you think, that there is any, possible, tiny little loop hole that would let me say, take a year abroad, where I would take a bunch of psych courses and UofT might let me have a minor? Please aska, your my only hope!!!
-e.s.
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Hey e.s
There are no stupid questions, just ones desperately looking for the answer they want to hear. Unfortunatley U of T isn’t very loop-holey when it comes to program requirements.
This is what the course calendar currently says the requirments for a Psych minor are:
Required courses:
- PSY100 with a final mark of a least 73% (AP Psychology not suitable)
- Students applying to this program after first year must also have a) a senior-level high school Calculus course, or equivalent; and b) completed 4-full university courses.
First Year: PSY100H1
After PSY 100:
1. Statistics: PSY201H1/ECO220Y1/ECO227Y1/GGR270H1/HMB325H1/SOC202H1/STA220H1/STA250H1
2. Two of PSY210H1/PSY220H1/PSY230H1/PSY240H1/PSY260H1/PSY270H1/PSY280H1/PSY290H1
3. Two half-courses (1 FCE) at the 300+-level taken from Group 1 below, in any of Clusters A and B
4. 1 FCE from Goups 1 and/or 2 below
Those are the courses that you must take. While there is a possibility for you to take courses at another school, you would have to transfer them and it would be difficult to get them to meet all the requirements above. An even further blow is that you can’t even enrol in the minor without the highschool calculus.
Unfortunately things don’t look too bright and shiny unless you take the Calc course, in which case you can take the psych minor at U of T.
You can always take a Psych course or two as an elective for your breadth or distribution requirements … just to end on a happy note.
til death do us part (or graduation),
aska