Psychology
For students attending: Moraine Valley Community College
Who plan to major in: Psychology
Please contact the Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs with any questions regarding the course equivalencies below.
I. GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM - Please consult the General Education section of the current IIT Bulletin for complete requirements.
- Basic Writing Proficiency - Students must show basic writing proficiency by receiving a satisfactory score on the Writing Proficiency Examination or by passing an English Composition course.
- Humanities - Choose one course from the following: COM 102; HIS 101, 102, 105, 201, 202, 250, 251; HUM 101, 102, 104, 115; LIT 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226; or PHI 101, 115, 120, 125, 225, 226.
- Social Sciences - Choose one course from the following: ANT 201, 202, 205, 210; ECO 101, 102, 250; GEO 101, 102, 201; PSC 103, 110, 115, 210, 212, 215, 225; SOC 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 204, 210; or SSC 100, 101, 102.
- Choose one course from section B or section C or from the following: ART 110, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209; COM 120; HIS 204, 207, 210, 211, 215, 220, 230, 254; HUM 249, 251; LIT 205, 280; MUS 106, 107; PHI 111; or THE 107, 110.
- Science Electives - A minimum of eleven (11) credit hours is required to fulfill this requirement. A Psychology major should complete BIO 111, 112 or 115 and additional courses chosen from the following to total 11 credit hours: BIO 119, 180; CHM 111, 131, 132; PHY 101, 102, 106, 110, 112, 150, 151.
II. EQUIVALENCIES - Following is a list of courses that will transfer into the Psychology program at IIT and their direct equivalents at Moraine Valley Community College:
| MVCC COURSE | TITLE | IIT EQUIVALENT |
| MTH 142 and 145 or | Trigonometric Functions and Calculus for Business and Social Science | MATH 119 and 122 |
| MTH 150 | Calculus I/Analytic Geometry | MATH 151 |
| BIO 111 or | General Biology I | BIOL 107 |
| BIO 112 or | General Biology II | BIOL 115 |
| BIO 115 | Anatomy and Physiology | BIOL 115 |
| CSC 140 or | Introduction to Computer Science | CS 105 |
| MIS 130 | Visual Basic I | CS Elect (see note 1) |
| PSY 101 | Introduction to Psychology | PSYC 221 |
| PSY 104 | Life-Span Developmental Psychology | PSYC 222 |
| PSY 202 | Social Psychology | PSYC 310 (see note 2) |
| PSY 205 | Abnormal Psychology | PSYC 303 (see note 2) |
Note 1. This course will substitute for IIT's CS 105 requirement.
Note 2. IIT's Institute of Psychology will have the final approval to determine transfer credit.
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