Declaring the Psychology Major

Upcoming Declaration Periods:

The Spring 2025 declaration period has closed

We do not have a Summer declaration period

The Fall 2025 declaration period will start September 2nd at 8AM and end on September 30th at 5PM

Are you a Student wishing to transfer to UNC Charlotte from another institution as a Psychology Major?

​Please sign up for an account on the Future 49er Web Portal website. Once you have created an account, you can fill out an application to attend UNC Charlotte and select Psychology as your intended major.

Are you a student currently enrolled at UNC Charlotte and would like to change your major to Psychology (or add Psychology as a 2nd major)?

​You will need to meet certain criteria outlined below and participate in our declaration process.

There are several requirements that need to be met before a student may apply to change their major to Psychology. In progress work is not accepted, meaning that all pre-requisite coursework needs to be completed and a grade shown on the Banner transcript.

Declaration Criteria:

  1. General Psychology (PSYC 1101) must be completed with a grade of C or better within two (2) attempts.
    • An attempt is defined as: earning an A, B, C, D or F, a W (Withdrawal), using a Grade Replacement (QX), taking a course on an audit (AU), or Pass/No Credit basis (P/N), or an Incomplete (I).
  2. Statistics (1220, 1221 or 1222) must be completed with a grade of C or better within two (2) attempts.
    • An attempt is defined as: earning an A, B, C, D or F, a W (Withdrawal), using a Grade Replacement (QX), taking a course on an audit (AU), or Pass/No Credit basis (P/N), or an Incomplete (I).
  3. A Natural Science course with a lab must be completed with a grade of C or better.
    • The course must be eligible to earn General Education Natural Science Credit. Psychology courses (ex. PSYC 1101) may not be used for this requirement.
    • Higher level science classes may also be used to meet this requirement if you have taken the class with a corresponding lab (e.g. BIOL 2120/2130 and 2140L)
  4. An overall GPA of 2.00.
  5. A Psychology GPA of 2.0 (includes Psychology courses, Statistics, and Natural Sciences, one with a lab).

**When you have met all of the above requirements, and the grades appear on your DegreeWorks audit, you may apply for the major.**

Note: Beginning with the term after being accepted as a Psychology major there will be a three-course sequence that must be taken consecutively not concurrently (CANNOT be taken at the same time):

  • Research Methods I (PSYC 2101/2391)
  • Research Methods II (PSYC 2103/3292) or Critical Thinking About Research (PSYC 2104/3291)
  • A PSYC Capstone course.

To declare the psychology major (closed):

The Psychology Major Application (Closed)