Declaring the Psychology Major

Upcoming Declaration Periods

Spring 2025: Closed

Summer 2025: No declaration period

Fall 2025: September 2nd at 8AM to September 30th at 5PM

Considering transferring to UNC Charlotte from another institution as a Psychology major?

​Sign up for an account on the Future 49er Web Portal website. Once you have created an account, fill out an application to attend UNC Charlotte, selecting ‘Psychology’ as your intended major.

Currently enrolled at UNC Charlotte and wanting to change/add the Psychology major?

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

Please note that in progress work is not accepted, meaning that all prerequisite coursework needs to be completed and a grade shown on the Banner transcript in order to declare the degree.

Declaration Criteria:

  1. General Psychology (PSYC 1101) must be completed with a grade of C or better within two (2) attempts*.
  2. Statistics (1220, 1221 or 1222) must be completed with a grade of C or better within two (2) attempts*.
  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 2.00 (includes Psychology courses, Statistics, and Natural Science with a lab).

*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).

Note: Beginning with the term after being accepted as a Psychology major, there will be a 3-course sequence that must be taken consecutively (CANNOT be taken concurrently):

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

declare the psychology major

Psychology Major Application (Closed)