Applied Psychology
Academic Planning Worksheet 2023-2024
Simmons University
Office of Undergraduate Advising
Notes:
● Simmons requires that all undergraduates complete a minimum of 128 credits of coursework, fulfill PLAN
and major/program requirements, and submit a Senior Audit form to graduate.
● You may declare a major after you have earned 32 credits. You must declare a major prior to earning 80
credits.
Core Requirements
Majors will complete the core of the following courses.
Course #
Course Title
Credits
Completed
PSYC 101*
Introduction to Psychological Science
4
STAT 118
Introductory Statistics (or higher)
4
PSYC 201
Biological Psychology (prereq: PSYC 101)
4
PSYC 203
Research Methods in Psychology (prereq: STAT 118 &
PSYC 101)
4
*AP Psychology Test Score of 4 or 5 may be used to replace the PSYC 101 requirement
Additional Requirements
In addition to your core Psychology courses, you will choose six additional courses:
● At least three must be PSYC courses
● At least one must be a capstone PSYC course; the capstone must be taken at Simmons (cannot be
transferred from another institution)
● The remaining three courses may be in related disciplines outside of PSYC, as listed below)
○ PSYC 231 Psychopathology and Mental Health
○ PSYC 235 Developmental Psychology
○ PSYC 244 Drugs and Behavior
○ PSYC 308 Research in Social Psychology, with Lab (Capstone Course)
○ PSYC 331 Seminar in Clinical Psychology (Capstone Course)
○ BUS 230 Why We Buy
○ BUS 234 Organizational Communication & Behavior
○ SOCI 239 Introduction to Social Research
○ SOCI 241 Health, Illness, & Society
○ SOCI 249 Inequalities
○ SW 101 Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
Course #
Course Title
Credits
Completed
4
4
4
4
4
4
PLAN Requirements
PLAN (Purpose Leadership ActioN) is the Simmons undergraduate general education program. Some PLAN
requirements can be fulfilled with courses required for this major, as indicated below. Additional PLAN
requirements may be fulfilled through electives. PLAN requirements, with the exception of the capstone, are
waived for students who have an associate’s degree from an accredited instruction. We highly recommend that
you work closely with your advisor(s) to choose all of your courses.
Course Title
Credits
Completed
Math*: 1) Prior to first term, pass the mathematics competency
requirement or 2) enroll in MATH 101 the first semester it is available
0/4
CNCT 101: Simmons Connect**
3
LDR 201: Gender and Leadership
4
CDA 201: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Public Issues
6
CNCT 201: Pathways to Career and Leadership (Recommended
after CDA)
1
3D Design Across Diverse Disciplines *** (Students work on this
requirement while enrolled in SIM 301)
12
Requirements
Course Selected
Language & Culture****: Two (additional)
Global Cultural (GC) courses
4
4
Quantitative Literacy (QL)
STAT 118 or higher
4
Key
Content
Areas
*****
(KCAs)
Aesthetic, Literary, and Artistic
(ALA)
4
Global Cultural (GC)
4
Scientific Inquiry (SCI)
PSYC 201
4
Social and Historical (SH)
4
*Students must satisfy the math competency requirement during their first semester at Simmons. Students who do not pass
the mathematics competency exam by orientation or who do not meet the math competency requirement in one of the
other ways described above must take MATH 101 in the first semester it is available.
**We highly encourage all students to take Simmons Connect in their first semester, and we recommend this course for all
students, even those who enter with an associate’s degree.
***The 3D (Design Across Diverse Disciplines) requirement may be met with one course in your major and two additional
courses (which may also satisfy KCA requirements).
****Students admitted in the May 2021 cohort are required to take two sequential courses in the same language (for
example, French 101 and 102).
*****KCA requirements may be satisfied by courses in your major, LC courses, and/or 3D courses.
Program Contact
Sarah Martin, PhD
Professor and Chair of Psychology
