University of Florida Homepage

Transfer/Transient Students

Information for Transfer Students

 

Prospective Students: The Department of Psychology has a very small part in transfer admissions. Prospective students looking for psychology major specific information can email our department at psy-advising@ufl.edu.

Admitted Transfer Students: The Psychology Department Undergraduate Coordinator/Advisor meets with all transfer students during transfer preview and will help with selecting coursework for the psychology major.

Please see below some of the typical questions asked:

Q: What are the minimum requirements for transferring into the psychology major?

A: Please visit the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Academic Advising Center (AAC): Transfer Admissions page.

  1. Select the desired psychology track from the drop-down menu.
  2. Review the competitive criteria for the major
  3. See CLAS Transfer Student FAQs

Contact CLASTransfer@advising.ufl.edu or (352) 392-1521 if you have any questions throughout the process, particularly if you have any new information that might be helpful to our Admissions Committee.

Q: What courses will count toward the psychology major requirements?

A: There are limitations on the transfer of credit from other institutions into your major:

Transfer students first need to make sure that coursework completed elsewhere was accepted by the University. Anyone with questions about this should check with the Registrar’s Office and/or the Academic Advising Center.

Note: Acceptance of any course required for the major except introductory psychology is handled through the Psychology Advising office.

  1. Students transferring from community colleges can count up to 9 credits toward the major, whereas students transferring from four-year institutions can count up to 18 credits toward the major.
    • Introductory Psychology taken at any other college will fulfill the PSY 2012 requirement and will count toward 3 of these credits.
    • If deemed equivalent to a UF psychology course, a 2000-level course will be counted as a 3000-level foundation course at UF and count toward 3 of these credits.
    • Another 2000-level course can be counted as a psychology elective and count toward 3 of these credits.
  2. Students transferring from four-year institutions may be able to substitute particular upper-division courses for Foundation-level or other psychology elective courses.
    • If the course was taken at another Florida SUS campus, and the prefix and last three digits match the Foundation-level course here (e.g., CLP x144), then the course will automatically be counted as a Foundation course. Courses with the identical course number will also automatically count.
    • To see courses from other Florida institutions that have previously been approved, click here. If your course is on the list, go email the Psychology Advising office, and we can make that course substitution for you on your degree audit.
    • If your course is not on this list, students can contact the appropriate faculty member within the department who regularly teaches the particular course to be substituted. Students should bring their course syllabus, along with this course substitution form. If the course is judged by the faculty member to be an acceptable substitute for our Foundation course, the student can send the completed form to psych-advising@ufl.edu, and we will be able to apply this course as counting toward the major.
    • For universities not on this list, please email psychology advising as we have a list of preapproved courses from non-Florida institutions available in our office.
  3. To determine whether a mathematics or biology course taken elsewhere will satisfy the psychology degree requirements, bring this form along with your course syllabus to the undergraduate coordinator of the respective department for approval. If approved, please email the psychology advising team. Courses automatically accepted include BSC XX05, XX06, XX07, XX08, and XX10. Math courses MAC 1114, 1140, and 1147 are accepted for part or all of the UF psychology requirement. Math courses such as “College Algebra” are not. Occasionally, other courses are acceptable.
  4. To determine whether a statistics course taken elsewhere will satisfy the requirement for STA 2023 and/or 3024, contact the undergraduate coordinator in the Statistics Department for approval at undergrad.coordinator@stat.ufl.edu

Q: What courses should I take when I first come to UF?

A: This depends on the courses for which you are getting transfer credit. Generally, most transfer students enroll in:

  1. The laboratory course, PSY 3213L (this is a critical tracking course that you must take in your first semester).
  2. One or two foundation-level courses; see Requirements for Psychology link for a listing of these courses.
  3. Courses to meet College of Liberal Art & Sciences requirements.

Completing these requirements early will allow students time to get involved in senior-level coursework and in individual work classes such as PSY 4911 (supervised research).

Information for Transient Students

Transient students or non-degree seeking students are either (1) UF students who want to take courses at another university and then transfer those courses to their UF degree, or (2) non-UF students who want to take courses at UF and then transfer those courses to their parent institution. Please see the headings below for information relevant to your situation.

  • NON-UF student who wants to take UF Psychology courses are unable to do so. These requests will be denied by the CLAS AAC college advisors.
  • UF students who want to take courses at another university:
    • If you are a UF student who wants to take courses at another institution (typically, during a summer semester), you should talk to a CLAS AAC Advisors. Please see the Transient Study for more information

 

Please contact the undergraduate advising office if you have any other questions.