The minor exposes students to the breadth of psychology across biological and cognitive processes, development, social and personality psychology, and clinical applications, going well beyond an intro-level understanding of the field. That range makes it a strong complement to majors in health sciences, business, education, or any field where understanding human behavior is an asset.

If you are ready to declare a major/minor in Psychology, please fill out this form, and submit it to the Department of Psychology in-person (Stern Hall, Room 2011) or email it to psych@tulane.edu. The form will be returned to you, with the name of your PSYC advisor, and you can send it along to NTC Advising. Please note that it is your responsibility to send this form to your NTC advisor.

You will also receive an invitation to join the Canvas site for psychology majors that has much more detailed information relevant to the major.

You and your major advisor will be copied on an email to connect. If your major advisor does not reach out, you may want to contact them to introduce yourself or to set up a meeting. Advising styles differ among faculty members--some faculty like to meet with undergraduate advisees regularly, while some wait for the student to initiate contact. We recommend that you contact your advisor to set up a plan that works for you.

Major Declaration Form

Permission to transfer credit from other baccalaureate degree-granting colleges and universities may be recommended on a course-by-course basis, depending on similarity to Psychology courses offered at Tulane. 

Please note:

-The Department of Psychology does not grant transfer credit towards the psychology major for courses taken at community colleges. 

-Students wanting to count an Advanced Placement (AP) course in Introductory Psychology must have earned at least a 4 on the AP Exam. 

If you are interested in requesting approval for classes taken at other university, you should first meet with your NTC Academic Advisor to verify that a course is eligible to be considered for transfer credit. Your NTC Academic Advisor will give you a copy of a signed "Transfer Course Articulation Request". You should complete the form and send it, with a complete copy of the syllabus for the course you'd like to transfer, to psychtransfers@tulane.edu. Please allow at least three weeks to receive notice for any transfer requests. Please be advised that this process may take 2-4 weeks.

Use the checklist below to make sure the syllabus includes all necessary information. Missing or incomplete information might delay the process.

1. Course Name and Number, University, and Instructor
2. Course Format: Online (Synchronous or Asynchronous) or In-Person
3. Course Meeting Times
4. Course Description
5. Reading Material (E.g. Textbook)
6. Assessments for Grade (E.g. what assignments and/or exams are used to calculated the grade)
7. Course Schedule (which includes topic content information)

Requests missing any of the above information will not be considered. You are encouraged to read about NTC Academic Advising's guidelines on transfer credit here.

In cases where transfer credit is not recommended, there may be special circumstances which would justify reconsideration upon petition to the Departmental Curriculum Committee. You may contact Dr. Carrie Wyland (wyland@tulane.edu) regarding such a petition.

Students majoring in neuroscience who wish to minor in psychology must take a five psychology courses and a minimum of 15 hours. The PSYN minor requires the completion PSYC 1000 Introductory Psych (3 credits) and four additional elective courses in Psychology which do not overlap with course requirements in Neuroscience and are not cross-listed as PSYC/NSCI.