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Minor in Psychology

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Minor in Psychology

  • Students planning to minor in psychology should consult a departmental advisor for approval of their plans. A minor in psychology requires at least 15 credit hours in psychology.
  • Take PSY-P 103 General Psychology (or PSY-P 106 General Psychology–Honors) as soon as possible since it is the prerequisite for all other psychology courses.
  • PSY-B 190 and PSY-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions and PSY-T 190 Literary and Intellectual Traditions do not count toward the psychology major or minor, nor do they substitute for PSY-P 103 General Psychology as a prerequisite for any other psychology courses. ­

Minor Requirements (15 cr.)

Select one of the following:

  • PSY-P 103 General Psychology
  • PSY-P 106 General Psychology–Honors

Select one of the following:

  • PSY-P 205 Understanding Research in Psychology
  • PSY-P 211 Methods of Experimental Psychology

  • Two courses above the 100-level from two different areas (developmental, social, personality and clinical, or cognition, learning, neuroscience), plus one additional PSY-P course other than PSY-P 495 Readings and Research in Psychology.
Developmental
  • PSY-P 216 Life Span Developmental Psychology; OR (cannot receive credit for both PSY-P 216 and PSY-P 316)
  • PSY-P 316 Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence (cannot receive credit for both PSY-P 216 and PSY-P 316)
  • PSY-P 331 Psychology of Aging

Social
  • PSY-P 320 Social Psychology
  • PSY-P 434 Community Psychology

Personality and Clinical
  • PSY-P 319 The Psychology of Personality
  • PSY-P 324 Abnormal Psychology

Cognition, Learning, Neuroscience
  • PSY-P 325 The Psychology of Learning
  • PSY-P 326 Behavioral Neuroscience
  • PSY-P 329 Sensation and Perception
  • PSY-P 335 Cognitive Psychology

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Academic Bulletins

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2016-2017 Campus Bulletin
2015-2016 Campus Bulletin
2014-2015 Campus Bulletin

Please be aware that the PDF is formatted from the webpages; some pages may be out of order.