The Psychology Minor

Degree Requirements

 

Download a Psychology Minor Checklist

 
Applying to the Minor

Click here to read our departmental policy on when you may declare the psychology major or minor.

Minor Requirements

(click here for the old minor requirements--if you started prior to Fall 2004)

Course Title

Course Number

Credits

Entry-Level Courses:  Take all three
   

General Psychology

Note that PSYC 100 is a prerequisite for all other courses in psychology

100

3

Research Methodology

Prerequisite:  PSYC 100

207

3

Measurement and Statistics

Prerequisite:  PSYC 100 and completion of ollege MATH requirement

Approved Substitutions for PSYC209:
If you got a C- or better in MATH202, MATH205, or SOCI301, you can use it as a course substitution for PSYC209.

If you got a C- or better in STAT200 taken on campus, you can use it as a course substitution for PSYC209. However, the psychology department does NOT accept AP Statistics credit for STAT200--if you took AP stat, you will still need to take our PSYC209.

209

3


Core Competencies

Take one course from each of the sections below

 

Biopsychology/Cognitive Psychology: 
Take 1

Prerequisites:  PSYC 100, 207, 209

Biological Bases of Behavior

Learning and Motivation

Brain and Behavior

Behavioral Neuroscience

Sensation and Perception

Cognition

Psychology of Language

Physiological Psychology

 

 

 

316

312

314

320

310

340

344

318

3

 

 

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Developmental/Clinical/Social Psychology:  Take 1

Prerequisites:  PSYC 100, 207, 209

Developmental Psychology

Psychopathology

Research in Personality

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Social Psychology

Cultural Psychology

Applied Social Psychology

 


350

380

370

386

390

394

385

3



3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Free elective:  Take 1

The free elective can include, but is not limited to:

Psychology Field Placement

Independent Study/Research

Independent Study/Research

Independent Study/Research

Psychology of Women

Human Sexuality

Another class from the "core list" above

Seminar coureses

Note that PSYC 301, 303, 325, or 334 may NOT be used as a free elective.

 


365

366

368

466

333

336

350, 380, 316, etc.

4xx

3


3

3

3

3

3

3

3

 

3

Total credits for the minor

 

18

 

A C- is the minimum grade needed for a course to count for the minor.

Psychology courses for non-majors and non-minors:

These courses do NOT count for the psychology minor.

Personality Psychology (PSYC301)

Introduction to Social Psychology (PSYC303)

Child Psychology (PSYC325)

Abnormal Psychology (PSYC334)

 

 

 

 

 



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