DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology Minor

 

The minor in psychology consists of a minimum of 28 hours, with at least two courses at the 300 level or above.

The following course is required:

  • PSY 101 - General Psychology

 
One of the following two courses must be completed:

  • PSY 120 - Elementary Statistical Reasoning
  • PSY 221 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences


At least one course from four of the following five areas must be taken:

1. Biological

  • PSY 201 - Sensation and Perception
  • PSY 203 - Learning
  • PSY 312 - Physiological Psychology
  • PSY 314 - Comparative Psychology
  • PSY 327 - Human Psychophysiology
  • PSY 380 - Psychology of Health and Illness
  • PSY 490 - Selected Seminars in Biological Psychology


2. Cognitive

  • PSY 304 - Human Learning and Cognitive Processes
  • PSY 305 - Human Memory
  • PSY 307 - Psycholinguistics
  • PSY 308 - Human Judgment and Decision Making
  • PSY 490 - Selected Seminars in Cognitive Psychology


3. Developmental

  • PSY 273 - Child and Adolescent Psychology
  • PSY 275 - Educational Psychology
  • PSY 315 - Behavior Genetics and Individual Differences
  • PSY 374 - Psychology of Adulthood and Aging
  • PSY 376 - Psychological Disorders of Childhood
  • PSY 378 - Psychology of Gender
  • PSY 470 - Prenatal Influences on Development
  • PSY 490 - Selected Seminars in Developmental Psychology


4. Clinical

  • PSY 233 - Psychology of Personality
  • PSY 332 - Abnormal Psychology
  • PSY 341 - Tests and Measurements
  • PSY 351 - Introduction to Clinical and Counseling Psychology
  • PSY 430 - Psychoactive Drugs: Therapeutic Agents and Drugs of Abuse
  • PSY 490 - Selected Seminars in Clinical Psychology


5. Social-Organizational

  • PSY 261 - Survey of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • PSY 336 - Social Psychology
  • PSY 337 - Social Psychology of Justice
  • PSY 361 - Advanced Organizational Psychology
  • PSY 362 - Personnel Psychology
  • PSY 490 - Selected Seminars in Social-Organizational Psychology