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Overview
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Degrees Offered
Minor
Department
Psychology Department
school/college
College of Arts and Sciences

Minor in Psychology

The minor in Psychology provides a background in psychology for non-majors as part of their liberal arts education. The minor is valuable for any student with career or graduate school plans that are related to thought or emotional processes, human behavior, or social dynamics. For example, this may include students in natural sciences or on a pre-Health track (e.g., experimental research, healthcare); students in Business, Mathematics, or Computer Science whose work involves communication; student in Public Policy, Law, or Criminal Justice interested in decision-making, mental illness, or forensics; or students in Sociology interested in social work.

Students who want to complete a minor in Psychology should consult with the Department Chair.

Requirements (28 credits)

Six Psychology Courses

  • PY 111 Introduction to Psychology (4 Credits)
  • PY 142 Research Methods (4 Credits)
  • PY 242 Experimental Psychology I (4 Credits)
  • Three Psychology Electives
  • One from List A: Natural Sciences (see below)
  • One from List B: Social Sciences (see below)
  • A third elective from either List A or List B, or any other course taught by a psychology professor. Examples of common electives shown below.
List A: Natural Sciences List B: Social Sciences Additional Electives
PY 221 Learning and Cognition  PY 202 Cross-Cultural Psychology  PY 203 Health Psychology 
PY 222 Behavioral Neuroscience  PY 209 Black Child Development  PY 205 Adult Psychopathology 
PY 223 Cognitive Neuroscience  PY 212 Developmental Psychology  PY 215 Developmental Psychopathology 
PY 245 Drugs and Behavior  PY 230 Social and Personality Development  PY 285 Special Topics in Psychology (4 Credits or Two 2 Credits)
PY 252 Sensation & Perception  PY 288 What it Means to be Human: Character Strengths and Weaknesses  PY 238 Adolescence  
US 288 Psychology of Music  PY 331 Social Psychology  US 220 Education Stories: Films about Schools and What They Teach Us 
PY 332 Personality Psychology 

One Mathematics Course

  • MA 141 Elementary Statistics (4 Credits)
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