Being a Minor

WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY?

The minor in Psychology requires a minimum of 15 hours in psychology, including: Introductory Psychology (151), Research Methods (310 or a substitute [see below]); and at least two of the following courses. The remaining two credits can be taken from this list or any Psychology course with a number over 100. An average Psychology GPA of 2.0 is required to graduate with a minor. Other details regarding the minor can be found in the Undergraduate Catalog.

241 ~ Developmental Psychology

243 ~ Biopsychology

245 ~ Survey of Abnormal Behavior

248 ~ Cognitive Psychology

255 ~ Personality

260 ~ Social Psychology

268 ~ Industrial/Organization Psychology

320 ~ Physiological Psychology

326 ~ Learning Theory and Research

329 ~ Perception

331 ~ Research in Cognitive Psychology

333* ~ Motivation of Behavior (not currently being offered)

338 ~ Emotion

362 ~ Psychological Testing (not currently being offered)

374 ~ Judgment and Decision Making

Plan to take at least two courses from the ones in bold and italicized. The other courses are required for the Psychology Major, and are likely to be filled with Psychology majors. You may take more than two courses from the list above, but you must take at least two.

Students who take the following courses or pairs of courses in other majors may be exempt from taking the Psychology 310 course. However, although the specific course requirement may be waived, you do not receive credit for the course(s) toward the minor. Students still must complete at least 15 hours in Psychology in order to fulfill the requirements for the minor.

To waive the PSY 310 Research Methods requirement for the Psychology minor, at least one set of the following courses must be completed.

Business: BEM 201* ~ Quantitative Analysis II AND BEM 202 ~ Quantitative Analysis II

Economics: ECN 209 ~ Applied Econometrics (OR)

Economics: ECN 215 ~ Econometric Theory and Methods

Finance: BEM 201 ~ Quantitative Analysis I AND FIN 203 ~ Applied Quantitative Analysis for Finance (OR)

Finance: BEM 201 ~ Quantitative Analysis I AND STA 112

Health and Exercise Science: HES 262 ~ Statistics in the Health Sciences

Politics and International Affairs: POL 280 ~ Research Methods AND Math & Statistics: STA 111 ~ Elementary Probability and Statistics

Psychology: PSY 311 ~ Research Methods 1

Sociology: SOC 271 ~ Social Statistics AND SOC 272 ~ Research Methods in Sociology

*if you are an Accountancy major, which only requires BEM 201, then this does not fulfill the requirement to be exempt from taking PSY 310 or 311.