The Psychology minor provides many of the required courses for admission to graduate school in psychology. Psychology is "the science of behavior and mental processes." Understanding human behavior requires the study of human biology, psychological experience, and learning and cultural context.
The Psychology minor enhances your understanding of academic curricula in many other programs on campus. When combined with any major, it will expand your own special interests and career opportunities in areas related to human behavior. Specifically, the Psychology minor supports many applied research areas and in fields such as classroom teaching, preschool teaching, business, human services, social work, gerontology, probation and law enforcement, and other health and human service careers.
All the courses in the Psychology minor transfer to baccalaureate degree programs that lead to graduate programs accredited by the American Psychological Association. The minor does not provide sufficient undergraduate preparation for the minimum entry requirements to an APA-accredited graduate program without extensive additional upper-division coursework.
Complete the following three lower-division courses or equivalents (Please note: Introductory Psychology and Introductory Statistics must be completed before taking Introductory Research Methods. Concurrent enrollment is not allowed):
Complete any three upper-division courses from the list below as long as they are in three different areas.
Any PSY course numbered 310-319
Any PSY course numbered 320-329
Any PSY course numbered 330-339
Any PSY course numbered 340-349
Any HDEV course numbered 300 or above
Any PSY course numbered 350-359
SBS 338