Psychology Minor

A psychology minor is a great option for students who want to supplement their major with a touch of the psychological sciences.

Having a psychology minor can benefit you in many ways:

Learn how to effectively learn and to communicate with others.
Learn to think about behavior from an experimental perspective, one that allows for both creative and skeptical interpretations.
Learn to critically question and evaluate what you read and hear.
Develop empathy for others when you analyze their actions.
Reflect on how you think and how other people think.
Develop ways to apply psychological principles to understand and improve your personal relationships, how you work with others, and to contribute to your community.
Study the latest findings on how the brain affects our behavior.

(List from Psychology Today)

Campus Availability

Number of Credit Hours

15-18 Credit Hours

Around 5-6 Courses

Courses You Could Take

PSYC 3310 - Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology is the scientific study of the processes by which we acquire, store, transform, and use information. The main topics in this field are pattern recognition, attention, memory, knowledge, language, problem-solving, and decision making. This course is an introduction to the major phenomena, methods, concepts, principles, and theories that make up the field of Cognitive Psychology.

Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: PSYC 1101 or PSYC 1101H with a grade of C or higher

Hours:
3

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PSYC 4669 - Industrial Organizational Psychology

A survey of major topics in industrial/organizational psychology with emphasis on the psychology of the workplace applied to business, industry, and government. Credit cannot be earned for both MGMT 4669 and PSYC 4669.

Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: PSYC 1101 or PSYC 1101H with a grade of C or higher

Hours:
3

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PSYC 3181 - Psychology of Aging

The Psychology of Aging course is designed to provide an introduction and overview of research findings for introductory level graduate and upper-level undergraduate students. Course content is designed to provide a general overview of the domain of psychology and aging with an emphasis on critical evaluation of research. Accordingly, we will examine aging research and practice to obtain a general picture of the far-ranging contributions of both academic and applied psychology to later life and show how psychological research translates into practice.

Hours:
3

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