Minor Requirements
I. Minors are Required to Take Six Courses.
Core Course
001 General Psychology
II. Minors are required to take One Core Course from each of the Three Different Areas
Courses at the 100-level are taught in lecture format, and assessment is based primarily on examinations.
Courses at the 200-level are smaller in many cases and involve more discussion, writing assignments, and special class activities. Either format can fulfill the requirement for Core courses.
Area 1. Conceptual and Developmental Foundations
111 Philosophy of Psychology
114 Philosophy of Psychology: Cognitive Science
115 Philosophy of Psychology: Wittgenstein
153 (formerly 161) Lifespan Development
160 Childhood and Adolescence
216 (formerly 110) History of Modern Psychology
262 Early Child Development
263 Psychology of Aging
264 Nature, Nurture and Human Development
266 Children, Families, and Parenting
Area 2. Social and Personality
140 Social Psychology
144 Social Psychology: Biological and Cultural Aspects
150 Theories of Personality
151 Abnormal Psychology
242 Cultural Psychology
252 Community Psychology
259 Persons and Selves
Area 3. Cognitive and Biological Basis
120 Physiological Psychology
121 Behavioral Neuroscience
130 Cognition
131 Learning
223 Monkeys, Apes, Humans
BIOL-226 Animal Behavior
231 Psychology of Memory
232 Sensation and Perception
234 Cognitive Neuroscience
235 Social and Affective Neuroscience
III. Minors are Required to Take Two Additional Courses from the Following List or Any Other Course from the Preceding Lists at Any Level and from Any Areas
312 Statistical Thinking in Psychological Research
313 Psychology of Individual and Group Differences
321 Clinical Neuropsychology
340 Social Psychology of Emotion
345 Emotion and the Arts
347 Cognitive Science Perspectives
350 Cognitive Neurogenetics
351 Oppression, Liberation, and Well-being
353 Culture and Psychopathology
358 Empathy, Altruism, and Aggression
361 Children and Technology
362 Theories of Development
363 Developmental Psychopathology
365 Children, Science, and Politics
366 Evolutionary and Human Behavior
367 Infancy
368 Children, Families, and the Law
370 Psychology and Literature
371 Contemporary Research on Emotion
374 Key Thinkers in Developmental Psychology
375 Political Psychology
498 Multiculturalism, Democracy, and Intergroup Relations
PHIL-401 Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Language
LING-451 Bilingualism
IDST-324 Critique of Social Science
LING-333 Cross Cultural Communications
ICOS-202 Research Modules in Cognitive Science
If you have specific questions about the major or minor and cannot find the answers in the Undergraduate Handbook, please contact the Director of the Undergraduate Program, Professor David Crystal.
