Psychology Minor

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An undergraduate minor in Psychology is offered to students majoring in other fields through the College of Education. This minor is particularly appropriate for those students whose area of study relies heavily upon knowledge of psychology, as well as for those students who simply desire additional work in psychology.

Requirements for the Minor

Students must:

1. complete at least nine hours of course work at Governors State University;
2. submit transfer courses to the minor advisor for approval by the first week of the term of intended graduation;
3. complete the minimum number of hours identified in each of the four areas; and
4. complete all coursework applied toward the minor with grades of a “C” or better.

Required Courses (3 Hours)

• PSYC - 1101 Principles of Psychology (3) *

Personality Selective (6 Hours)

Select two courses:

• PSYC - 2345 Social Psychology (3) *
• PSYC - 2410 Personality Theories (3) *
• PSYC - 3430 Abnormal Psychology (3) *

Developmental/Cognitive Selective (6 Hours)

Select two courses

• PSYC - 2201 Life-span Developmental Psychology (3) *
• PSYC - 3201 Child Development (3) *
• PSYC - 3202 Adolescence (3) *
• PSYC - 3203 Adulthood (3) *
• PSYC - 3204 Geropsychology (3) *
• PSYC - 3520 Cognitive Psychology (3) *
• PSYC - 3524 Principles of Learning and Behavior (3) *
• PSYC - 4520 Cognitive Development (3) *

Applied Psychology Selective (3 Hours)

Select one course:

• PSYC - 1605 Love: What Everyone Needs to Know (3) *
• PSYC - 1606 Sex: What Everyone Needs to Know (3) *
• PSYC - 2102 Thinking and Writing in Psychology (4)
• PSYC - 2150 Introduction to Research Methods (3)
• PSYC - 3460 Mindfulness Studies (3)
• PSYC - 3465 Psychology of Spiritual Development (3)
• PSYC - 3602 Health Psychology (3)
• PSYC - 3820 Forensic Psychology (3)
• PSYC - 3828 Understanding Men (3)
• PSYC - 3829 Psychology of Women (3)
• PSYC - 3840 Industrial Psychology (3)
• PSYC - 4470 Introduction to Clinical Psychology (3)
• PSYC - 4475 Introduction to Family Dynamics (3)
• PSYC - 4490 Physical and Sexual Abuse of Children (3)
• STAT - 2100 Statistics (3)

Substitutions for those who completed more than nine hours elsewhere (9 Hours)

Students who have completed the required courses or any selective may choose from the selective areas above for additional courses to meet the requirements of nine hours of course work completed at Governors State University.

NOTE:

* Available as telecourse or online.

Total - 18 Hours