Psychology Department Minors
Psychology Minor
PEAKS | Social Science & History |
Psychology is a diverse and exciting field which currently grants advanced degrees in more than 50 areas of study. A few examples of skills a minor in psychology will potentially provide students are helping a business owner know how to deal with customer complaints, helping teachers provide classroom experience that maximize learning, training medical personel to understand ways to help patients' comply with prescriptive advice, providing theater performers tools to improve their performances through understanding the foibles of human (mis)behavior and many others. Those who minor in psychology will learn to understand research findings and report them to others and how to accomplish systematic problem solving. The psychology minor consists of 15 credits, to be approved in consultation with the student's advisor.
The minor consists of the following courses:
- PSY-100 General Psychology (3 cr)
- PSY-101 Introduction to Psychological Science (3 cr)
- One of the following 200-level courses:
- Two of the following 300-level* courses:
*Some students may elect to take 400-level courses if approved by the department.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Critical Thinking
- Analytical Reasoning
- Problem Solving
- Written Communication
Associated Minors
Human Services Minor
PEAKS | Professional Studies & Enhancements |
The Anthropology/Sociology Department offers the Human Services minor in the Professional Enhancement PEAK to help students, along with their major, prepare for a career in the human, or social, services.
The Human Service Minor consists of 15 credits, to be approved in consultation with the Anthropology/Sociology department and the major advisor, and must include:
- ATH-101 Cultural Anthropology (3 cr)
or
SOC-100 Introduction to Sociology (3 cr) - PSY-204 The Psychology of Child Development (3 cr)
or
PSY-205 The Psychology of Adolescent Development (3 cr) - PSY-350 Introduction to Psychological Counseling (3 cr)
or
EDU-300 Schools and Society (3 cr) - One from:
- Internship (3 cr)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Critical Thinking
- Analytical Reasoning
- Problem Solving
- Written Communication
- Prepare each student to be an informed, involved citizern and to work successfully with culturally and socially diverse local, regional, national and international groups
to assist students to prepare for a career, if they so desire, in the human, or social, services