Psychology Minor

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Minor Requirements (22 units)

The minor in Psychology is designed to provide a general background in psychology to complement training for careers in business and industry, biology, the medical professions, law or criminology, communication, and many other professions. See a psychology department advisor for help in selecting courses to complement your program. The minor consists of 22 units.

Lower Division Requirements

Take the following 6 units:

PSYC 100 - General Psychology Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: D1-3
PSYC 200 - Methods of Investigation in Psychology Units: 3

Upper Division Requirements

Take 16 additional units of upper-division PSYC courses, not including PSYC 300, courses beginning with PSYC 491 or 493, or those marked “Not for psychology major or minor credit” in the catalog.

Department Courses Listed by Course Type

Psychology Courses

Department of Psychology

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Courses

Psychology

• PSYC 100 - General Psychology Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: D1-3
• PSYC 121 - Drugs and Behavior Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: B2
• PSYC 200 - Methods of Investigation in Psychology Units: 3
• PSYC 300 - Experimental Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 310 - Conditioning and Learning Units: 4
• PSYC 320 - Physiological Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 330 - Cognitive Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 340 - Developmental Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 350 - Personality Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 360 - Social Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 370 - Psychological Measurement Units: 4
• PSYC 381 - Psychopathology Units: 4
• PSYC 382 - Child Psychopathology Units: 4
• PSYC 386 - Stress and Coping Units: 3 ; G.E./G.R. Area: B6
• PSYC 390 - Human Factors and Work Methods Units: 4
• PSYC 398 - Internship Units: 1-4
• PSYC 411 - Comparative Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 412 - Learning Theory Units: 4
• PSYC 413 - Advanced Conditioning and Learning Units: 4
• PSYC 414 - History and Systems of Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 415 - Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis Units: 4
• PSYC 421 - Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4
• PSYC 431 - Perception Units: 4
• PSYC 441 - Advanced Developmental Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 461 - Culture and Social-Organizational Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 462 - Psychology of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Units: 4
• PSYC 463 - Interpersonal Processes Units: 4
• PSYC 469 - Group Dynamics Units: 4
• PSYC 471 - Decision Theory and Analysis Units: 4
• PSYC 472 - Motivation Units: 4
• PSYC 479 - Industrial Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 481 - Introduction to Psychotherapy Units: 4
• PSYC 490 - Independent Study Units: 1-4
• PSYC 491A - Research in Conditioning and Learning Units: 4
• PSYC 491B - Research in Physiological Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 491C - Research in Cognitive Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 491D - Research in Developmental Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 491E - Research in Social & Personality Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 491F - Research in Clinical Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 493A - Research in Organizational Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 493B - Research in Industrial Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 497 - Issues in Psychology Units: 4
• PSYC 498 - Internship Units: 1-4