Description

The Psychology Department offers a minor in Psychology to majors in any field except Psychology. No courses for the minor may be taken for S/U credit.

Requirements

• No more than 9 hours may be met with transfer credit.
• Required prerequisites: PSY 200 with a grade of 'B-' or better, AND BIO 105/106 OR BIO 181 with a grade of 'C' or better to be eligible to declare and obtain the minor.
• Completioin of 18 credit hours of coursework with a grade of 'C-' or better.
• 6 of the 18 hours must be in the basic science of psychology and 9 hours in the applied aspects of psychology.
• Overall GPA of 2.5 for acceptance to the minor and for completion of the minor.
• A maximum of ONE (1) course may be used (double-counted) towards both departmental major requirements and minor requirements.

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

PSY 200This link will open in a new window Introduction to Psychology (3 cr)
PSY 230 Introduction to Psychological Research (3 cr)

Required PSY Group I - Any two courses (6 credit hours)

PSY 400This link will open in a new window Perception
PSY 410This link will open in a new window Learning and Motivation
PSY 416 Emotion
PSY 420This link will open in a new window Cognitive Processes
PSY 430This link will open in a new window Biological Psychology
PSY 475 Child Psychology 

Required PSY Group II - Choose 1 course from each of two different sets.

A.
PSY 307This link will open in a new window Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PSY 312 Applied Psychology
PSY 340This link will open in a new window Ergonomics
PSY 360 Community Psychology
PSY 436 Intro to Psychological Measurement
PSY 470 Abnormal Psychology

B.
PSY 311 Social Psychology
PSY 345 Psychology of the African Experience
PSY 370 Personality Psychology
PSY 376 Developmental Psychology
PSY 406 Psychology of Gender
PSY 476 Psychology of Adolescent Development
PSY 506 Psychology of Gender
PSY 558 Psychology and the African Experience 

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Admissions
Students may declare their intention to complete the Psychology minor by consulting with the contact person listed below.

Certification
The contact person listed below will certify the minor prior to graduation. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from his or her degree program. Paperwork for certification should be completed no later than during the registration period for the student's final semester at NC State.

Contact Person

Christina Hobbs, Interim Coordinator of Advising
Poe Hall 628
919-515-0368
psych_advising@ncsu.edu