Requirements for the Psychology Minor
The minor in psychology is very straightforward and consistent with the university standards as presented on page 10 of the University Bulletin. Minor requirements for psychology are met by completing (18 or more) credits in psychology courses. If your catalogue year is Fall 2003 or later, then these credits must include General Psychology (Psy113). For catalogue years Fall 2003 or later, experiential courses for which letter grades are given (that is, Psy305 and Psy489) can count toward the minor, but only up to 3 credits. Regardless of catalogue year, your quality point average in the psychology courses must be at least a 2.0 and 12 of the 18 credits must be in courses numbered 200 or above. At least half of the psychology credits (three courses) used for the minor must have been taken at URI. General education requirements may be used for the minor, but no course may be used for both the major and minor field of study. Courses for your minor cannot be taken pass fail or S/U.
To declare a minor in psychology, you should obtain a minor field of study form from your dean's office and fill in the psychology courses you have taken and the grades earned on it. When you are in your sixth psychology course, take the form to the chairperson of psychology who will sign it. Returned the signed form to your dean's office and your final transcript will note that you have a minor area of study in psychology.
The psychology courses you take as your minor are up to you, but should be selected to satisfy your curiosity about an area of psychology or to compliment your major.
Some suggested courses for the minor are listed according to interest areas. Remember, these are just suggestions and you are free to modify them according to your particular interests and needs. Any six psychology courses makes a minimum minor.
1.INTEREST IN PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING
PSY 103 - Toward Self Understanding
PSY 113 - General Psychology
PSY 232 - Developmental Psychology
PSY 235 - Personality Theory
PSY 254 - Behavior Problems and
Personality Disorders
PSY 261 - The Alcohol-Troubled Person
PSY 335 - The Psychology of Social Behavior
PSY 361 - Learning
PSY 430 - Intimate Relationships
PSY 480 - The Female Experience
2.INTEREST IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT OR CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
PSY 113 - General PsychologyPSY 232 - Developmental Psychology
PSY 254 - Behavior Problems and Personality Disorders
PSY 305 - Field Experience in Psychology
PSY 361 - Learning
PSY 384 - Cognitive Psychology
PSY 388 - The Psychology of Language
PSY 432 - Advanced Developmental
PSY 434 _ Psychological Testing
PSY 442 - The Exceptional Child
3.INTEREST IN ACADEMIC PSYCHOLOGY
(perhaps with graduate school in mind)
PSY 113 - General Psychology
PSY 232 - Developmental Psychology
PSY 254 - Behavior Problems and Personality Disorders
PSY 300 - Quantitative Methods in Psychology
PSY 301.- Introduction to Experimental Psychology
PSY 310 - History and Systems
PSY 335 - The Psychology of Social Behavior
PSY 361 - Learning
PSY 381 - Physiological Psychology
PSY 391 - Theories of Learning
PSY 384 - Cognitive Psychology
PSY 388 - The Psychology of Language
4.
INTEREST IN RELATED APPLIED AREAS
SUCH AS COUNSELING, SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY,
ART OR MUSIC THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY,
SOCIAL WORK
PSY 113 - General Psychology
PSY 232 - Developmental Psychology
PSY 254 - Behavior Problems and Personality Disorders
PSY 305 - Field Experience in Psychology
PSY 335 - The Psychology of Social Behavior
PSY 361 - Learning
PSY 480 - The Female Experience
PSY 434 - Psychological Testing
PSY 442 - The Exceptional Child
PSY 460 - The Substance Abused Person
5.INTEREST IN ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELING
(Certificate available)
PSY 113 - General Psychology
PSY 254 - Behavior Problems and Personality Disorders
PSY 436 - Psychotropic Drugs and Therapy
PSY 460* - The Substance Troubled Person
PSY 465* - Introduction to Crisis Intervention
ONE other psychology course such as PSY 361, PSY 434 or
PSY 305
Note - In order to Qualify for the Alcohol and Drug Counseling
Certificate you must also take HDF 450 Introduction to
Counseling
6.INTEREST IN APPLIED BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY
(Certificate
available)
PSY 113 - General Psychology
PSY 232 - Developmental Psychology
PSY 254 - Behavior Problems and Personality Disorders
PSY 442 - The Exceptional Individual
PSY 361 - Learning
PSY 471 - Applied Behavioral Analysis
PSY 473 - Practicum in Behavioral Analysis
Note - Only one of PSY 232 and 254 is required for the certificate.
7.INTEREST IN BUSINESS
PSY 113 - General Psychology
PSY 254 - Behavior Problems and Personality Disorders
PSY 305 - Field Experience in Psychology
PSY 335 - The Psychology of Social Behavior
PSY 361 - Learning
PSY 434 - Psychological Testing
PSY 460 - The Substance Troubled Person
PSY 479 - Industrial Organizational Psychology
