Revised 3/17/17

PSYCHOLOGY MINOR REQUIREMENTS

Declare psychology minor: http://psychology.usf.edu/ug/minor/

A student wishing to pursue a minor in psychology will be required to take a minimum of 6 courses (18 credit hours). A minimum of 8 hours must be taken at USF and a 2.0 GPA in the minor is required.

Please be aware that “double dipping” of courses between a major and minor is not allowed. That is, if you are using a course towards your major, you cannot also use it towards the psychology minor. If you have questions about this policy, please ask your advisor.

The following courses are required for the minor and should be taken in sequence:

I. Introduction to Psychology (3 hrs) (C grade or higher required)

___ PSY 2012 Introduction to Psychology

II. Any College Level Statistics Course (3 hrs) (C grade or higher required)

___ PSY 3204 Psychological Statistics or other statistics course

III. 4 Upper-Level Psychology Courses (12 hrs):

The following courses DO NOT count toward the psychology minor:

DEP 3103 Child Psychology

SOP 3742 Psychology of Women

SYP 3000 Social Psychology

PSY 4913 Directed Study

Choose any 4 upper-level psychology courses from the following list: ___ PSY 3213 Research Methods in Psychology (4) ___ PSB 3444 Drugs & Behavior (3) ___ GEY 4612 Psychology of Aging (3) ___ CLP 4314 Health Psychology (3) ___ SOP 4702 Psychology of Gender (3) ___ EXP 4204C Perception (3) ___ EXP 4404 Psychology of Learning (3) ___ EXP 4304 Motivation (3) ___ EXP 4680C Cognitive Psychology (3) ___ PSB 4004C Physiological Psychology (3) ___ CLP 4143 Abnormal Psychology (3) ___ PPE 4003 Personality (3) ___ DEP 4053 Developmental Psychology (3) ___ SOP 4004 Social Psychology (3) ___ INP 4004 Industrial Psychology (3) ___ EXP 4640 Psychology of Language (3) ___ CBH 4004 Comparative Psychology (3) ___ CLP 4414 Behavior Modification (3) ___ CLP 4134 Abnormal Child Psychology (3) ___ CLP 4941 Community Pract. Mental Health (3) ___ IDS 4942 Community Internship (1-3)* ___ PSY 4931 Selected Topics (3) – Topics vary each semester. Check the schedule search for current titles.

*Must take 3 hours to count as psychology elective. Permits are required for all courses except PSB 3444, GEY 4612, CLP 4314, and SOP 4702. Request a permit: http://psychology.usf.edu/forms/CoursePermit/ Students must complete statistics prior to taking any upper-level psychology courses or be concurrently enrolled in statistics and upper-level psychology courses (exceptions: PSB 3444, GEY 4612, SOP 4702, CLP 4941, IDS 4942). If a student opts to take PSY 3213 as an upper-level course, statistics cannot be taken concurrently.