Students with a variety of interests (e.g., business, education, health care, and criminology) may seek a wider exposure to psychology. The flexibility of the minor in psychology offers the opportunity to pursue deeper understanding areas of psychology relevant to an individual's field.

Psychology Minor Requirements

Requirements for the minor in psychology are met by taking seven or eight psychology courses (28 or 32 units) as specified below:

A. Complete the following:
COGS 7A	Introduction to Psychology
or
COGS 9A- 9B- 9C	Psychology Fundamentals and Psychology Fundamentals and Psychology Fundamentals (for the 32-unit minor)
B. Select three upper-division psychology courses from the following:
COGS 120A	Abnormal Psychology
COGS 120D	Developmental Psychology
COGS 120H	History of Psychology
COGS 120P	Personality Theories
COGS 130A	Perception and Sensory Processes
COGS 140L	Learning and Decision Making
COGS 140M	Human Memory
COGS 150	Psychology of Language
COGS 160A	Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
COGS 160D	Brain Disorders and Behavior
C. Complete one of the following:
For students who took COGS 7A: Select three additional psychology courses (four or more units each) no more than one of which is a lower-division course.
For students who took COGS 9A, COGS 9B, COGS 9C: select two additional upper-division psychology courses (four or more units each). COGS 190–199 cannot be used to fulfill this requirement.
D. In addition, the school mathematics and computer science requirement (school requirement 1) must be satisfied.