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:
PSYCH 7A	Introduction to Psychology (for the 28-unit minor)
or
PSYCH 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:
PSYCH 120A	Abnormal Psychology
PSYCH 120D	Developmental Psychology
PSYCH 120H	History of Psychology
PSYCH 120P	Personality Theories
PSYCH 130A	Perception and Sensory Processes
PSYCH 140C	Cognitive Science
PSYCH 140L	Principles of Learning Theory
PSYCH 140M	Human Memory
PSYCH 150	Psychology of Language
PSYCH 160A	Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYCH 160D	Brain Disorders and Behavior
C. Complete one of the following:
For students who took PSYCH 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 PSYCH 9A, PSYCH 9B, PSYCH 9C: select two additional upper-division psychology courses (four or more units each). PSYCH 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.