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Department of Psychology

David King Hall, Room 2003
MSN 3F5, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444

Dr. Deborah Boehm-Davis (Chairperson) Phone: 703-993-1398

Psychology Minor

DESCRIPTION OF THE MINOR

Prerequisites: Only those necessary for each course.

Catalog Description: The Psychology Department offers a minor available to
students electing a major in other discipline at the university. The minor requires
18 hours of course work in psychology, distributed as follows:

1. Basic Concepts in Psychology (PSYC 100)
2. One course from at least 3 of the following five areas. At least one course must be PSYC 317 or PSYC 372.
Developmental - PSYC 211 or PSYC 313
Social/ Personality - PSYC 231 or PSYC 324
Cognition - PSYC 317
Abnormal - PSYC 325
Physiological - PSYC 372

3. Six (6) additional hours of psychology courses. No more than 3 hours may be taken from PSYC 260, 350, and 460.

Suggested courses for students majoring in various disciplines/areas of concentration:
Listed below are some areas/disciplines that naturally interact well with psychology. For each, we have listed psychology courses most likely to be relevant to that area so that a student may use psychology course work to complement the major or specific interest area. This list contains only suggested courses: requirements are listed above.

Biology: PSYC 100, 211, 300, 301, 304, 309, 313, 314, 317, 325, 362, 372, 375-376, 415
Communication: PSYC 100, 211, 231, 309, 317, 324, 326, 333, 379, 415, 423, 467
Computer Science: PSYC 100, 211, 301, 309, 317, 372, 415, 530
Education: PSYC 100, 211, 231, 304, 313, 314, 317, 320, 322, 379, 415
English: PSYC 100, 211, 231, 315, 324, 325, 362, 379, 415
Management: PSYC 100, 211, 231, 301, 304, 317, 320, 333, 415, 324, 362, 435, 465, 467
Nursing: PSYC 100, 211, 231, 300, 301, 309, 313, 314, 315, 321, 325, 362, 372, 375-376, 379, 415
Philosophy: PSYC 100, 211, 304, 309, 313, 317, 324, 325, 372, 465
Sociology & Anthropology: PSYC 100, 211, 231, 301, 317, 324, 325, 362, 372, 375-376, 379, 415

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