Psychology Minor

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Banner Code: PSYC
Web: psychology.gmu.edu

College: College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department: Psychology

Coursework in psychology can enhance many different majors, and the minor in psychology is available to students in any major at Mason. For a list of suggested courses for students who are majoring in specific disciplines that interact especially well with psychology, contact the Undergraduate Psychology Office.

For policies governing all minors, see the Undergraduate Policies section of this catalog.

Minor Requirements

Students pursuing this minor must complete 18 credits of psychology with a minimum GPA of 2.00. Eight credits of course work must be unique to the minor.

One required course (3 credits)

PSYC 100 - Basic Concepts in Psychology Credits: 3

Three courses (9 credits) in three of the following areas of psychology

Students must choose cognition or physiological as one of the three areas, though they may choose both.

Psychology electives (6 credits)

No more than three credits of PSYC 260 , PSYC 350 , and PSYC 460 (in total) may be used as elective credit toward the minor.

Total: 18 credits

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Psychology Minor

Minor Requirements

One required course (3 credits)

Three courses (9 credits) in three of the following areas of psychology

Abnormal

Cognition

Developmental

Physiological

Social/personality

Psychology electives (6 credits)

Total: 18 credits