Course Catalog

Admit Term: Summer 2018-2019

PSYCHOLOGY MINOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (PSY-MINOR)

Diploma Area Advisor: Olesya Blazhenkova

The minor in psychology program equips the students with a strong base in psychology and develops a scientific understanding in a wide range of its subfields. The program introduces the students to the contemporary issues and research questions that can have implications for a variety of disciplines, providing a sound formation that will prepare interested students for graduate study in psychology and cognitive science. It is also designed to meet the needs of students who recognize that an understanding and analysis of individual psychological processes is an important component of their education and overall career goals.

SUMMARY OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS Course Category Min. ECTS Credits Min. SU Credits Min. Courses Required Courses - 6 2 Area Elective Courses - 12 4 Total - 18 6

Required Courses

It is enough to complete one of these courses: PSY 303 or PSY202. PSY 201 is required.

Course Name ECTS Credits SU Credits Faculty      PSY 201 Mind and Behavior 6 3 FASS      PSY 202 Research Methods and Statistics for Psychology I 7 3 FASS      PSY 303 Research Methods 7 3 FASS

Area Elective Courses

Minimum 12 credits must be taken from PSY coded undergraduate courses. (4 courses)

Course Name ECTS Credits SU Credits Faculty      PSY 304 Research Methods and Statistics for Psychology II 6 3 FASS      PSY 305 Experimental Psychology 6 3 FASS      PSY 306 Testing and Measurement 6 3 FASS      PSY 310 Cognitive Processes 6 3 FASS      PSY 311 Emotion 6 3 FASS      PSY 312 Sensation / Perception 6 3 FASS      PSY 314 Language 6 3 FASS      PSY 315 Memory 6 3 FASS      PSY 316 Attention 6 3 FASS      PSY 317 Learning 6 3 FASS      PSY 320 Developmental Psychology 6 3 FASS      PSY 322 Lifespan Psychological Science 6 3 FASS      PSY 323 Human Bonding 6 3 FASS      PSY 325 Infant Development 6 3 FASS      PSY 330 Individual Differences 6 3 FASS      PSY 340 Social Psychology 6 3 FASS      PSY 341 Applied Social Psychology 6 3 FASS      PSY 343 Relationship Science 6 3 FASS      PSY 344 Group Processes 6 3 FASS      PSY 345 Stress and Well-Being in Adulthood 6 3 FASS      PSY 350 Introduction to Neuroscience 6 3 FASS      PSY 352 Cognitive Neuroscience 6 3 FASS      PSY 360 Abnormal Behavior 6 3 FASS      PSY 361 Personality 6 3 FASS      PSY 362 Clinical Applications of Psychology 6 3 FASS      PSY 363 Individual Differences 6 3 FASS      PSY 364 Clinical Interviewing 6 3 FASS      PSY 365 Family and Couple Therapy 6 3 FASS      PSY 366 Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 6 3 FASS      PSY 368 Adolescent Development and Mental Health 6 3 FASS      PSY 370 Emotion 6 3 FASS      PSY 371 Stress and Well-Being in Adulthood 6 3 FASS      PSY 380 Testing and Measurement 6 3 FASS      PSY 382 Personality 6 3 FASS      PSY 390 Sensation / Perception 6 3 FASS      PSY 398 Independent Study I 6 3 FASS      PSY 399 Independent Study II 6 3 FASS      PSY 403 Advanced Research in Psychology 6 3 FASS      PSY 405 Culture and Cognition 6 3 FASS      PSY 407 EEG Methods and Analyses 6 3 FASS      PSY 410 Advanced Topics in Social and Cognitive Psychology 6 3 FASS      PSY 411 Cognition, Emotion and Psychopathology 6 3 FASS      PSY 412 Visual Cognition 6 3 FASS      PSY 414 Selected topics in Language and Communication 6 3 FASS      PSY 415 Seminar in Memory and Attention 6 3 FASS      PSY 416 Culture and Cognition 6 3 FASS      PSY 421 Cognitive Development 6 3 FASS      PSY 422 Social Development 6 3 FASS      PSY 423 Human Bonding 6 3 FASS      PSY 424 Language Development in Infancy and Childhood 6 3 FASS      PSY 433 Human Bonding 6 3 FASS      PSY 440 Topics in Psychology in the Public Interest 6 3 FASS      PSY 442 Social Cognition 6 3 FASS      PSY 443 Psychology of the Self 6 3 FASS      PSY 444 Intergroup Relationships 6 3 FASS      PSY 445 Selected Topics in Social Psychology 6 3 FASS      PSY 450 Selected Topics in Neuroscience 6 3 FASS      PSY 452 Cognitive Neuroscience 6 3 FASS      PSY 464 Selected Topics in Applied Psychology 6 3 FASS      PSY 467 Clinical Insights from Basic Psychological Science 6 3 FASS      PSY 469 Foundations of Infant Mental Heath 6 3 FASS      PSY 480 Psychology in the Public Interest 6 3 FASS      PSY 481 Selected Topics in Applied Psychology 6 3 FASS      PSY 518 Topics in Episodic Memory and Future Thinking 10 3 FASS

* Faculty Courses

**Courses in more than one areas are listed in the area according to order of appearence in Summary of Degree Requirements list. That is, if a course is both area elective and core elective,then it is listed in core elective courses list.

***Graduate courses are not listed in undergraduate area requirements even if they are among them.

****Since graduation requirements may change dependent to the enrollment year to the University, we advise our students who enrolled at SU in previous years and still continue their education, to track their graduation requirements completion via Information System - Degree Evaluation.