Psychology Minor

Minor GPA and Grade Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.25 in courses required to complete the minor. All courses required for the minor must be taken for a letter grade.

Required credits: 18

Core Course (3 credits)

• PSY 105 - Introduction to Psychology 3 credit(s)

Domain Requirement (9 credits)

Select one course from three of the following five domains.

Five Domains

Electives (6 credits)

Take an additional six credits of psychology coursework. Courses may be completed from any of the Five Domains above or the courses below.

Psychology Minor Electives

• PSY 372 - Statistics for Psychology 4 credit(s) ^*
• PSY 470W - Research Methods for Psychology 4 credit(s) ^*
• PSY 405W - History and Systems in Psychology 3 credit(s)

Applied Psychology

• PSY 205 - Career Development 3 credit(s)
• PSY 247 - Psychological Aspects of Death and Dying 3 credit(s)
• PSY 248 - Psychology of Gender 3 credit(s)
• PSY 253 - Psychology Applied to the Workplace 3 credit(s)
• PSY 258 - Human Sexual Behavior 3 credit(s)
• PSY 261 - Stress and Stress Management 3 credit(s)
• PSY 265 - Sports Psychology 3 credit(s)
• PSY 323W - Health Psychology 3 credit(s)
• PSY 465 - Clinical and Counseling Psychology 3 credit(s)

Advanced Studies in Psychology

• PSY 290 - Special Topics in Psychology 3 credit(s)
• PSY 390 - Contemporary Studies in Psychology 3 credit(s)
• PSY 384 - Student Internship-Junior Year 3 credit(s)
• PSY 385 - Student Internship-Junior Year 3 credit(s)
• PSY 484 - Student Internship-Senior Year 3 credit(s)
• PSY 485 - Student Internship-Senior Year 3 credit(s)
• PSY 487 - Honors Seminar 3 credit(s)
• PSY 488 - Honors Thesis 3 credit(s)
• PSY 489 - Independent Study 1-3 credit(s)
• PSY 490 - Selected Topics in Psychology 1-3 credit(s)

Additional Information:

Transfer students must take a minimum of 6 credits above PSY 105  in the Department of Psychology at the University of Hartford.

Minors must complete at least one PSY course at the 300-level or above.

PSY 132 , PSY 245 , PSY 331 , PSY 332 , and PSY 333W  will not fulfill a requirement for the psychology minor.

Only one of the experientially-based courses may be applied toward the minor. These include Student Internship (PSY 384 , PSY 385 , PSY 484 , PSY 485 ) and Independent Study (PSY 489 ).

All courses taken by declared minors to satisfy the minor requirements must be taken for a letter grade and may not be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis, except Student Internship (PSY 384 , PSY 385 , PSY 484 , PSY 485 ).