Florida International University
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
Minor in Psychology
A Minor in Psychology requires 15 upper division semester hours of approved
psychology credits. Students seeking the minor must file with the Psychology
Department a written notice of intention to minor in psychology. A grade of ‘C’ or higher
is required in all courses counted toward the minor.
The following is a list of commonly offered upper division Psychology Courses that can
be applied towards the minor. The course list below is grouped by content area. Any
combination of courses listed below can be applied to the 15 credit requirement. All
courses are 3 credits each. Please check the course catalog for a description of each
course and to determine if a given course has a pre-requisite which must be taken prior
to enrollment.
Commonly Offered Courses
CLP: Clinical Psychology/Personality
CLP 4134: Childhood Psychopathology
CLP 4146: Abnormal Psychology
CLP 4314: Psychology of Health and Illness**
CLP 4374: Psychotherapy
CLP 4444: Personality Disorders
PPE 3003: Theories of Personality
DEP: Developmental Psychology
DEP 3115: Development in Infancy
DEP 3305: Psychology of Adolescence
DEP 3404: Psychology of Adulthood
DEP 4164 Children’s Learning
DEP 4464: Psychology of Aging
EAB: Behavior Analysis
EAB 3002: Intro to Behavior Analysis
EAB 3765: Behavior Analysis: Child Problems
EAB 4794: Behavior Modification
INP: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
INP 4203: Personnel Psychology
INP 4313: Organizational Psychology
PSB: Biopsychology
PSB 4002: Intro Bio-psychology
PSB 4240: Neuropsychology
PSB 4250: Animal Cognition
SOP: Social Psychology
SOP 3004: Intro to Social Psychology
SOP 3015: Social and Personality Development
SOP 3742: Psychology of Women
SOP 3932: Drugs and Drug Abuse
SOP 4731: Global Psychology**
SOP 4842: Legal Psychology
TOTAL: 15 credits (5 courses)
** Global Learning Course
EXP: Experimental Psychology
EXP 3523: Memory and Memory Improvement
EXP 4204: Sensation and Perception
EXP 4604: Cognitive Processes
LIN 4705: Language and Cognition