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Psychology > Major/Minor Requirements

Major/Minor Requirements

Department of Psychology

From the 2012-2013 Millsaps Catalog

Requirements for major: Students may complete a major in psychology with 10 courses, including (PSYC 1000) Introduction to Psychology, (PSYC 2100) Statistics for the BehavioralSciences (PSYC 2110) Research Methods, (PSYC 3100), Cognitive Psychology (PSYC 4902-4912), Senior Seminar I & II ), and five electives. One elective must be taken from each of three areas: clinical/applied physiological/learning, and cognitive/developmental. The fourth and fifth elective may be selected from any area. Only grades of C- or higher will be accepted in all courses required for a psychology major or minor.

Clinical/Applied

• PLSC 3260 Political Psychology
• PSYC 1100/IDST 1640Love and Sexuality
• PSYC 1200/IDST 1620 Fear and Terrorism
• PSYC 3020 Psychology of Women
• PSYC 3030 Forensic Psychology
• PSYC 3140 Personality
• PYSC 3130 Abnormal Psychology
• PSYC 3160 Clinical Psychology: Theory and Method
• PSYC 3170 Social Psychology
• PSYC 3190 Psychological Tests and Measurements
• PSYC 3200 Sports Psychology

Physiological/Learning

• IDST 1100 Love and Sexuality
• PSYC 3090 Drugs and Behavior
• PSYC 3110 Perception
• PSYC 3120 Learning
• PSYC 3180 Behavioral Neuroscience
• PSYC 3210 Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSYC 4750 Behavioral Medicine
• NEUR 2000 Introduction to Neuroscience
• NEUR 2020 History of Neuroscience

Cognitive/Developmental

• PLSC 3260 Political Psychology
• PSYC 3020 Psychology of Women
• PSYC 3050 Decision Making
• PSYC 3060 Psychology of Language
• PSYC 3070 Adulthood and Aging
• PSYC 3110 Perception
• PSYC 3150 Developmental Psychology
• PSYC 3170 Social Psychology
• PSYC3210 Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSYC 4750 Cognitive Development
• PSYC 4750 Cross-Cultural Psychology
• PSYC 4750 Psychology of Race

Requirements for minor: Students may elect a minor in psychology with five courses in the department including Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 1000), but excluding undergraduate research, directed reading, and internships.