Department of Psychology at Illinois State University
The Minor in Psychology requires 21 hours in psychology course work (three required courses and four elective courses) and a statistics course. Two of the elective courses must be at the 200-level or above (for a total of 6 hours). According to University policy, all courses for the Minor must be taken for a letter grade; pass/fail is not an option.
PSY 111 Introduction to Psychology
or PSY 110 Fundamentals of Psychology
PSY 231 Research Methods in Psychology
PSY 233 Psychology of Personality
Choose one course from:
PSY 138 Reasoning in Psychology Using Statistics
ECO 138 Economic Reasoning Using Statistics
GEO 138 Quantitative Reasoning in the Geosciences
MQM 100 Statistical Reasoning
MAT 150 Fundamentals of Statistical Reasoning
MAT 250 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
POL 138 Quantitative Reasoning in Political Sciences
SOC 275 Social Statistics
or an approved transfer statistics course (consult department advisor)
Any psychology course may be taken as one of the four elective courses; however, the following courses WILL NOT COUNT as an elective for the Minor:
PSY 200 Careers in Psychology
PSY 331 Laboratory in Research Methods for Psychology
PSY 340 Statistics for the Social Sciences
PSY 390 Advanced Research Apprenticeship
PSY 392 Senior Seminar
PSY 395 Professional Practice Seminar
PSY 398 Professional Practice: Psychology
Note: Course work in Sociology, Anthropology, or Social Work does not count toward the Minor in Psychology, except for PSY/SOC 123 Human Sexuality and PSY/SOC 223 Social Psychology and SOC 275 Social Statistics (if taken for the statistics requirement). Education majors seeking a psychology endorsement by completing a Minor in Psychology cannot use PSY 215 Educational Psychology as one of the courses for endorsement.