Overview

The Minor in Clinical and Health Psychology, offered by the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, consists of 21 credits. The minor introduces students to the specialties in psychology that focus on understanding health and illness through the study of the interplay among psychology, biology and environment. This minor is designed for students who do not major in psychology but have interests in psychology, public health and other health-related careers (e.g., nursing, speech therapy). Pre-med students will find this minor helpful in preparing for the MCAT exam, which was modified to include psychology topics.

Students outside of the Psychology major may declare this minor. Psychology majors are not permitted to declare the Clinical and Health Psychology minor but are permitted to take its courses as electives in their major.

Minors are awarded only at the time of completion of the bachelor's degree and cannot be awarded either as a stand-alone program of study or after completion of the first bachelor's degree.

Campus Location: Main

Contact Information

Please contact the College of Liberal Arts' Center for Academic Advising for more information on minors, certificates or other CLA programs.

Requirements

Seven courses are required.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
PSY 1001	Introduction to Psychology	3
PSY 1003	Statistics for Psychology	3
PSY 1004	Critical Thinking in Psychology	3
PSY 2201	Foundations of Psychopathology	3
PSY 2601	Foundations of Health Psychology 1	3
Select two of the following advanced-level courses:		6
PSY 3600	Advanced Topics in Health Psychology
PSY 3601	Social Health Psychology
PSY 3602	Clinical Neuropsychology
PSY 3603	Clinical Applications of Health Psychology
PSY 3303	Psychological Testing: Measuring IQ, Thoughts, Feelings, and Attitudes
PSY 3223	Child Psychopathology and Treatment
PSY 3221	Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice
PSY 3200	Topics: Clinical
PSY 3561	Psychopharmacology
PSY 3306	Neuroscience of Development and Aging
Total Credit Hours		21

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For students in the College of Public Health, SBS 2103 Health Psychology and Human Behavior (formerly HRPR 2103) may be used as a substitution for PSY 2601. All other students should take PSY 2601. Students may only receive credits for one of these two courses.