Program: Psychology Minor - Governors State University

Mar 30, 2025

2024-2025 Catalog

An undergraduate minor in Psychology is offered to students majoring in other fields through the College of Education and Human Development . This minor is particularly appropriate for those students whose area of study relies heavily upon knowledge of psychology, as well as for those students who simply desire additional work in psychology.

Requirements for the Minor

Students must:

complete at least nine hours of course work at Governors State University;
submit transfer courses to the minor advisor for approval by the first week of the term of intended graduation;
complete the minimum number of hours identified in each of the four areas; and
complete all coursework applied toward the minor with grades of a “C” or better.

Required Courses (3 Hours)

PSYC - 1101 Principles of Psychology (3) *

Personality Selective (6 Hours)

Select two courses:

Developmental/Cognitive Selective (6 Hours)

Select two courses

Applied Psychology Selective (3 Hours)

Select one course:

Substitutions for those who completed more than nine hours elsewhere (9 Hours)

Students who have completed the required courses or any selective may choose from the selective areas above for additional courses to meet the requirements of nine hours of course work completed at Governors State University.

NOTE:

* Available as telecourse or online.

Psychology Minor