We require 18 credits for the minor but there are no specific courses
required except for Intro psych which a prereq for most all other courses.
The reason for this is that different majors want a PSY minor for different
reasons and have different nreeds. For example: Nursing majors MUST take
intro, lifespan devel. & abnormal for their BSN program. We highly
recommend other relevant courses such as physiological, S&P, neuropsych
rehab., human sex, etc. For an English major, on the other hand, we might
recommend totally different courses. Some students want the PSY minor to
keep their options open regarding grad school in Psych. In such cases I'd
probably recommend yet a 3rd set of courses. I try to give all minors some
room for choice but I try not to let that choice get too broad.
Our catalogue say that the Psych minor requires 18 credits "selected with
the approval of the psychology adviser." This is done for several reasons:
1)If I see a student taking a child devel. course in an education dept. (and
maybe also in the Health Dept) I will NOT permit a devel. psych course to
count toward our minor. Similarly, human sexuality and other courses can be
taken ion different depts. and I will NOT allow a student to "double dip"
like that for the minor. I may not have the power to prohibit the student
from receiving university credit for sucvh duplication but I CAN stop such
courses from counting toward the minor.
2)I would not permit a student to get the PSY minor taking nothing but
"soft" courses. (Define "soft as you will.") I believe that they should
have at least a little exposure to some of the more rigorous courses.
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Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Office: 610-436-3151
Department of Psychology Home: 610-363-1939
West Chester Univ. of PA Fax: 610-436-2846
West Chester, PA 19383 www.wcupa.edu/_academics/sch_cas.psy/
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