{
  "college": "uc-irvine",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Department of Cognitive Sciences",
  "id": "department-of-cognitive-sciences--psychology-minor",
  "name": "Psychology",
  "award": "Minor",
  "department": "department-of-cognitive-sciences",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofsocialsciences/departmentofcognitivesciences/psychology_minor/",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "Students with a variety of interests (e.g., business, education, health care, and criminology) may seek a wider exposure to psychology. The flexibility of the minor in psychology offers the opportunity to pursue deeper understanding areas of psychology relevant to an individual's field."
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Requirements\n\n##### Psychology Minor Requirements\n\nRequirements for the minor in psychology are met by taking seven or eight psychology courses (28 or 32 units) as specified below:"
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "A. Complete the following:"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 7A",
          "title": "Introduction to Psychology",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 9A & COGS 9B",
          "title": "Psychology Fundamentalsand Psychology Fundamentals (for the 32-unit minor)",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "B. Select three upper-division psychology courses from the following:"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 120A",
          "title": "Abnormal Psychology",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 120D",
          "title": "Developmental Psychology",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 120H",
          "title": "History of Psychology",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 120P",
          "title": "Personality Theories",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 130A",
          "title": "Perception and Sensory Processes",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 140L",
          "title": "Learning and Decision Making",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 140M",
          "title": "Human Memory",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 150",
          "title": "Psychology of Language",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 160A",
          "title": "Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COGS 160D",
          "title": "Brain Disorders and Behavior",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "C. Complete one of the following:"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "For students who took COGS 7A: Select three additional psychology courses (four or more units each) no more than one of which is a lower-division course."
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "For students who took COGS 9A, COGS 9B: select three additional upper-division psychology courses (four or more units each). COGS 190–199 cannot be used to fulfill this requirement."
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "D. In addition, the school mathematics and computer science requirement (school requirement 1) must be satisfied."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}