# Psychology (Minor)

UC Irvine · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Department of Cognitive Sciences

Source: https://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofsocialsciences/departmentofcognitivesciences/psychology_minor/

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.

### Requirements

##### Psychology Minor Requirements

Requirements for the minor in psychology are met by taking seven or eight psychology courses (28 or 32 units) as specified below:

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **A. Complete the following:** | |  |
| COGS 7A | Introduction to Psychology |  |
| **or** | |  |
| COGS 9A & COGS 9B | Psychology Fundamentalsand Psychology Fundamentals (for the 32-unit minor) |  |
| **B. Select three upper-division psychology courses from the following:** | |  |
| COGS 120A | Abnormal Psychology |  |
| COGS 120D | Developmental Psychology |  |
| COGS 120H | History of Psychology |  |
| COGS 120P | Personality Theories |  |
| COGS 130A | Perception and Sensory Processes |  |
| COGS 140L | Learning and Decision Making |  |
| COGS 140M | Human Memory |  |
| COGS 150 | Psychology of Language |  |
| COGS 160A | Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience |  |
| COGS 160D | Brain Disorders and Behavior |  |
| **C. Complete one of the following:** | |  |
| **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.** | |  |
| **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.** | |  |
| **D. In addition, the school mathematics and computer science requirement (school requirement 1) must be satisfied.** | |  |