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Welcome to the Psychology minor at Tulane University. You are joining a large and diverse group of students. There are over 60 Psychology minors at Tulane, one of the most popular minors at the University.
A minor in Psychology requires five courses and a minimum of 17 hours. These courses must include an introductory level course (i.e., PSYC 100, 101, or 102), the quantitative methods courses (i.e., PSYC 209/212), one Psychology laboratory course at the 300 level or above, and at least two additional 3 credit Psychology courses at or above the 300 level (to reach 17cr). A grade-point average of 2.0 or higher is required in courses applied to the minor. All courses applied to the minor must be taken for a letter grade, not S/U. Also see the Checklist for Minor Requirements (pdf).
Psychology minors who major in Neuroscience need to recognize that several PSYC courses are required by NSCI and that many others are crosslisted. Consequently, the PSYC minor for NSCI majors requires PSYC 100 or 101, 209, one PSYC/NSCI course with a laboratory, and three additional 3 or 4 credit courses that do not overlap with the Neuroscience major. (Link to relevant information on NSCI site).
If you have any additional questions about the minor, please ask your assigned Psychology advisor, or Dr. Terry Christenson, Chair of the Curriculum, or Dr. Michael Cunningham, Associate Chair. All psychology faculty can be reached by calling the department at (504) 865-5331.
Many sample syllabi are on the web and can be found at our course descriptions page at:
Current Psychology Course Offerings.
Psychology 100 or H101. An introductory survey course will address fundamentals of contemporary psychology, including topics such as heredity and behavior, principles of learning, physiological substrates of behavior, perception, social interaction, and mental health. An AP Psychology grade of 4 or 5 substitutes for Psyc 100 or Psyc 101.
Psychology 209. Univariate Statistics I is required for the Psychology major or minor. It is an applied statistics course with emphasis on analysis of data from psychological research. There is no mathematics prerequisite. This course is a prerequisite for all laboratory courses in Psychology, and should be taken early in the major or minor sequence. A high grade in this course can be critical to acceptance into graduate school. This course previously held the number Psyc 212.
Laboratory Course. Prerequisite: Psychology 209/212. Psychology 322, 344, 345, 369, 381, 480, 481, 482, 652, 654, 656, 658, and 660 have additional prerequisites. Psychology minors must complete 1 psychology laboratory course, beyond Psyc 209/212. Some laboratory courses are offered every semester, but most are offered only once a year. A laboratory course will involve empirical work. In most laboratory courses, several experiments or studies will be performed by each student, each semester.
Most laboratory courses will include the following features:
The laboratory courses in psychology currently offered are:
* The Department accepts NSCI601 as a substitution for one psychology laboratory course, and counts those credits toward the major or minor.
Permission for transfer credit from other baccalaureate degree-granting colleges and universities may be recommended on a course-by-course basis, depending on similarity to Psychology courses offered at Tulane. The Transfer Credit form from your Dean's office must be completed and submitted to the Departmental Curriculum Committee along with a photocopy of the official course description and course syllabus from the other college or university (for more detail on Transferring Course Credit; and see Dr. Terry Christenson). The maximum number of transfer credits that may count toward the Psychology Minor is 50% of the required credits (i.e., 8 credits).
The department does not grant transfer credit for courses taken at junior or community colleges. Similarity of a course description at such a school to a Tulane University departmental course offering is not, by itself, a sufficient reason for varying from this policy.
Students wishing to count an Advanced Placement (AP) course in Introductory Psychology must have earned at least a 4 on the AP Exam.
In some cases where transfer credit is not recommended, there may be special circumstances which would justify reconsideration upon petition to the Departmental Curriculum Committee. Contact Dr. Terry Christenson regarding a petition.
