Information for Minors

The Minor in Psychology consists of six courses. It is intended to give the student a broad base in Psychology without the commitment to the full course load of the major. The requirements are therefore comparable to those of the major in type but reduced in number.   At least three of the six required course units must be taken at Penn. In addition, students minoring in psychology must have a minimum of 3 courses that they count towards the minor and not towards any other major or minor. In order to receive a minor in Psychology, at time of graduation, students must have a minimum Psychology minor GPA of 2.0.

Each Minor in Psychology must complete the following:
    1. Psychology 001
    2. One course from the list of Neural Basis of Behavior courses
    3. One course from the list of Cognitive Basis of Behavior courses
    4. One course from the list of Social/Clinical Basis of Behavior courses
    5. One Psychology Department course, 100 level or above.
    6. One term of Statistics, e.g.:  BIOL 446, PSYC 020, STAT 111, SOC 120, ANTH 454, ECON 103 (formerly ECON 005), NURS 230, STAT 101.

AP Credit. Students who have taken the Psychology AP test and received a grade of 5 can receive a waiver for Psyc 001 (they will not receive credit for Psyc 001) and are allowed to enroll directly into any 100-level lecture course without taking Psyc 001. The AP waiver does not count toward the 6 courses required for the Psyc minor. Students who use the AP waiver must therefore take one additional Psychology Department course. This policy applies to all undergraduate students.
Students interested in pursuing a minor in psychology should go to Room B24 of the Solomon Lab Building, 3720 Walnut St. and meet with Ms. Claire Ingulli, the Undergraduate Coordinator, who will officially declare the minor in the Student Records System.
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CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY MINOR

To fulfill the Minor in Consumer Psychology, students must complete four courses from the Psychology Department
in the College and four courses from the Marketing Department in Wharton, in addition to the stats requirement.
Both College and Wharton requirements will consist of core courses along with a set of elective courses.
The Psychology Dept. contact is Claire Ingulli (cingulli@psych.upenn.edu).

When emailing to inquire about the Minor, please indicate your Major in your email.

Click here for "Frequently Asked Questions" for the Consumer Psychology Minor:

AP Credit. Students who have taken the Psychology AP test and received a grade of 5 can receive a waiver for Psyc 001 (they will not receive credit for Psyc 001) and are allowed to enroll directly into any 100-level lecture course without taking Psyc 001. The AP waiver does not count toward the courses required for the Consumer Psych minor. Students who use the AP waiver must therefore take one additional Psychology Department course. This policy applies to all undergraduate students.
 

Statistics Requirement. The student must have completed one of the following statistics courses:
    STAT 101 - Intro. to Business Stat
    STAT 111 - Intro. Stat
    STAT 430 - Probability
    Any statistics course that satisfies the statistics requirement for Psychology majors
Note: If (and only if) you are enrolled in the Minor in Consumer Psychology,
then any of the Statistics courses that satisfies the Statistics Requirement for the Minor can be used
to satisfy the statistics prerequisite for MKTG 212.
The statistics requirement may be fulfilled by a different course with written permission of the Minor in Consumer Psychology Wharton Chair.

Psychology Dept. (a total of 4 courses) -
Required courses (3cu):
1.) PSYC 001 (Intro. to Experimental Psych)
and
2.) either PSYC 170  (Social Psychology) or PSYC 172 (Evolutionary Psychology) or PSYC 166 (Positive Psychology)
and
3.) either PSYC 151 (Cognitive Psychology)  or PSYC 153 (Judgment and Decisions) or PSYC 165 (Behavioral Economics and Psychology)

Elective (1cu):
One course in Social Psychology or Decision Making at the 200 level (seminar) or 300 level (research experience course), see list below. The seminars in Social Psychology or Decision Making are small, intensive reading and discussion courses focused on a particular topic. The research courses (the 300 level courses) are intended to provide first-hand research experience in psychology and require a substantial amount of work outside of class gathering data, etc. Please note: The research experience courses are intended mainly for psychology majors.
 

Please choose one course from the list below:

PSYC 253 (Seminar in Decision Making)
PSYC 270 (Seminar in Social Psychology)
PSYC 353 (Research Experience in Decision Making)
PSYC 370 (Research Expereince in Social Psychology)

WHARTON:
The link to the Wharton webpage is below:
http://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/programs/undergrad_program.cfm#consumerPsychology

Wharton - Required
    MKTG 101 - Introduction to Marketing
    MKT G 211 - Consumer Behavior
    MKTG 212 - Marketing Research
   
Electives (total of 1 c.u.)
    MKTG 221 New Product Management 1/2 CU
    MKTG 222 Pricing Policy 1/2 CU
    MKTG 223 Channel Management 1/2 CU
    MKTG 224 Advertising Management 1/2 CU
    MKTG 225 Principles of Retailing 1/2 CU
    MKTG 226 Sales Force Management 1/2 CU
    MKTG 228 1CU
    MKTG 232 1CU
    MKTG 235 Principles of Advertising 1CU
    MKTG 278 1CU
    MKTG 281 Entrepreneurial Marketing 1/2 CU
    MKTG 282 Multinational Marketing 1/2 CU
    MKTG 391: Special Topic:  (requires approval) - 1 CU

Admission to the Minor - Students must apply for the minor through their respective schools, either Wharton or the College (for the College, please contact Ms. Claire Ingulli in the Psychology Department). Applicants must have completed or be in the process of completing the statistics requirement. The respective Chair of the Minor will review and approve these applications. The Minor is not intended for Marketing Majors at Wharton or Psychology Majors in SAS. Students in these majors who wish to add the Minor may petition the Departmental Undergraduate Chair for SAS students, or Marketing Department Business Manager for Wharton students.

Governance - The minor will be administered by the Chairs of the Interschool Minor in Consumer Psychology in SAS and Wharton. They will be responsible for all decisions associated with the Minor.

Admission to Classes Outside a Student's Home School - In the rare case in which a student has a problem getting into a section of a Wharton class, Wharton will give priority to students in this Minor. In particular, seniors in the Minor will be manually issued a permit to let them into the class. The Marketing Department Business Manager will be responsible for interacting with student concerns and providing them with a manual override permission to take the class.