Pre-Health Social Sciences, Minor

• The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
• No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.

At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.

No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement. 

Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Department of Psychology.

Required Courses

Students must successfully complete at least 21 hours of courses, including least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
PSY 1113	Elements of Psychology	3
PSY 2003	Understanding Statistics	3
or SOC 3123	Social Statistics
PSY 3203	Cognitive Psychology	3
PSY 3703	Social Psychology	3
SOC 1113	Introduction to Sociology	3
Electives
Choose one of the following:		3
PSY 4113	Capstone Survey of Major Fields in Psychology (Skeptical Thinking in the Social Sciences) 1
PSY 4113	Capstone Survey of Major Fields in Psychology (Theories and Measures of the Self) 1
PSY 4453	Abnormal Psychology
PSY 4733	Selected Topics in Social Psychology (Happiness)
PSY 4733	Selected Topics in Social Psychology (Stereotypes and Prejudice)
PSY 4793	Psychology of Groups
PSY 4613	Current Topics in Developmental Psychology
Choose one of the following:		3
ANTH 4593	Anthropology of Human Reproduction
ANTH 4823	Medical Anthropology
SOC 3643	Population and Society
SOC 3683	Wealth, Power, and Prestige
SOC 3713
SOC 3723	Sociology of Family
SOC 3813	Individual and Society
SOC 3843	Sociology of Aging
SOC 3873
Total Credit Hours		21

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These courses require PSY 3114 as a pre-requisite. Only the topics listed are pre-approved.

• Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.