Mental Health Minor
Mental Health Minor
The mental health field is quite interdisciplinary, served by a number of different professionals, and mental health issues arise across an array of settings. The Mental Health Minor serves the following purposes: 1) fosters interdisciplinary exposure to mental health issues, 2) provides broad preparation for those who may directly or peripherally work with mental health issues, and 3) presents different approaches to conceptualization and intervention of mental health issues.
For completion of the Mental Health Minor, the student must pass (C- or higher) 2 required courses and 4 elective courses for a total of 18 hours.
| Required: | ||
| PSYCH 1001 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| FAM SERV 1020 | Family Relationships | 3 |
| Electives: *** | 12 | |
| Introduction to Professional Counseling | ||
| Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System | ||
| Correctional Treatment: Theory and Practice | ||
| Mental Health and Well-Being in the Classroom | ||
| Violence in Intimate Relationships | ||
| Prevention and Early Intervention Skills ** | ||
| Families, Alzheimer's, and Related Dementias | ||
| Family Policy and Advocacy | ||
| Stress and Coping | ||
| Clinical Psychology | ||
| The Science and Experience of Human Flourishing | ||
| Abnormal Psychology | ||
| Child and Adolescent Psychopathology * | ||
| Medical Sociology | ||
| Society and Mental Illness | ||
| Violence & Health Across the Life Course | ||
| Health Disparities in Social Context | ||
| Introduction to Social Work and Social Services | ||
| Self-Care and Stress Management in Helping Professions | ||
| Addictions Treatment | ||
| Child Welfare Policy and Practice | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |
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Similar child development courses could be substituted for PSYCH 3603/5603 prerequisite with consent of the instructor.
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Prerequisites for FAM SERV 3160/5160 may be waived with consent of instructor.
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Approved and relevant mental health placements in PSYCH 3179 Cooperative Education may be accepted as an elective in the minor. Students should file an Academic Student Request form, available on the Registrar's site.
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PSYCH 1001 Introduction to Psychology is a prerequisite for most other psychology courses, and must be taken by all psychology majors and minors. It also counts as a UNIFI/General Education requirement.
Only courses with an earned grade of at least a C- will count toward major, minors, and program certificates.
It is possible for psychology majors to graduate with departmental honors provided they have an overall GPA of at least 3.00, a psychology GPA of at least 3.50, and complete a research project deemed worthy of honors by the department. Generally such a project is done in the context of 3 hours of PSYCH 4705/5705 Research Experience in Psychology.