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Psychology
Requirements for a Psychology Minor
The Psychology minor offers an excellent complement to all majors by providing an increased depth of understanding of human behavior, personal identity, education and counseling, brain and cognition, human development across the life span, and much more!
The Psychology Minor requires 15 credits at the 2000/3000-level with a minimum of 6 credits at the 3000 level*, which must be completed at Curry College. A maximum of 6 credits may be satisfied on a transfer basis. (Excluding internship credits)
*Nursing majors who minor in Psychology need PSY 2400 plus 9 additional credits in Psychology. Only three credits must be at the 3000-level.
Gerontology Minor
See description of Gerontology concentration.
Substance Abuse Counseling Minor
See description of Substance Abuse Counseling concentration.
Curry College seniors Calvin Bunton, Otto Awqatty and Marie Murphy present the results of research they had conducted in Dr. Bruce Steinberg's Advanced Research Seminar at the New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Conference at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the fall of 2012.
"My career goal is to be a school psychologist. I love kids and I love trying to help them in any way and school psychology just seems like the perfect fit," says Brittany Howe '12.
Twenty-three year old police officer Greg Gough '11 certainly took advantage of his time at Curry. He played lacrosse while balancing his internships and Criminal Justice coursework. He also minored in Psychology - an area of study that still helps Gough on the job today.
Congratulations to members of the Curry psychology faculty for their on-going professional accomplishments!
Community Psychology is a new course at Curry College where students learn about the various theories and research in Community Psychology while being trained by various professionals to be allies for Close to Home's Sexual and Violence Prevention campaigns.
Here is a list of links to sites that are useful to psychology students. In particular, both the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Society (APS) provide a great deal of useful information for undergraduates.
