Minor in Psychology 

Minor Requirements

 

Important note for all minors: 

Please make sure that you read HP102 as soon as your schedule allows. This is because almost all psychology courses will require HP102 as pre-requisite. The only courses that do not require HP102 as a pre-requisite are:

    • HP207 Abnormal Psychology
    • HP307 Psychological Adjustment and Mental Health
    • HP311 Evolutionary Psychology
    • HP320 Learning and Behavioral Analysis

 

1. Students who read HP101 in the calendar year of 2004

  • Pre-requisites to minor in Psychology:
    • An "O" level pass in Additional Mathematics or an "AO" level pass in Mathematics at A-level (for entry to HP102).
  • There is NO minimum grade cut-off applied to you if you choose to minor in psychology.
  • Requirements for successfully completing a minor in psychology are:
    • Read and pass HP101 and HP102
    • Read and pass any other 3 from the list of psychology foundation and elective courses offered.

 

2. Students who read HP101 from 2005 (calendar year) onwards

  • Pre-requisites to minor in Psychology:
    • An "O" level pass in Additional Mathematics or an "AO" level pass in Mathematics at A-level (for entry to HP102).
  • Minimum grade cut-off to minor in Psychology:
    • a B- and above for HP101
  • To successfully complete a minor in Psychology, students need to read and pass 5 Psychology courses. These courses include HP101, HP102, at least 1 Foundation course, and at least 1 Elective.

Courses

  • Compulsory courses

HP 101 Introduction to Psychology
HP 102 Fundamentals of Social Science Research

  • Foundation courses

HP 201 Biological Psychology
HP 202 Developmental Psychology
HP 203 Social Psychology
HP 204 Personality and Individual Differences
HP 206 Cognitive Psychology
HP 207 Abnormal Psychology

  • Electives (pick at least one from this list)

HP 305 Applied Statistical Methods for Psychological Research (previously coded as HP303)

HP 307 Psychological Adjustment and Mental Health

HP 308 Psychology in the Workplace (previously coded as HP306)

HP 309 Cultural Psychology

HP 310 Positive Psychology

HP 311 Evolutionary Psychology

HP 320 Learning and Behavioral Analysis (previously coded as HP 304)

HP 324 Human Motivation

HP 326 Cognitive Development

HP 327 Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology

HP 328 Psychological Testing (previously coded as HP322)

HP 329 Psychology in the Asian Context (previously coded as HP301)

HP 330 Community Psychology (previously coded as HP 311)

HP 338 Psychology and Health (previously coded as HP305)

HP 339 Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and Psychology (previously coded as HP302)

HP 340 Engineering Psychology

HP 348 Managing Organisational Behavior

HP 349 Psychology and Language (previously coded as HP 308)

HP 312X Selected topics in Basic Psychological Sciences

HP 313X Selected topics in Social and Personality Psychology

HP 314X Selected topics in Applied Psychological Sciences

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