A National Survey of the Academic Minor and Psychology
- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Teaching of Psychology
- Vol. 21 (2) , 69-74
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15328023top2102_1
Abstract
Brewer et al. (1993) recommended the collection of curricular information to support evaluation of undergraduate psychology programs. We gathered basic information on the psychology minor, including national patterns of requirements and recommendations, chairperson opinions about the psychology minor as an academic program, and the minor areas of study that students with psychology majors are advised to select. Surveys were sent to 400 psychology departments; 275 (69%) returned surveys were usable. Discussion focuses on the structure of the minor, the need for advising minors, assessing the minor, and the type of attention psychology departments could give the academic minor, including the minors they recommend for their majors.Keywords
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