Psychology 820 Faculty Psychology is the science of behavior. Courses in psychology provide an understanding of the social and biological bases of behavior, proficiency in scientific methods and statistics, knowledge of the factors influencing human and animal behavior, insight into the applicability of psychological principles to everyday problems, and familiarity with many core areas of knowledge, including conditioning and learning, personality, social behavior, psychopathology and therapy, human development, health, stress and coping, gender, race and ethnicity, sensation and perception, language, and individual differences.
Psychology is a fundamental component of a liberal arts education.
Individuals who have majored or minored in psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have found employment in a wide variety of occupations in business, education, or the social services or have gone on to graduate or professional school. Major To be accepted as a major in psychology, students must have completed 45 university credits and have passed Psych 325. Eligibility for Psych 325 requires a mean GPA of at least 2.67 in Psych 101 and 210. Minor To be accepted as a minor in psychology, students must have completed Psych 101. The minor also requires any two additional psychology courses at the 300 level or above, one of which must be a systems course.