The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences offers embedded certificates as part of the major. The certificates are considered embedded because they require no additional coursework—beyond specific courses in the major itself—to earn the certificate.  The certificates are designed to (a) bring greater depth and structure to the major, (b) provide students with guidance as to courses that build on each other, and (c) ultimately increase the employability of our students.

The required courses in this certificate reflect foundational component areas of psychology that focus on (a) interpersonal behaviors and intrapersonal processes that affect our understanding of and relationships with others and (b) human cognitive processes that people use to understand information and categorize people and objects. The prescribed electives include courses that focus on a variety of aspects of diversity. These courses focus on the experiences of understudied and/or underrepresented persons and the psychological processes associated with their interpersonal treatment from others.  

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Credit Hours
PBSI 315	Social Psychology	3
PBSI 345	Human Cognitive Processes	3
Select three of the following:		9
PBSI 206/AFST 206	Black Psychology
PBSI 208	Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Minority Experience
PBSI 209/AFST 209	Psychology of Culture and Diversity
PBSI 210/WGST 210	Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality
PBSI 300/WGST 300	Psychology of Women
PBSI 303	Psychology of Women of Color
PBSI 346	Psychology of Language
PBSI 432	Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations
PBSI 445	Psychological and Social Determinants of Health Disparities
Total Semester Credit Hours		15

Student must make a minimum of a 3.0 GPA across the courses used to meet the certificate requirements.