Behavioral Research Minor

Psychology
Advisor: Dana Fuller
Dana.Fuller@mtsu.edu

The interdisciplinary minor in Behavioral Research is designed for students who want more specialized instruction in research skills and data analysis. This interdisciplinary minor consists of 15 credit hours. Students select courses from the two categories of Statistics and Research Methods with the following provisions:

A student may take no more than 6 credit hours of courses (or 7 credit hours if one course has a lab or is a 4-credit course) from a single department until he or she surpasses the required minimum number of hours necessary for completing the minor;
A student is limited to just 3 hours of credit (or 4 credit hours if one course has a lab or is a 4-credit course) toward the minor in the same department or discipline in which he or she is taking a major;
Courses cannot be counted for both the major and minor; and
Students must fulfill all departmental prerequisites for any course within an interdisciplinary minor.

If you have any questions about this minor, contact advisor.

Interdisciplinary Minors

Interdisciplinary minors require the student to complete a minimum of 15 to 21 hours from a list of specific courses. Unless otherwise noted, a student may take no more than 6 hours of courses from a single department until he or she surpasses the required minimum number of hours necessary for completing the minor. Exceptions to this rule may be found within the discussions of several of the minors. In most cases, a student is also limited to just 3 hours of credit toward the minor in the same department or discipline in which he or she is taking a major. Students must fulfill all departmental prerequisites for any course within an interdisciplinary minor. In some cases, advisors may approve course substitutions within these program requirements.

Statistics (6-9 hours)

BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours
BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours ¹
MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours
MATH 2050 - Probability and Statistics 3 credit hours
MATH 2110 - Data Analysis 1 credit hour ²
MATH 2530 - Applied Statistics II 3 credit hours ³
PSY 3020 - Basic Statistics for Behavioral Science 3 credit hours ⁴
PSY 4070 - Advanced Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours ⁵
PSY 4260 - Introduction to Psychological Testing 3 credit hours
SOC 3050 - Data Analysis 4 credit hours
STAT 4360 - Regression Analysis 3 credit hours ⁶
STAT 4370 - Nonparametric Statistics 3 credit hours ⁷
STAT 4380 - Experimental Design 3 credit hours ⁸
SW 3120 - Data Analysis for Social Work Practice 3 credit hours ⁹

Research Methods (6-9 hours)

JOUR 3660 - Strategic Communication Research 3 credit hours ¹⁰
JOUR 4660 - Scientific Approaches to Media 3 credit hours ¹¹
MKT 3930 - Marketing Research 3 credit hours ¹²
PHIL 4500 - Philosophy of Science 3 credit hours
PS 3001 - Research Methods in Political Science 3 credit hours
PSY 3070 - Research Methods 3 credit hours AND
PSY 3071 - Research Methods Lab 1 credit hour ¹³
PSY 4080 - Advanced Research Methods 3 credit hours ¹⁴
SOC 3040 - Research Methods 3 credit hours
SW 3110 - Research Methods for Social Work Practice 3 credit hours ¹⁵

Prerequisite Footnotes:

¹BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics (Prerequisites: BIA 2610 or equivalent, junior standing)
²MATH 2110 - Data Analysis (Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 1530 or MATH 2050 or equivalent)
³MATH 2530 - Applied Statistics II (Prerequisite: MATH 1530 or MATH 2050 or equivalent)
⁴PSY 3020 - Basic Statistics for Behavioral Science (Prerequisite: college-level math course)
⁵PSY 4070 - Advanced Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (Prerequisites: PSY 3020 with a grade of B- or better and PSY 3070/3071 with a grade of B- or better)
⁶STAT 4360 - Regression Analysis (Prerequisite: MATH 2050 or equivalent)
⁷STAT 4370 - Nonparametric Statistics (Prerequisite: MATH 2050 or equivalent)
⁸STAT 4380 - Experimental Design (Prerequisite: MATH 2050 or equivalent)
⁹ SW 3120 - Data Analysis for Social Work Practice (Prerequisite: SW 3110)
¹⁰ JOUR 3660 - Strategic Communication Research (Prerequisites: JOUR 2710, permission of instructor, or permission of the School of Journalism and Strategic Media)
¹¹ JOUR 4660 - Scientific Approaches to Media (Prerequisite: Junior standing)
¹² MKT 3930 - Marketing Research (Prerequisites: MKT 3820; BIA 2610 or permission of instructor; junior standing and admission into the College of Business)
¹³PSY 3070 - Research Methods / PSY 3071 - Research Methods Lab (Prerequisite: PSY 3020)
¹⁴PSY 4080 - Advanced Research Methods (Prerequisites: PSY 4070 with a grade of B- or better and PSY 3070/3071 with a grade of B- or better)
¹⁵SW 3110 - Research Methods for Social Work Practice (Prerequisite of SW 2570)