Minor in Psychology

You can expand your perspective with a psychology minor: A better understanding of human behavior and experience can be helpful in any career. This minor, open to any major, allows you to sample from a variety of psychology courses in a general concentration.

Psychology minor curriculum

The minor requires 18 credits, nine of which must be at the 200 level or higher.

Study Counseling at Carlow

You can gain pre-professional level knowledge and skills for the helping professions such as social work, nursing, education, sociology and human resource with Carlow’s minor in Counseling, open to non-Psychology majors.

Curriculum for Counseling minor

The Counseling minor is open to any major. A minimum of 18 credits is required, at least 9 of which must be taken at Carlow.

Required courses include:

• Introduction to Psychology
• Introduction to Counseling
• 6 credits in counseling psychology courses

Minor in Child Development

You can learn about the social, biological, emotional and cognitive factors that affect children’s development with Carlow’s Child Development minor, open to non-Psychology majors.

Child Development minor curriculum

The Child Development minor is open to any major. A minimum of 18 credits is required; at least 9 credits must be 200 level or higher, and 12 must be taken at Carlow.

Minor in Neuroscience

You can expand your physical science major with a minor in neuroscience. You will study how the functions and mechanisms of the nervous system affect behavior in animals and humans in conjunction with your major studies in biology, chemistry or psychology.

Behavioral Neuroscience Minor Curriculum

This minor is designed for students not majoring in Behavioral Neuroscience and is open to any major. A minimum of 21 credits is required;10 must be taken at Carlow University.

Minor in chemistry

If you have an interest in understanding the basics of chemistry and the composition and behavior of matter, a minor in Chemistry is an excellent choice to accompany your chosen major. 

A Chemistry minor is also a great selection for one of the three legs of a Liberal Studies major. 

Chemistry minor curriculum

The Chemistry minor is open to any major. A minimum of 18 credits is required (four required courses, two elective courses).

Required courses include:

• General Chemistry I and II
• Organic Chemistry I and II
• 5 credits in approved 200-level or higher chemistry courses

Minor in Mathematics

You can deepen your knowledge of pure and applied mathematics while customizing a Mathematics minor to enhance any major field of study.

You will solidify your logic, critical thinking and problem-solving skills through this versatile course of study.

Mathematics minor curriculum

This minor is open to any major. A minimum of 20 credits is required.

Carlow offers a diverse set of upper-level electives so you can choose a pure mathematics focus with electives such as Number Theory or Modern Algebra, or an applied mathematics focus with electives such as Differential Equations or Linear Programming.

Broaden your career paths with a Marketing minor

You can give yourself a competitive edge in the job market with a Marketing minor from Carlow University. In this program, you will learn how to understand consumer behavior and how people think, and how to apply marketing theory to consumer practice. You will gain hands-on experience in writing and research with an emphasis on creativity. 

The Marketing minor is particularly beneficial to students who plan to plan to pursue positions in the areas of copywriting, advertising, market analysis, public relations, and social media management.

Marketing minor curriculum

The Marketing minor is open to any major. Since there are many facets to marketing, the minor is designed to give you the basics in marketing principles, business management and media relations. You will choose two electives from communications and business.

Minor in Healthcare Management and expand your health care knowledge

You can learn to help others increase their quality of life and understanding of health with a Healthcare Management minor. You will gain the skills you need to provide for patient care and well-being while establishing a foundational understanding of management in health services and business management concepts.

The Healthcare Management minor will prepare you for a number of career opportunities, including health care advocacy and working in physicians’ practices and long-term care. You will gain experience with health services management, project management and business management, along with some exposure to information technology training.

Healthcare Management minor curriculum

Become a health coach and help others

Carlow University’s Health Coach minor is designed for students who seek to work with patients or in a health care setting but not necessarily in direct patient care. Drawing from many disciplines, the minor explores concepts, theories, practices and research that are essential to developing leadership skills to create career-ready leaders who will facilitate positive change in health care delivery.

The minor can improve your career marketability in the growing health care field.

Health coach curriculum

The Health Coach minor, open to any major, consists of 19 credits (4 required, 2 chosen).

Required courses include:

Choice of two from the following:

Study modern languages and add a language to your skill set

You can give yourself a competitive edge in the job market with a Modern Languages minor from Carlow University. You will take six semesters of a foreign language. Credits earned while studying abroad or during enrollment at Carlow University, earned at another college or university, or earned through study at a Pennsylvania Council of Higher Education institution are accepted.

Modern languages curriculum

Required courses include:

• Introduction to Linguistics