Minor in Educational Psychology

Department of Educational Psychology

The Educational Psychology minor explores how people learn, grow and thrive from childhood through adulthood. You’ll examine cognitive, social and physical development alongside counseling theories, mental health foundations and research‑driven approaches to learning in both formal and informal settings.

In addition to building a strong understanding of human behavior and development, you’ll develop practical statistical literacy, gaining the skills needed to interpret research, analyze real‑world data and support evidence‑based decision‑making in today’s data‑driven academic and professional environments.

At a Glance

Eligible Majors: All

Credit Hours Required: 15

Available Catalogs: All current catalogs

What You’ll Learn

What You’ll Learn

Students in the Educational Psychology minor will develop knowledge and skills in:

  • Human development across the lifespan, including cognitive, social and physical growth.
  • How people learn in classrooms, workplaces and everyday environments.
  • Foundations of mental health, counseling and psychotherapy approaches.
  • The role of motivation, identity and context in learning and development.
  • Research methods used to study learning, behavior and development.
  • Practical statistical literacy for interpreting data and evaluating research.
  • Applying theory and evidence to real‑world educational and human‑service settings.
Why the EDP Minor?

Why the EDP Minor?

Coursework in Educational Psychology can help you:

  • Augment your major with a broadly-applicable minor.
  • Gain valuable learning skills.
  • Prepare for advanced coursework.
  • Expand or enhance your areas of expertise.
Program Requirements

Program Requirements

The department allows flexibility in course selection rather than requiring a fixed sequence of courses.

  • Open to all UT Austin undergraduate students.
  • 15 undergraduate credit hours in Educational Psychology
  • At least six credit hours must be upper-division coursework. 
  • Nine hours of coursework must be taken in residence.
  • Nine hours of coursework must come from outside of major requirements. Only six hours of overlap between major and minor courses is allowed for this minor.
  • All courses must be taken for a letter grade unless the course is only offered pass/fail.

NOTE:

  • Course credit waivers are not permitted for the EDP Minor.
  • A maximum of 6 hours of EDP 379L Research may be counted towards the EDP Minor.
  • Be sure to check with your adviser and the Undergraduate Catalog section on Minors for university and any other requirements.

Not all courses are offered every semester, so be sure to check the Course Schedule to see what is available.

How to Add the Minor 

How to Add the Minor 

Visit this page. 

  1. Click on link for “Apply for auto-approved minor”
  2. Select “EDP Educational Psychology” for Field of Study
  3. Click “Continue”
  4. Select “Educational Psychology (MN3EDP01)”
  5. Click “Continue”
  6. Once approved, please contact your departmental advisor to have it added to your student profile.

Questions?

Department of Educational Psychology
Email: edp@austin.utexas.edu  
Phone: (512) 471-4155