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I inherited this book from a late relative:
http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Human-Computer-Interaction-Stuart-Card/dp/0898598591
that was my intro to the topic.
Strictly you don't need a full-on degree IMO.
A good starting point is Tim Oren's User Interface Homilies which is 90% of "the psychology that matters" at a GUI level. If you want to dig deeper you can go to the referenced Card, Moran & Newell's book or other references to GOMS. A lot of this came out of Xerox PARC and the invention of Alto/Star computers.
You'll notice if you think about it that Mac and iOS are pretty heavily based on many of these ideas. Tim Oren worked at Digital Research (creator of CP/M, the "original PC OS" and Gem OS used on the Atari ST) and at Apple.
Then since you discover that UI design is all about enabling users to use your design entirely via their "inner 4-yo", learning something about childhood development can be useful (if you are a US credentialed teacher you already know this part).
Piaget is often the basis of this - GUIs use primarily Sensorimotor Stage skills. Text UIs primarily use Concrete Operational and Formal Operational stages, which is why GUIs are "easier to use" than Text UIs - you don't actually have to consciously think when it's Sensorimotor. That's what makes them intuitive.
Behavior Economics generally isn't taught so much outside of business schools and a handful of economics departments as far as can tell. I had to go to an MBA program that included a behavioral luminary to get much coverage even 15 ya. Honestly academia doesn't do well in this area anyway - not in terms that make it useful for UX as a profession. Honestly you are better off learning economics, marketing/sales, negotiation and a dash of behavior. Read the books in this list. Of this "Persuasion" and "Paradox of Choice" are probably the first to read IMO.
You have the art background so I'd skip that UNLESS you haven't actually done studio art with your own hands. Class != Studio by a very long shot.
The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction? Thanks. It's interesting to see that even Jef Raskin has left a review. I think I will pick up a copy.