Psychology

Every second of every day, your brain is busy connecting one idea with another. The psychology programs at Florida Southern are designed to change the ways in which you link those ideas together. At FSC, psychology is not meant to be studied—rather, it’s intended to be incorporated into your own thought process.

Huh? OK, look at it this way: You’ll gain a clearer perspective on your life and relationships with other people by studying the science of human behavior. You’ll gain insights into the important ways psychology applies to everyday experience by observing others as they go about their daily routines.

How will you do this? You’ll start with personalized attention that can only be found in small classrooms. We boast a student-teacher ratio of just 20:1. That personalized attention is provided by skilled faculty members who hold doctorate degrees in psychology from some of the country’s most prestigious schools and bring a combined 85 years of college and university teaching experience to the classroom. They’ll set high standards for you and challenge you to meet—and exceed—them. And they won’t let you slack off. You’ll be expected to engage your mind in class lectures, discussion of assigned materials, and in-class demonstrations and experiments.

You can pursue either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology, depending on your career goals. We also offer concentrations that are individually tailored to meet your career goals and interests.

You’ll find that our unique approach to the study of psychology pays off:

• Our broad curriculum and specialty courses allow students to compete for top positions in a rapidly changing job market. The diverse nature of our programs prepares graduates for careers in both traditional and unconventional areas of psychology such as behavioral health and behavioral science; clinical/counseling work; experimental, developmental, and industrial/organizational psychology; gerontology; hospital administration; human factors engineering; and nursing.
  
• Those choosing postgraduate work have been accepted to regional and national graduate programs in psychology—such as clinical/counseling and industrial/organizational psychology—as well as to medical schools, law schools, social work degree programs, rehabilitation counseling programs, and other professional programs.
  
• Our graduates get accepted into the country’s top-ranking graduate schools—approximately 20 percent pursue postgraduate study within two years of graduation at schools such as Boston College, Columbia University, Emory University, University of Florida, University of Georgia, Miami University, University of South Florida, University of Virginia, and Wake Forest University.