Psychology

ACADEMIC MAP (Effective Summer 2024 and after)

*Please Note: Face-to-face/in-person instruction of this program is available at BOTH the main campus in Tallahassee, FL and the Panama City, FL campus. This program is NOT available via Online/Distance Learning.*

This map is a term-by-term sample course schedule. The milestones listed to the right of each term are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years. The Sample Schedule serves as a general guideline to help you build a full schedule each term. The General Education and Elective courses must be selected to satisfy all area and diversity requirements unless your program meets these requirements with major courses. Milestones are courses and special requirements necessary for timely progress to complete a major. Missing milestones will result in one of two types of map registration stops. The first level (Degree Map Off-track) is placed following grade posting if the student has missed a milestone (course and/or GPA) for the first time in the major. If a student is in non-compliance with milestones for two (2) consecutive semesters (excluding summers), a Major Change Required stop is placed on the student's registration.

To be admitted into Psychology, you must have completed at least 52 hours and have earned a “C minus“ or better in each of the Admission Prerequisite Courses (PSY2012, a general biology course, & statistics).

**Effective Summer 2024, the Term 1-4 milestones will include the successful completion of PSY2012, a general biology course, a statistics course, and a lower-level psychology course.**

Psychology uses scientific methods to attempt to understand, predict, and control behavior. The study of human behavior and animal behavior are two broad categories of specialization. Further areas of specialization are possible within each category and can be matched to career aspirations. The undergraduate program offers a broad background in many areas of psychology and is flexible enough for advanced students to specialize in an area of special interest to the student. Qualified students are encouraged to work in the department’s human and animal research labs and to participate in the department’s research on school and clinical problems in applied settings.

Mapping Coordinator: Shellie Camp
Email: scamp@fsu.edu

Employment Information
Representative Job Titles Related to this Major (Baccalaureate level): Advertising Specialist; Human Resource Manager; Marketing Researcher, Corrections, Probation, or Police Officer; Social Service Specialist, Teacher (with appropriate education preparation). With further study: Psychologist: Clinical, Counseling, Cognitive, Developmental, Human Factors, Industrial/organizational, School, Social; Neuroscientist; Applied Behavior Analyst; Genetics Counselor; Social worker; Industrial Designer.

Representative Employers: Universities, Colleges and Community Colleges, Business/Industry, Hospitals, Prison Systems, Primary and Secondary Schools, Testing Companies, Rehabilitation Agencies, Veterans Administration, Mental Health Agencies, Financial Institutions, Consulting Firms.

International Opportunities: International study is available for all students and may include opportunities for internships or taking course work towards various majors and minors. International study may have an impact on the MAP; therefore, it is important to consult with the academic advisor before participating. Interested students can find information about international study, research, internships, and service opportunities at: global.fsu.edu/undergraduate-students/going-abroad.

This Map is not a contract, either expressed or implied, between the University and the student, but represents a flexible program of the current curriculum which may be altered from time to time to carry out the academic objectives of the University. The University specifically reserves the right to change, delete or add to any Map at any time within the student’s period of study at the University