Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Edition

Psychology (B.A.)

College of Arts and SciencesDepartment of Psychology

Website: https://www.fgcu.edu/cas/departments/psych/psychba/

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The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology focuses on a variety of content areas, including social, developmental, cognitive, clinical, quantitative, and biological basis of behavior.  Students can also receive training in conducting independent research and have the opportunity to participate in applied community practice. The B.A. in Psychology prepares students for a variety of outcomes such as work in mental health and applied areas of psychology, graduate school in applied areas of psychology, graduate school in research focused psychology programs, and other areas of employment and graduate studies.

Concentrations

  • Neuroscience and Cognition Concentration
  • Development and Aging Concentration
  • Mental Health Concentration

Program Progression and Additional Graduation Requirements

  • Attend an orientation session.
  • Sign an Advising Agreement document.

In addition to the program requirements, students must:

  • Complete a minimum of 120 credits.
  • Complete a minimum of 42 of the 120 credits at the upper division (3000-4999 level).
  • Earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 for all coursework attempted at FGCU.
  • Satisfy the College-Level Skills and foreign language entrance requirements.
  • Satisfy the Service-Learning requirement.
  • Satisfy the Civic Literacy requirement.
  • Satisfy the residency requirement: 30 of the last 60 credits must be completed at FGCU.
  • Complete the summer course enrollment requirement.
  • Submit an Application for Graduation by the deadline listed in the FGCU Academic Calendar.