Psychology
The Department of Psychology at UWF is committed to helping students adopt a scientific approach to understanding and evaluating behavior and mental processes, and to apply this approach in a variety of settings. Through our undergraduate and graduate curricular offerings, we prepare our students to pursue their career and life aspirations.
Department of Psychology Programs
Undergraduate Offerings
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
- Obtain a broad foundation in psychological science
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology
- Pursue a degree with an emphasis on engaging in psychological science
- Certificate in Human Resources
- Apply psychological principles to the management of human resources
- Minor in Psychology
- Learn more psychological science as you work towards your baccalaureate degree
- Minor in Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Explore the connections between health, exercise, and psychology
Graduate Offerings
- Master of Psychology: Counseling
- Adopt a scientist-practitioner approach as you pursue state licensure
- Master of Psychology: Industrial-Organizational
- Adopt a scientist-practitioner approach as you solve real-world problems
Why Should You Become Part of UWF Department of Psychology?
Departmental Shout Outs!
UWF team wins first place at 2024 Southeastern Psychological Association quiz bowl
“We have a lot of good, hardworking students at our university and in our department, so it was fun to give them an opportunity to show off what they can do,” said Dr. Lisa Blalock, professor in the Department of Psychology. UWF undergraduate students Elizabeth Black, Ashley Martin, Landon Nelson and Clark Tipton and alumna Brooke Simila completed three rounds of psychology knowledge questions and one Harry Potter-themed fun round. The team was guided by Blalock and fellow psychology professor Dr. Jane Halonen. The team took preparing for the event very seriously. They held a practice session several weeks in advance and studied for the entire seven-hour drive from Pensacola to Orlando.
“My teammates were not confident going into it, and I think it’s because they’re all over-achievers. It’s like one of those things where you go into a test not feeling confident, and then you come out of it with a 95,” Tipton said.
The event’s genesis was a verbal “smack talk” between Halonen and a faculty member from Georgia College and State University. The quiz bowl included questions such as “What is the name of one of the few psychologists who won a Nobel Prize?” (Pavlov).
UWF faculty and students develop goggles for early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
University of West Florida faculty and undergraduate students recently developed Pulsed Medical LED goggles for the early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease. The product was researched and designed through a partnership between the Department of Psychology, Department of Physics and Dr. Muhammad Harunur Rashid Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UWF.
