From experimental labs and practice in clinical therapy to our on-campus laboratory preschool, the psychology program at Rollins emphasizes experiential learning, allowing majors to hone their knowledge through real-world applications.
You would be hard pressed to find a major at Rollins with more breadth of applications than psychology. It has relevance in every personal relationship and every career. That’s why students with degrees in the major understand the world in a whole new light—the “world” being people in the same room or across the globe.
The emphasis is on experiential learning, which includes work with preschool children, practice in clinical therapy, and performing experimental labs. These hands-on experiences are rare for undergraduates, let alone first- and second-year students. With them, they can determine which specific application of psychology they want to further explore, be it education, business, or as a practicing psychologist.
Invaluable Life Skills Clinical and behavioral psychology are just two career paths for which a Rollins student is prepared. Graduates in this field excel in health care, hospitality, marketing, real estate … but also as spouses, parents, and friends.
Individual Mentoring Rollins’ small class sizes allow the professors to be your mentors. They know you as a person with unique skill sets and goals. With this kind of personalized mentoring in college, the future is less daunting.
Tailoring Your Degree Even students who think they know what they want to do beyond college should put their vision into practice, long before graduation. That’s the reason for so much firsthand experience at Rollins. Try it all first. Then determine what excites you.
Internship Opportunities Rollins partners with prominent health-care organizations to show our students how real-life solutions arise from collaboration among leaders in business, health, and education. Alexis Satterwhite ’16 turned her internship at the Florida Hospital Innovation Lab into a full-time job as a project liaison.
Research for Publication Students can work alongside instructors through the Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Program and conduct independent studies. As a result, Rollins undergraduates are often published in scholarly journals as you would only expect from graduate students at other universities.
International Studies The world itself is the ultimate psychology lab. So there’s no better way to examine how cultures influence behaviors than to study in countries like Spain, Australia, and England. Your psychology advisor will help you create a plan tailored to your personal interest.
