In 2019, the Psychology department at FCHS secured its initial accreditation from the CAA. Currently, the department is leading its first group of students through the rigorous four-year program. The program currently has 50 enrolled students, maintaining an impressive staff-to-student ratio of around 10:1. This Psychology program has been carefully crafted to provide students with the essential skills needed to attain a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology (BSc), empowering them to pursue a wide range of science and research-focused career opportunities at the undergraduate level. It also prepares them for further advanced studies in the field of human behavior.

Furthermore, the psychology program offers students a diverse range of extracurricular activities, including workshops, event participation, community engagement initiatives, poster presentations, statistical and data analysis training, and much more.

Below are the program learning outcomes achieved at graduation from the bachelor’s degree in psychology. At the end of the degree, students will gain expertise in five main areas:

KNOWLEDGE BASE

• Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
• Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
• Describe applications of psychology

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY & CRITICAL THINKING

• Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena
• Be able to demonstrate psychology information literacy
• Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
• Interpret, design, and conduct basic psychological research
• Incorporate sociocultural factors in scientific inquiry

ETHICAL & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A DIVERSE WORLD

• Apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice
• Build and enhance interpersonal relationships
• Adopt values that build community at local, national, and global levels

COMMUNICATION

• Demonstrate effective writing for different purposes
• Exhibit effective presentation skills for different purposes
• Interact effectively with others

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• • Apply psychological content and skills to career goals
  • Exhibit self-efficacy and self-regulation
  • Develop and Refine project-management skills
  • Enhance teamwork capacity
  • Develop meaningful professional direction for life after graduation

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