Sport Psychology - Graduate
Mission of Sport Psychology at Georgia Southern University
The mission of the Sport Psychology Program is to provide initiative which will lead the department towards the Vision.
This will be accomplished by:
- Preserving, creating, evaluating and transmitting knowledge.
- Applying theory through hands on experiences.
- Providing support to the mission of the Department, College and University.
- Providing intrusive advisement to students within the program.
- Providing opportunities for student centered research and learning initiatives within the sport psychology discipline.
- Emphasizing the importance of student-faculty research collaboration.
- Offering state of the art laboratory and research facilities.
- Providing comprehensive and rigorous curriculum.
- Providing access to and education on the use of emerging technology.
- Encouraging creative approaches to reach educational goals.
- Providing resources and guidance for grant writing, research and scholarly writing.
- Marketing faculty and student expertise.
- Respecting the diversity of thought, expression and being.
- Making students the priority in decisions that benefit their education.
- Providing opportunities for student-faculty interaction.
- Providing opportunities for outstanding student achievement.
- Providing community service which focuses on the science and practice of sport psychology.
- Providing the opportunity for students to tailor their program of study to meet specific interests.
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with local, national, and international partners.
