Sport Psychology - Graduate
Vision of Sport Psychology at Georgia Southern University
The Sport Psychology Unit seeks to become an elite academic program focusing on the interdisciplinary study of applied sport psychology. The program promotes optimal and ethical graduate education mentorship, scholarship, research and grant procurement, applied experience in sport psychology, and a commitment to professional and public service.
To this end, the Sport Psychology Program at Georgia Southern University will be characterized by:
- Student preparation for future excellence through interdependent leadership, innovation, and service. Future excellence may be at the applied doctoral level or an applied position within the sport psychology discipline such as life skills development, performance enhancement, or health behavior development.
- Diverse faculty and staff who are internationally acclaimed, use emerging technology, are innovative with curriculum, produce grants and scholarly manuscripts, are socially and morally responsible, and have a genuine regard for graduate students.
- Community partnerships and applied sport psychology and life skills experiences to enhance performance and human well being.
- An environment that promotes academic distinction, high expectations, and intellectual engagement through student centered research and learning initiatives, faculty research collaboration, and technological advancement.
- A clearly focused and valued purpose!
