心理学是人类和动物行为的科学。心理学专业的学生接受基于科学的广泛的文科教育。结果，在商业，教育和心理健康领域中，拥有心理学学士学位的人受到了广泛的追捧。对于心理学的专业职业，需要研究生学位。UF的心理学课程为从事心理学职业或为学生升读法律或医学等高级专业学校奠定了坚实的基础。该课程强调作为自然科学和社会科学的心理学知识的原理和应用。心理学专业的学生可以专攻一般心理学或行为和认知神经科学。这两个专业都需要心理学，统计学，数学和生物学方面的课程，并且都可以根据需要提供进行高级荣誉论文的选择。在完成学位要求所需
Psychology is the science of human and animal behavior. Psychology majors receive a broad science-based liberal arts education. As a result, those with a Bachelor of Science in psychology are widely sought in business, education, and mental health fields. For a professional career in psychology, a graduate degree is needed. The psychology curriculum at UF provides a strong background to pursue careers in psychology or to prepare students for entry into advanced professional schools such as law or medicine. The curriculum emphasizes the principles and applications of psychological knowledge, both as a natural science and as a social science. Students in the psychology major can specialize in general psychology or behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. Both specializations require coursework in psychology, statistics, mathematics, and biology, and both offer the option to conduct a senior honors thesis if desired. The specializations vary in the specific courses necessary to complete the degree requirements. General psychology requires courses in four core areas within the discipline as well as elective psychology courses. Behavioral and cognitive neuroscience focuses more specifically on natural science-oriented psychology courses and allows students to take limited approved non-psychology courses relevant to contemporary neuroscience. This specialization also requires more math and biology courses than general psychology.