Bachelor Degree Sports Psychology from Canisius College
For students interested in applying psychology to athletics, the Psychology Department offers a sports psychology minor in collaboration with the Physical and Sports Education Department.
This minor focuses on how psychological factors affect behavior on sports and athletics and on how participation in these activities affects the athlete. Students study social perception, motivation, group dynamics, development of motor skills, leadership, aggression, and other topics essential to working with teams and individual athletes for careers in coaching, education, research/ teaching, or counseling.