Understand why people do what they do
At Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, studying psychology means more than completing a degree. From your first year, you'll engage directly with faculty-led research, build clinical skills through community-based coursework, and develop a lens on human behavior rooted in culture, place, and purpose. Our curriculum is broad and rigorous, and flexible enough to grow around your interests and goals.
Graduates leave FLC prepared for careers in mental health, research, education, social services, and beyond.
Original research. Real conferences. Starting day one.
The FLC Psychology Department has a vibrant culture of undergraduate research. You'll design and complete original projects, publish in academic journals, and present your work to peers and professionals at conferences across the country. All Psychology majors complete an original research project as part of Senior Research in Psychology (PSYC 496). Students who want to go further can collaborate one-on-one with faculty in active research labs, often well before their senior year.
Student work has been published in journals including Metamorphosis, American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, and Journal of American Indian Education, and presented at conferences including the Rocky Mountain Psychology Association (RMPA), the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), the Animal Behavior Society, the Society of Indian Psychologists, and the Symposium on the American Indian. Many students also complete Honors Projects through this work.
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of Psychology majors complete an original research project as part of their degree.
active faculty-led research labs open to undergraduate students.
professional conferences for students to present work each year.
Faculty who put teaching first
At Fort Lewis College, students are the priority. Small class sizes give faculty the chance to offer you individualized attention and guidance throughout your degree. And while our professors maintain active research programs in their specialty areas, the department culture puts teaching first, which means their research projects become opportunities for you.
FLC Psychology faculty are recognized as some of the best teachers at the institution, with recipients of major college and community honors including the Featured Scholar award, the Alice Admire Outstanding Teaching Award, the Ginny Hutchins Teaching Award for New Faculty, Best Educator in Durango, and the FLC Achievement Award.