RE: Capstone Course

2000-01-12 Thread Dennis Goff
participate in the seminar. Dennis Dennis M. Goff Dept. of Psychology Randolph-Macon Woman's College Lynchburg, VA 24503 -Original Message- From: Michael LAVIN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 12:10 PM To: TIPS Subject: Re: Capstone Course This messag

Re: Capstone Course

2000-01-12 Thread Michael LAVIN
This message was sent to me off list, but I do believe it was meant for the list, so I've redirected here (so replies to this message will go to Michael, not to me). As a reminder to everyone, please remember that the default setting of TIPS is to reply ONLY to the sender of the message, not the f

RE: [PSYCHTEACHER] Capstone Course

2000-01-12 Thread Gary Klatsky
Oswego State University of NY has about 8,000 students with 450 psychology majors. I'm not sure of the exact number but my guess is that we have around 100 seniors. There are 19 full time teaching faculty in our department. Our capstone course is History & Systems. We offer 2-3 sect

Re: Capstone Course

2000-01-11 Thread G. Marc Turner
At Southwest Texas State we use our History and Theory course as the capstone. Although I don't teach it, I did take it when I was an undergrad here several years ago. The topic of the course seems to be the best suited for really bringing together the various disciplines within the field. We hav

RE: Capstone Course

2000-01-11 Thread Dr. Kristina Lewis
History of Psychology is our capstone course. We are a small liberal arts school (about 1850 students) with around 300 psych majors (and not enough full time faculty). We (or should I say "I" since I've been doing it all the last couple of years) offer 3 sections per year w

Capstone Course

2000-01-11 Thread Annette Taylor
We are considering implementing a capstone course in our department. If any of you have such a course, I would appreciate knowing how you have gone about instituting the course and how it defines, for you what a "capstone" experience might be. also, please tell me your school's s

RE: Senior Capstone Course

1999-11-10 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Dennis Goff wrote: > ..(snip)... > . There is widespread faculty discomfort with providing the > "preparation for life" kinds of experiences that many students want in the > departmental capstone... why? Michael Sylvester Dayona Beach,Florida

RE: Senior Capstone Course

1999-11-09 Thread Gary Klatsky
Doug We have been using History and Systems as the Psychology capstone course for about 4 years. Recently our dean has been pushing all of the departments in Arts & Sciences to incorporate capstone experiences in their curriculum. She has been passing around some guidelines that have come

RE: Senior Capstone Course

1999-01-03 Thread Dennis Goff
Doug, You should take a look at the volume: Gardner, J. N., & Van der Veer & Associates (1998). The Senior Year Experience: Facilitating Integration, Reflection, Closure, and Transition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. We do have a year long capstone course at R-MWC. It is fo

Senior Capstone Course

1999-01-02 Thread Doug Peterson
I am working with our departmental assessment committee and we have been discussing a senior capstone course. As of now there are some differing opinions regarding the content of this course and how many credit hours is should be worth. I am hoping that there may be some members out there