I fine the list contributions of famous or infamous people to be fun but I would hardly think it useful to answer student queries regarding what they can do with a psych degree. It is more useful to develop some surveys of your psych alumni and get some idea what they are doing. For example, in our area people have ended up working in nursing homes, combining their psych with business degrees, going on to medical and related professional programs, etc. The short answer is you cannot do much with a psych undergrad degree, but need further and more focused professional job training. In our case, about two-thirds go on to some kind of further training or professional schooling, with about 19% going on in psych. Of course, we all can blabber about how we feel the psych exposure may be valuable to the social worker, banker, nurse, etc. Here again, survey information from alumni can help bolster such ideas. We found, for example, that our psych alumni felt statistics and experimental psych were most valuable as far as practical work/thinking skills. After this, it broke down to classes like Abnormal, Industrial, etc. The other aspect to consider of course, is whether students wish to go on in psych (I hear about 12% of psych undergrads opt for this). My summer is ending here as I am about ready to go in for the annual faculty meetings today. Congrats to Stephen on his retirement! Onward! Best wishes, Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
