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 sections each semester with an enrollment cap of 20 students. We picked that course as it provides an integrated view of psychology. This course provides the means for students to see how the subfields relate to each other. After taking the introductory course H&S is the only other course that covers all of psychology. I taught it for the first time last semester and pushed the students to look at psychology as a unified discipline rather than a collection of subfields. We focused on the events that affected the development of psychology and how developments in one of the subfields affected the others. Gary J. Klatsky Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky Oswego, NY 13126 Voice: (315) 341 3474 -----Original Message----- From: Society for Teaching of Psychology Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Annette Taylor Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 2:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PSYCHTEACHER] Capstone Course I would like to know what different institutions are doing for a "capstone" course. We don't have a course we consider to be the one 'capstone' and are considering several options but wanted to know what others are doing. You may reply to the list or to me personally and I will then send a summary of replies. Please also note the size of your school, orientation of the department, and number of majors and number of seniors, as those factors may affect ideas which may or may not be applicable for us. thanks annette Annette Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of San Diego Voice: (619) 260-4006 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 "Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get." -- W. L. Bryan *********************************************************************** SOCIETY FOR THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY Moderated Discussion List for Teachers of Psychology LISTOWNER: The Society for the Teaching of Psychology LIST OPERATOR: Bill Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LIST MODERATORS: Barney Beins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bill Buskist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brad Caskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rick Froman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tom Pusateri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bill Southerly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Edie Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chris Ziegler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Martha Zlokovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This list is hosted by Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA ***********************************************************************
