PSYC 202 Careers in Psychology

	Teacher: Steven J. Gilbert
	Office: Fitzelle 127A (Psychology Department Office)
	Course meetings: Tue & Thu 4:00-5:15 PM, Fitzelle 206
	How to reach me: Phone: 2557 EMAIL:gilbersj@oneonta.edu
	Office Hours: M&W 2:00 PM; T&Th 1:00 PM (Additional hours by appointment)
Required Textbook:	Kuther, K. L, & Morgan, R. D. (2004). Careers in psychology: Opportunities in a changing world. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson Learning.
College Catalog Description:	The course will explore options for careers in psychology.... Participants will investigate career options for psychology majors, career requirements, personal career interests, and ways to prepare for careers, get a job, find graduate schools in psychology, prepare for graduate school, apply to graduate school, and other related topics. Each student will prepare an individual portfolio for future use.

Course Description

You are a psychology major. Presumably, you decided to major in psychology because you find psychology interesting, and because you expect to have a career that requires or would be facilitated by being a psychology major. This course is designed to acquaint you with the range of career options available to you, and what you need to do to advance your chances of having the career you choose.

Required Activities (see Table 1 below). (a) There is a short, focused textbook that you will read, and 3 quizzes on the text that you will take (R-1; 30 points). (b) Each of you will interview and shadow a professional working in psychology, and write a paper describing this experience (R-3; 50 points). (c) Working in a group of approximately 5 students, you will become an expert on a topic relating to careers in psychology, do a group presentation for the class (R-4; 50 points), and a poster at a careers in psychology poster session staged at the end of the semester (R-5; 20 points). Finally, you are to prepare a portfolio containing two resumes (R-6, a&B), your interview/shadowing paper, and any other papers written for the class.

Optional Activities Table 2 (below) presents 11 possible optional activities, each worth 30 points. Some are done individually, some in groups. You are to do 4 of these activities.

Throughout the semester we will have a number of guest speakers -- people working in a variety of fields of psychology, whose highest degrees vary from the BA to the Ph.D. Many of the classes will be devoted to group presentations, for both required (R-4) and optional activities (OP-[4-10]). There will be few lectures from me, but occasionally I will talk to you about specific topics.

Perfect class attendance is expected, and attendance will be taken. Sometimes a student's grade is close to a borderline. Attendance and active class participation will be used to determine whether a strict or a forgiving standard will be used in such cases. No other extrinsic consequences will be attached to attendance (but see OP-2).

This course, and its structure, is an experiment for me -- actually for all of us. Ongoing feedback is desired, and will be solicited. Let's all work together to make this a useful and enjoyable experience for all of us.

Table 1. Required Activities (Everyone does all of these)

Activity	Points
R-1. Read text. Take quizzes on text.	30
R-2. Read APA brochure & view accompanying video.	0
R-3. Interview and shadow a professional. Write a paper describing these experiences. >>>Included in Portfolio (Due: Tuesday, May 2nd)<<<	50
R-4. Become an expert in a topic and participate in a group presentation to the class.	50
~~R-5. Participate in the end-of-semester careers poster session, with a poster based upon 4. (above)~~.	20
R-6. Prepare and submit and portfolio containing...
a. A general resume	25
b. A job/graduate application specific resume	25
c. Interview/shadowing paper (see 3. above)
d. Papers written for optional activities.
Total Points for Required Activities.....	~~200~~ *180*

Table 2. Optional Activities (Everyone does four of these)

OP-1. PREP PLAN. Prepare a detailed plan for achieving the goal of securing a place in a particular graduate program, or securing a particular entry-level job for a desired career (e.g., sequence of courses, extracurricular activities, part-time jobs, volunteer work). THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT. THE PRODUCT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PORTFOLIO.	30
OP-2. SPKR SUM. Write a short summary and impression of each guest speaker (c. 250 words; you can miss no more than one speaker). Each paper should be available to me during the next class. THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT. THE SET OF PAPERS IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PORTFOLIO.	30
OP-3. PRAC INT. Arrange and do a practice job or graduate school interview at the Career Development Center. Write a paper (c. 1000 words) describing the experience and what you learned from it. Your paper should be available to me during the class nearest to one week after the interview. THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT. THE PAPER SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN YOUR PORTFOLIO.	30
OP-4. CAR MOD. Work on preparing a careers module that might be incorporated into our introductory psychology course (PSYC 100). Time permitting, you may describe and display your work in a class presentation. THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT, to be turned in at a date TBA.	30
OP-5. CAR WEB. Work on a careers resource website that could be linked to the psychology department website. Time permitting, you could make a presentation to the class. THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT, to be turned in at a date TBA.	30
OP-6. CAR SEQ. Work on suggested course and program sequence for students interested in each major career group described in the text. Time permitting, you could make a presentation to the class. THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT, to be turned in at a date TBA.	30
OP-7. CAR BOOK. Read, review, & do class presentation on careers books in department library. This can be done as an individual (1 book) or group project (set of books).	30
OP-8. CAR MATS. Read, review, and do a class presentation on best careers materials located in websites. THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT.	30
OP-9. SCH ART. Read, write a set of summaries and reviews, and, time permitting, do a class presentation on a set of scholarly articles on careers in psychology. THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT, due date TBA.	30
OP-10. VOM SAAL. Review, write a report, and, time permitting, do a class presentation on Walter vom Saal's PSYC 202 website. THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP PROJECT, due date TBA.	30
OP-11. DISC. Do the DISCOVER program and write a paper (including program outputs) describing what you learned and how you did (or didn't) profit. THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT, due date TBA. The paper should appear in your portfolio.	30
Total points for four optional projects	120

Total pts for Required (~~200~~ 180) + Optional (120) Activities

~~320~~ 300

Our Guest Speakers

Tuesday, January 31	Kristy Davidson
Tuesday, February 07	Linda Drake
Thursday, February 09	Mark Rice & Jenniffer Rotchford
Tuesday, February 14	Rebecca Tinker
Thursday, February 16	Cathy Harris
Tuesday, February 21	Barbara Gilbert
Thursday, March 9	Jeanne Miller

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Kristy Davidson is currently a Career Counselor in the Career Development Center here at Oneonta. She earned a MS Ed in School Counseling from SUNY College at Oneonta, May 1999.

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Linda Drake is the Director for the Center for Social Responsibility and Community (CSRC) at SUNY Oneonta. She coordinates student volunteers with opportunities with over 40 non-profits in the county. Linda received her Bachelors of Science at SUNY Oneonta, majoring in psychology. Linda also serves on the board for the Ninash Foundation and is the co-director of the SUNY Abroad in India program.

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Mark Rice is the Director of Counseling at SUNY-Oneonta. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia, and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Duquesne University.

Jennifer Rotchford is a doctoral intern at the SUNY-Oneonta counseling center. She currently is in her last year of a PhD program from California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, where she has earned a Master’s degree. Her work at the counseling center fulfills a full-time internship requirement for the doctorate.

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Rebecca Tinker serves as the Director of Career Development and Student Employment at SUNY-Oneonta. She earned her B.S. in Education at SUNY Geneseo, and an M.S. Ed. at Indiana University.

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Cathy Harris has had a varied career. She currently is Social Work Coordinator, Hospice of Chenango County. She received a B.S. degree in Psychology at SUNY-Oneonta, an MSW at SUNY Albany, and New York State Licensure.

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Barbara Gilbert is a school psychologist for the Binghamton School District. She received her BA in psychology at the University of Massachusetts, and a Master's degree in school psychology at the University of Hartford.

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Jeanne Miller came to Oneonta in 2000 to serve as Associate Vice President for Student Life. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Miller worked as a therapist in private practice and community mental health before moving into higher education 1986. Dr. Miller earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology at University of Houston, her master’s degree in clinical psychology at Texas Tech University, and her doctorate in clinical psychology at California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego.

Calendar for Class Activities

Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Thursday, March 23, 2006	(1) Ch 4: Clinical and Counseling
Tuesday, March 28, 2006	WEB QUIZ on text: 4:00 - 5:30 at any computer
Thursday, March 30, 2006	(1) Ch 11: Social and Consumer Psychology
Tuesday, April 04, 2006	(1) The GRE General and Psychology Tests
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Tuesday, April 18, 2006	(1) Ch 5: School Psychology (2) OP-6: Career Course Sequences
Thursday, April 20, 2006	(1) Ch 12: Developmental Psychology (2) The Economics of Psychology Careers
Tuesday, April 25, 2006	(1) OP-9: Scholarly Articles on Careers in Psychology
Thursday, April 27, 2006	(1) Ch 7: Health and Sport Psychology (2) Industrial/Organizational and Human Factors >>>Final R-4 PowerPoint slide shows emailed to Dr. Gilbert for inclusion in Virtual Poster Session<<<
Tuesday, May 02, 2006	(1) OP-8: Best Career Materials on Web (2) Ch 6: Legal and Forensic Psychology >>>Portfolio Due<<<>>>Portfolio Due<<<
Thursday, May 04, 2006	(1) OP-5: Careers Resource Website