For the past year, I have taught a course called the Profession of Psychology as a special topics course. At Hunter, Special Topics courses may be taught once twice. I will be submitting a formal course proposal in the next two weeks that will make this course into a regular course, a regular part of our dept. curriculum. This course (at some schools it is called a careers in psych course) deals with topics such as the fields of psychology, degrees, preparing for and applying to graduate school in psychology and related areas, and BA- and MA-level careers in psych. In addition to the content, the course requires a great deal of reading and writing, computer and library based research, and oral presentations. Approximately 10 professional guest speakers visit each semester to talk about their fields/experiences.
Although more and more courses such as this have been appearing in university curricula over the past few years, there is still opposition from some colleagues (One says that "majors should not be given credit just for being majors and this is not at all academic"). I am willing to work with my colleagues to meet some of their objections in order to get this course passed and to provide a richer background to the course. To help do this, I would like to assign SHORT readings that could introduce the students to fields of psychology. I would be grateful for any suggestions relating to the following fields (and others): cognitive, developmental, social, I/O, clinical, neuropsychology, biopsychology, social work, school psychology, counseling, forensic, .... I know about most of the career books (e.g., Morgan) but would appreciate other references. I will, of course, post the final list. Thank you in advance Bonnie --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
