> "James K. Denson" wrote > As a AP Psychology High School teacher I get many inquiries about which = > school is the best for certain fields. Mostly, I get inquiries about = > forensic, Abnormal & Developmental. I am asking if anyone knows of a place > I can get information on, about which colleges have the better programs > for certain specialized fields. > This sort of query drives me nuts. An undergraduate's job is NOT to become a little min-forensic psychologist or mini-clinician. An undergraduate's job is to get a) a solid education in academic psychology, b) get some research experience and c)get into the best grad school possible. In grad school you will specialize but you should not be specializing as an undergraduate.
I may get some flack about this but I bristle when I see undergraduate programs in areas such as counseling or clinical psych. IMO, such programs are too often naught more than cheesy marketing come-ons. My advice to your students would be to go to the best college or university and to a psychology dept. with a solid reputation as an academic psychology department. This should be one where the faculty actively involve undergraduates in their research activities. Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, West Chester Univ. of Pennsylvania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler and herpetoculturist. http://hometown.aol.com/eip1/home.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shameless self promotion: The Mill Creek Bluegrass Band performs every Tuesday night at Dugal's Inn, Mortonville, 8 miles west of West Chester, PA. Call 610- 486-0953 for directions. http://hometown.aol.com/eip1/millcreek.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
