Hi Rod: Are you referring to a practicum as an internship or something else? Can you clarify for me, please?
We have in our department (although I have never been and don't ever anticipate being involved in it) two levels of hands-on courses, primarily for clinically- oriented students. We have a field experience which is lower level and we offer 20 spots per semester. We have an internship with only 10 spots and it is higher level with more intense weekly meetings. Both of these count as 'classes' for the prof who organizes, places and monitors the students. (Some of the non-clinicians have a bit of a hard time with that given that the same placements have been used for the past 20 years so it is just a matter of weekly meetings for one hour per week with the field experience and three for the internship, but there are no assigned readings or 'teaching' in some organized syllabus format.) We also have a course titled "Research Experience" in which students can enroll but faculty get no credit for 'teaching' in which we can mentor individual students on a 1:1 basis for research they carry out, and an "Independent Study" which can be research or other things that are appropriate and again the students enroll for units ( and pay for units) but we do not get compensated. I would say that most of us carry an average of 1-2 students per semester in these categories of class. Does this help? Annette Quoting "Hetzel, Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi everyone: > > How do you structure undergraduate practicum experiences in your > program? Do you offer practicum at a regular time each semester? Or do > you offer it on an as-needed basis? > > Rod > > ______________________________________________ > Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology > LeTourneau University > Post Office Box 7001 > 2100 South Mobberly Avenue > Longview, Texas 75607-7001 > > Office: Education Center 218 > Phone: 903-233-3893 > Fax: 903-233-3851 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
