I'm sorry: "Cool" in the sense of doing the very best undergraduate education in the science of psych that we can. Cool as in high positive student engagement and high scores on measures of outcomes.
It could mean new courses, it could mean new programs (programs for undergrad research), it could mean travel (although I'm sort of at a loss about travel other than for research), it could mean internships, it could mean anything that's been shown to do a superior job with undergraduate education in psychology. Does that make sense? I want challenges for them that we can help them meet, I want them excited about studying psych, and most important, I want them well-grounded in the science. I don't know what we'll eventually be able to do, but while we're thinking, we're shooting the moon and are going to think big. m ------ "[F]aculty have an obligation to the students collectively to prescribe a required course of study designed specifically for liberal education that is comprehensive, coherent, and rigorous." -- Jerry L. Martin -----Original Message----- From: Deb Briihl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:56 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Cool Undergraduate Programs What do you mean by "cool" - increasing the number of students in your program? Improving course evaluations? New preps possibly? At 11:06 AM 3/19/2008 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, All -- > >Next year I'm going to be running our little show here (they're going >to make me chair). > >For the past several years our program has been languishing; it seems >to me that a good way to start the process of recovery from that would >be not to try to reclaim our former glory (pardon my hyperbole), but >rather move us, as they say, "forward." > >To that end I'm trying to compile a list of cool undergraduate programs >in psych (I'm applying the CASE method to our departmental reform). I >was poking around APA and CUPP and other web sites, and finding some >ideas, but really, not that much. > >Then, in what can only be described as a brilliant flash of genius >(hyperbole again; it was really more a Homer Simpson "D'oh!" moment), I >thought, why not ask TIPS? > >So, at last, my question: > >What are some cool psych programs that you all know of? (Feel free to >self nominate, of course.) We are a small, sort of poor program, but >have a highly motivated and dedicated faculty of three (including >myself). > >Thanks for any ideas you can give us to help in this. > >m > >------ >"[F]aculty have an obligation to the students collectively to prescribe >a required course of study designed specifically for liberal education >that is comprehensive, coherent, and rigorous." >-- >Jerry L. Martin > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Deb Dr. Deborah S. Briihl Dept. of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 (229) 333-5994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dbriihl/ Well I know these voices must be my soul... Rhyme and Reason - DMB --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
