Tipsters,
We are discussing as a department the benefits and costs of adding
several applied courses (including Close Relationships, Addictive
Disorders, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Gender Studies, Forensic
Psychology, Health Psychology, and Applied Assessment) to our
curriculum. We currently offer a standard tiered curriculum of courses
(introductory; methods and statistics; standard disciplinary courses
such as developmental, social, memory and cognition etc.; and a capstone
[senior thesis or senior seminar]). The major questions with which we
are wrestling are: 1) Do such applied courses fit in the curriculum of
an undergraduate psychology major and 2) Do such applied courses fit
into the mission of a liberal arts education?
We have our own ideas as to the relative benefits and costs of these
proposed courses, but I would invite your opinions as to the place of
applied courses such as these in a psychology major in a liberal arts
context.
Thanks for your help,
David
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David K. Jones
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Westminster College
Fulton, MO 65251
(573) 592-5310
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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