Hi
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Jim Guinee wrote:
> > From: "David Wasieleski, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Master's Level Assessment courses
> >
> > Ok I know this is a longshot, but if any TIPSters are involved with
> > master's level (or even doctoral level I suppose) graduate programs in
> > clinical psych, what is the rationale for making Intellectual Assessment a
> > prerequisite for Personality Assessment? We're looking to abolish the
>
> Not a strange request, but it seems to be a strange policy.
> The masters level students at this institution take both
> courses, but there is no sequence (neither was there a sequence
> in my doctoral progra, for what it's worth) involved.
> I would waive this requirement -- it is restrictive, and
> further, I can see no rationale in having a student take
> intellectual assessment first. It's not like there is material
> in intellectual assessment that the student has to have in
> order to move on to personality assessment.
The possible benefit, I guess, would be if Intell assessment
covered such general topics as reliability, validity,
standardized and other scores, and so on, so that these did not
have to be taught in the Personality Course (or could just be
reviewed). That is, one could eliminate some possible
redundancies. One alternative would be to have some prerequisite
for both that developed these same concepts to a suitable level
(e.g., Introduction to Assessment), after which students could
take the other two in any order.
Best wishes
Jim
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