Considering that at other places I've worked (excepting here) psych is by far the largest major, I'm not surprised. It's not like we typically attract intensely career-oriented students all that often. Most (again, at other places I've worked) sort of wander into psych because, as one student put it to me, she didn't like science or math. (That was a fun conversation, I can tell you. :)
I think big schools get tons of psych majors who are not prepared to do post-grad work, and so don't obviously "do" anything with their psych degree. But a BA in psych is as good as a BA in anything. (What that means I leave as an exercise for the reader.) Here we have pretty much turned ourselves into a grad-school-prep program and have gotten quite good at it (well, good at making sure our students can hack the hard stuff). I wonder if satisfaction from our graduates would be different than this sample? I would suspect so, based on the feedback we get from them once they're installed in their first methods/stats grad courses... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- ________________________________ From: Lilienfeld, Scott O [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 4:28 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] dissatisfaction among psychology majors Hi All - From today's Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704011904575538561813341020.html ....Scott ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1&n=T&l=tips&o=5583 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-5583-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-5583-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5584 or send a blank email to leave-5584-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
