Home | HR Program | Psych Dept. | MU |
PSY 4490: | Outcomes (All from Dr. Sechrist) |
4490 | Attendance | Exercises | Grades | Outcomes | Policies | Schedule |
Goals and
Objectives:
As a capstone experience, this course is designed to prepare you to
succeed once you leave Mansfield. It offers an opportunity to reflect on
what you have learned during your college career and to build career or
graduate school plans for yourself. By actively investing in this class,
perhaps more than in any other course, you are investing in yourself and
your future.
There are two broad goals for the psychology senior seminar:
1.
To put a “capstone” on your education in psychology at Mansfield.
This means concluding your senior academic
work with content that allows you to demonstrate your growth as a
student of psychology and to document and reflect on your history as a
student at MU.
You will do this by:
a.
Completing your Psychology Portfolio as a representation of your
knowledge and your best work in the Psychology Major.
b.
Completing an in-depth study of a major topic relating to your specialty
interest within psychology, designing a related research study, and
presenting the results of your analysis and research proposal in both a
formal paper and in a public presentation to your peers and the
Psychology faculty.
2.
2.
To help you prepare for some of the professional and personal challenges you will
face upon graduation from college. You will do this by:
a.
a.
Examining and discussing key societal issues and clarifying your own
critical thinking on these topics.
b.
b.
Exploring the implications of acting on a well defined set of ethical
principles in both your personal and professional lives.
c.
c.
Refining your career plan and honing practical skills related to your
next steps in your career.
The Psychology Department curriculum aims to
produce certain outcomes with our students.
The following program outcomes are
specifically addressed during this class.
[1]Based
on the American Psychological Association (APA) Guidelines for the
Undergraduate Psychology Major Version 2.0, August 2013.
Retrieved from
www.apa.org/ed/precollege/about/psymajor-guidelines.pdf.
Specific
Course
Student Learning
Outcomes (linked to the above PSLOs in parentheses):
At the completion of this course, you should
be able to:
1.
Explain and identify
scientific methods in psychology,
as well as the
important psychological terms, concepts, and
issues covered in your
undergraduate course work by: (a) participating in class discussions and
presentations (e.g., discussion leading) and (b) including in your
psychology portfolio best examples of your academic work as a psychology
student (PSLO1, 2, 3, and 4).
2.
Write your Portfolio “Foreword”
summarizing your development as a student and your major career goals
and outlook. Write a
cover letter
that introduces you and your skills to a potential employer or graduate
admission committee (PSLO4 and 5).
3.
Complete other aspects of your
Psychology Major Portfolio as a
representation of your knowledge and your best work as a student in the
Psychology Major, including:
a.
Update and complete assignments that encourage you to examine your
values, strengths, weaknesses, and career vision (PSLO4 and 5).
b.
Update your résumé (PSLO4 and 5).
c.
Supplemental materials that highlight your formal applied professional
experience (e.g., Internship), your campus/community service and other
relevant community experiences, your awards and honors, a sample cover
letter to a prospective employer, and so on (PSLO3, 4, and 5).
4.
Research and write a major “seminar paper”
that will challenge you to apply what you have learned as a psychology
major in an in-depth examination of a significant issue or problem area
where a psychological analysis has been applied.
You
will publicly present your findings at the end of the semester (PSLO1,
2, 3, 4, and 5).
Failure to publicly present your paper
during your assigned time on November 9, 11, 16, and 18 will result in
an “F” in the course. |
||||||||||||||||||