Graduation Requirements

General Requirements

 Requirements for BA or BS in Psychology

 Offered Psychology Courses

 Set 1 Courses

 Set 2 Courses

 Psychology Lab Courses

 Five Year BA/MA Program In Psychology

Steps To Take Toward Graduation

Plan Ahead

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year

Graduate School

Recomendation Letters

Web Sites:

http://www.gradschools.com

http://www.petersons.com/graduate/gsector.html

http://www.schoolguides.com/

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/home.htm

http://www.gre.org/

Graduate School and Careers in Psychology

Forensic Psychology Graduate Programs

American Universities

·        California School of Professional Psychology – Fresno: www.cspp.edu

·        Castleton State College – www.castleton.edu (802) 468-5611

·        City University of New York – www.cuny.edu

·        Duke University – www.duke.edu (919) 650-5711

·        Florida State University – www.fsu.edu (850) 644-3246

·        Florida International University – www.fiu.edu (305) 348-2151

·        John Jay College of Criminal Justice – www.jjay.cuny.edu (212) 237-8000

·        Miami Institute of Psychology – www.mip.ccas.edu (305) 593-1223

·        National University – San Diego – www.nu.edu 1-800-NAT-UNIV

·        Sam Houston State University – www.shsu.edu (936) 294-1111

·        St. Louis University – www.slu.edu 1-800- SLU-FORU

·        State University of New York at Buffalo – www.buffalo.edu (716) 645-2939

·        University of Alabama – www.ua.edu (205) 348-6010

·        University of Illinois at Chicago – www.uic.edu (312) 996-7000

·        University of Kansas – www.ukans.edu (785) 864-2700

·        University of Nebraska at Lincoln – www.unl.edu  (402) 472-3229

·        University of Nevada-Reno – www.unr.edu (775) 784-1100

·        University of NC at Chapel Hill – www.unc.edu (919) 962-2211

·        University of Texas at El Paso – www.utep.edu (915) 747-5000

·        University of Virginia – www.virginia.edu (434) 924-0311

Canadian Universities

·        Queens University – www.quweensu.ca (613) 533-2000

·        Simon Fraiser University – www.sfu.ca (604) 291-3224

·        University of British Columbia – www.ubc.ca (604) 822-468-5611

·        University of Ottawa – www.uottawa.ca

·        Dalhousie University – www.dal.ca (902) 494-2211

Also check:

http://www.psywww.com/career/forensic.htm (If you are asked for a user name and password, just click on "cancel" and it should work)

Books:

 Getting in: A Step-By-Step Plan for Gaining Admission to Graduate School in Psychology.

 Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning A Master's or a Ph.D. Robert L. Peters

 Graduate School in Psychology 1998 (Annual)

Careers In Psychology

SBU Career Counseling Center

Web Sites:

http://www.wesleyan.edu/spn/career.htm#listings

http://www.umass.edu/1Academic/CArtsandSciences/Psychology

Books:

 Career Paths in Psychology: Where Your Degree Can Take You. Robert J. Sternberg

 Great Jobs for Psychology Majors. Stephen E. Lambert & Julie Ann DeGalan

 Opportunities in Psychology Careers. Charles M. Super & Donald Super

Recommended Psychology References

Web Sites: (There are many Psychology Web Pages, use Psychology as a key word to find some.)

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/

http://www.psychology.org

http://www.apa.org

http://www.apa.org.students/brochure/contents.html

http://www..psywww.com/resource/megalist.htm

http://www.psywww.com/index.html (If you are asked for a user name and password, just click on "cancel" and it should work)

Books:

 The Handbook of Psychology. Drew Appley

 Writing Empirical Research Reports. Fred Pyrczak & Randall R. Bruce

 Writing Papers in Psychology. Ralph L. Rosnow & Mimi Rosnow