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Curriculum
Program
Description from 2007-08 Catalog of Courses
The
psychology curriculum at Fort
Lewis College
is interdisciplinary. In the classroom, you will be introduced to concepts
of research methodologies from the field of social science as these
concepts relate to the systematic and scientific study of behavior.
Psychological theories, data and applications are evaluated from several
perspectives. Current issues are identified and discussed.
In the
laboratory, you will examine hands-on problems that were identified in
lectures and readings. The laboratory facilities at Fort Lewis
allow you to study and research problems in the areas of animal and human
conditioning, memory processes, brain functions, sensation and perception.
Field
activities will give you a different perspective of psychology by providing
an opportunity to study animal behavior in natural habitats. For example,
there have been Innovative Months in Kenya,
East Africa, in the Galapagos Islands and the Ecuadorian Andes, in Nepal and in the Ladahk region of India for
students of animal and human behavior. A Clinical
Psychology Field
School at Napa
State Hospital
in California
each year will broaden your perspective regarding mental illness and its
treatment. In addition, a semester-long internship at Napa State
Hospital is available
for extensive experience in a modern therapeutic setting working with
developmentally disabled adolescents and chronically mentally ill adults.
Although
academic standards in the department are high and course work demanding,
good library facilities, access to computers, motivating lectures, small classes
and a lot of individual attention by the faculty make the learning
experience enjoyable.
Many
graduates have found job opportunities directly related to psychology in
areas of counseling, rehabilitation, clinical practice, behavioral
management, psychological testing, personnel training, psychiatric social
work, behavioral research and college teaching.
Also, a
large number of psychology graduates have secured positions in closely
related fields such as probation work, banking, medicine, teaching, art,
dentistry, retail management, computer programming, veterinary science, the
military and health administration.
Although
most of our graduates are not psychologists, a career title which requires
a doctoral degree, we believe that all of our graduates, irrespective of
specific career goals, are well-versed in psychology and have a competitive
advantage in seeking employment in many areas. In the world of work,
psychology better prepares them to deal effectively with themselves, their
fellow employees and their supervisors, regardless of the nature of the
work.
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