Information About Advisement
Academic Progress Summary
Capstone Options for Majors
Career Information
Frequently
Asked Questions about the Major in Psychology
Information
About Advisement
The philosophy of the Department of Psychology is to require students
to be personally responsible for their college education.
The department emphasizes students' involvement in planning
their academic schedules to maximize opportunities for
learning and growth in order to meet graduation requirements
and advance career interests. All relevant information
for planning students' course work is provided in students'
Undergraduate
Catalog,
on the department's Undergraduate Web sites, and
in periodic e-mails sent through the
listserv for Majors in Psychology.
Students Responsibilities
Students are expected to have a complete understanding
of the requirements for the Major and for graduation.
Students should know which of the requirements
they have completed and which requirements they still
need for graduation. Students should review
Requirements for the Major,
Model Course Schedules,
and Cumulative Planning Guide
for suggested courses to complete
the Major in Psychology and to satisfy graduation
requirements. The department respects our students' abilities
to implement their own academic plan.
Before meeting with a Psychology advisor, students must:
- Pick up a current Academic
Progress Summary
in Moulton 107 or print Progress Toward My Degree
from iCAMPUS,
- Review the requirements for the Major and graduation
requirements in the appropriate Undergraduate
Catalog.
- Prepare a written academic plan for review with
the Psychology advisor.
Students who do not complete these three steps will
be asked to reschedule their appointment until they
are fully prepared to discuss their semester schedule
and academic plan.
Most psychology majors needing advisement
should plan to meet with Ms. Steward. Due to Dr.
Mark's appointment as coordinator of the graduate program
in Clinical-Counseling Psychology, she has limited
hours available for advisement. However, she is available
to meet with psychology majors interested in internships,
pursuing graduate or professional school, and with
students with whom she has had prior extensive advisement
contact.
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Advisors Responsibilities
Advisors are responsible for assisting students with academic problems
and helping students make decisions among available options. Advisors do
not tell students what courses they need to take each semester in order to graduate.
Freshmen are advised through University College,
not the Department of Psychology. Honors students are advised through the
Honors Program.
After the freshman year, students are not required to meet with
any advisor.
Specifically, advisors can:
- Update students' academic record to identify
the elective courses that count toward the Major.
Therefore, after the sophomore year, students should
have advisors update their plan of study, at least
annually, to reflect elective courses in the students'
official academic record.
- Advise students about enrolling in a course at
another college or university. The advisor can
verify if the course will meet Illinois State's
requirements and if the hours can be transferred
to ISU.
- Assist students when they anticipate a disruption
in their academic career for any reason.
Academic Progress Summary
The Academic Progress Summary
(APS) is the official undergraduate record of academic progress
at Illinois State, including course requirements for the Major
and graduation requirements. The APS needs to be periodically
updated by the Psychology advisors. Some elective courses may not
be recorded on students' plan of study. Contact the Psychology
advisors by phone or e-mail to update the APS prior to Advance
Registration. The APS includes the following information:
- General Education/Illinois Articulation Initiative
(IAI) requirements;
- Total hours and senior hours completed and hours
left to complete;
- Status for completing the Constitution Exam,
Writing Exam, and Global Studies requirements;
and
- Completed course requirements for the Major in
Psychology and courses left to complete.
Capstone
Experiences for Majors
The Major in Psychology is structured so that students
learn basic knowledge and skills in the required
and elective courses and then apply what has been
learned in a capstone experience before completing
graduation requirements. The capstone experiences
for psychology majors are:
- PSY
390 Advance Research Apprenticeship with the same
faculty member for prerequisite course PSY 290
Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship for 3
hours (formerly PSY 290.01);
- PSY
391 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Apprenticeship,
with the same faculty member for prerequisite course
PSY 291 Special Projects: Undergraduate Teaching
for 3 hours (formerly PSY 290.02);
- PSY 392 Senior Seminar;
- PSY 395 Professional Practice Seminar and PSY
398 Professional Practice: Psychology (for 3 hours)
taken in the same semester; and
- IDS 395.03 Honor Thesis: Psychology (for 3 hours),
with presentation of honors thesis, usually during
the department's Honors Colloquium in the spring
semester.
Capstone experiences are discussed in PSY 200 Careers
in Psychology. See Out-of-Class
Experiences
for more information.
Career Information
Students are encouraged to review Considering Graduate School.
It contains information for students thinking about graduate
school and how to prepare for graduate school.
Students are required to take PSY 200 Careers in Psychology.
PSY 200 should be taken in the second semester of students' freshman
year or during the sophomore year. This course is designed to acquaint
students with the requirements of the Major. Students will be
instructed on how to tailor their plan of study to meet academic
and career-preparation goals. This course will also identify which careers
are possible with a bachelor's degree in psychology and how to
pursue graduate study in psychology.
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