TY - JOUR
T1 - Important Topics in an Introduction to the Psychology Major Course
AU - Landrum, R. Eric
AU - Shoemaker, Cynthia S.
AU - Davis, Stephen F.
PY - 2003/2/1
Y1 - 2003/2/1
N2 - We surveyed psychology departments nationwide to determine the most important issues in undergraduate psychology education via an Introduction to the Psychology Major course. This type of course is becoming popular, with 34.2% of reporting departments offering such a course. Respondents rated 33 undergraduate education issues with respect to importance. We discuss these results in the context of increasing popularity of the psychology major and the course-based method of communicating academic and career advising information to students.
AB - We surveyed psychology departments nationwide to determine the most important issues in undergraduate psychology education via an Introduction to the Psychology Major course. This type of course is becoming popular, with 34.2% of reporting departments offering such a course. Respondents rated 33 undergraduate education issues with respect to importance. We discuss these results in the context of increasing popularity of the psychology major and the course-based method of communicating academic and career advising information to students.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037412648&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/psych_facpubs/86
U2 - 10.1207/S15328023TOP3001_11
DO - 10.1207/S15328023TOP3001_11
M3 - Article
SN - 0098-6283
VL - 30
SP - 48
EP - 51
JO - Teaching of Psychology
JF - Teaching of Psychology
IS - 1
ER -