Field Experience

Catalog description

One to three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Admission into Psychology MA program and Permission of Instructor This course involves a supervised, individualized, scholarly investigation of an advanced topic in psychology involving work/volunteer experience in an appropriate setting. Students will be supervised by a faculty internship advisor and a field instructor. Students will prepare a project proposal that reviews relevant literature, formulates one or more research questions involving the internship site, and describes a methodology to examine the research question(s). Under faculty and site supervision, the student will then produce a written project report that draws data-based conclusions. This course is intended to be taken twice. Repeat 3 times up to 9 units