"At the beginning of the course I did not have a clear understanding of what all I had to do before I graduated. It definitely opened my eyes to all the possibilities for a career in psychology."
First, watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dcNtNDg2p4
then read this and this: Follow Your Passion?
Read L's Chapter 1 & 2
Next, I want you to reflect on what kind of life you want to have. Below are some questions to get you started in thinking about this.
What kind of life do you want to have? How do you see the balance between employment and personal time? How important is money to you? What pace of work do you like (fast, slow, etc)? Do you want a regular work day (8-5)? How much supervision do you need/like? How much autonomy? How much flexibility with work schedule? What kind of interactions do you like (people-if so, what kind, adults, children, older adults, etc, computers, paperwork, colleagues, etc)? What kind of work environment (office, out and about, etc)? What about the rest of your non-work life? How much time do you want to have for family? Travel? Hobbies? Friends? Do you want to start your own family? If you have some specific ideas of the type of job you want, go ahead and write about that too, but this really is about thinking about the pace of your life.
Please email me this reflection, and your thoughts about this assignment with the heading 'what kind of life'...and ask your question on the fb page.
Meet with Your Advisor
(Note: for summer students; you should attempt to meet with your advisor, but please be advised, that most, if not all of your professors are not paid during the summer, and therefore, do not work in the summer. An email interaction WILL count for this assignment if you cannot meet with them. If you are unsuccessful in securing a meeting or having an email conversation, please note those efforts in your assignment, and you will still get credit).
Most students seriously underuse their advisor. They only go to them when they 'have' to. You are really missing out. Your advisor can be very helpful to you in planning and making decisions about your major, getting advice about graduate school and jobs, helping ease stress through providing you information and other resources, and gasp! sometimes become a great professional contact, or even, friend.
I would like you to find out who your advisor is (if you don't know) and meet with him or her. You can talk about course scheduling, scheduling to make a particular graduation date, research or teaching assistant opportunities (which are an important and FUN way to get experience in psychology), or whatever you feel comfortable with. The point is to make this contact for a reason *other than* just getting a signature for something. Your advisor can be an important source of information for you, and ultimately, can be a possibility for a letter of reference. But not if they don't know who you are :) If you don't like your advisor or connect better with someone else, you can ask Jan in the department office to switch you to someone else.
Please write up a reflection of your meeting with your advisor and email it to me with the subject heading "advisor meeting"...and ask a question on the fb page.
Explore!
http://www.wikihow.com/Email-a-Professor
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