Advising Psychology Majors: Lutsky, Carleton
College Psychology
NOTE: This page is under development and
out of date. Please also review Psychology
at Carleton: A handbook for majors and nonmajors, which is available in the Psychology Department office
and on-line.
For career and graduate school admissions
information on the WWW, I recommend beginning with Psych
Web. Have fun!
I also recommend reviewing the following:
Marky
Lloyd's Careers in Psychology Page.
Major Requirements
- See Psychology at Carleton: A handbook for majors and
nonmajors.
- See Carleton College: 1996-97 Catalogue.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- Funding Sources
- Carleton's Larson International, Class of 1963, Independent
Research, and Ford Foundation Summer Research Grants fund
juniors for summer research prior to their senior year. In 1996
applications were due February 16.
- American Psychological Association Summer Science Institute
for undergraduates. In 1996 applications were due February 15.
See APA Homepage.
- Sigma Xi, Grants in Aid of Research Program. Funds
undergraduate research
in psychology. See Sigma
Xi. Application deadlines are February 1, May 1, and
November 1.
- Elmes (Ed.) (1995). Directory of research in psychology
at primarily undergraduate institutions.
- Student Research Presentation and Publication Opportunities
- Great Rivers Psychology Conference, October 24, 1996,
Winona, MN.
Abstracts must be postmarked by September 25, 1996. I have
information and forms.
- Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference, April-May,
1997. In 1996
applications were due in late March.
- Psi Chi National Quarterly Journal for Undergraduate
Research.
- See Psychology at Carleton: A handbook for majors and
nonmajors.
Career Advising
- See Professors Sharon Akimoto or Steven Kozberg, Psychology
Department Career Advisors.
- Carleton
Career Center Web Site
- See Psychology at Carleton: A handbook for majors and
nonmajors.
Careers in psychology.
- Psychology in law enforcement: Franks (1996), Annals of law
enforcement.
The New Yorker, July 22, 1996.
- Sports psychology: Directory of graduate programs in
applied sport psychology.
- Market research and consulting. APS Observer,
September/October 1996. Discusses work for a market research and
business consulting firm. [I have a copy.]
- Psychology careers outside the academic realm. APS
Observer, November 1995. Discusses work for the National
Highway and Traffic Safety Administration and the National Public
Service Research Institute, and private sector positions in
personnel selection and evaluation, human factors, advertising,
and behavioral pharmacology. [I have a copy.]
- Zeller (1988). Titles of jobs in human services for students
with a bachelor's degree in psychology. In P. J. Woods (Ed.),
Is psychology for them? A guide to undergraduate advising.
- Carroll, Shmidt, & Sorensen (1992), Careers in psychology:
Or, what can I do with a bachelor's degree. Psychological
Reports, 71, 1151-1154. [I have copies.]
Internships.
- see Internships notebook.
- See Psychology at Carleton: A handbook for majors and
nonmajors.
- Chrysalis: A center for women, Minneapolis.
- Crisis Connection, Minneapolis.
- Summer Mental Health Internships, Foundation for Contemporary
Mental Health, Washington, D.C.
- Preprofessional 12-month traineeships, The Devereux
Foundation, Devon, PA.
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Applied
Social Issues Internship program for college seniors. Applications
are due September 1 of each year.
- Jeffrey Slocum & Associates summer intern research analyst
position, Minneapolis.
Graduate School Admissions
- NSF Graduate Fellowship Application Deadline: November 7,
1996.
- APA (1996). Graduate study in psychology.
- APA (1993). Getting in: A step-by-step plan for gaining
admission to graduate school in psychology.
- Keith-Spiegel (1991). The complete guide to graduate school
admission: Psychology and related fields.
- Keith-Spiegel, Tabachnick, & Spiegel (1994). When demand
exceeds supply: Second-order criteria used by graduate school
selection committees. Teaching of Psychology, 21, 79-81. [I
have copies.]
- Lawson (1995). Gaining admission into graduate programs in
psychology: An update. Teaching of Psychology, 22, 225-227.
[I have copies.]
- Mayne, Norcross, & Sayette (1994). Insider's guide to
graduate programs in clinical psychology.
- APA Division 20 (1994). A guide to doctoral study in the
psychology of adult development
and aging. [I have a copy.]
- Graduate school rankings.
- The Gorman Report: A rating of graduate and professional
programs(1993).
[I have a copy of psychology, social work, and neuroscience
ratings.]
- National Research Council (1995). Rankings of the best
graduate schools in the
United States by discipline. [I have copies.]
- See Psychology at Carleton: A handbook for majors and
nonmajors.
Carleton Psychology Graduates' Web Pages.
Neil Lutsky, September 24, 1996