Student will meet with department faculty for an interview, will prepare self goals and objectives and will create a bibliography representative of the partitive experience. Students will meet individually and in groups with the instructor. This course will be taken before the student does a thesis. Pilot work is encouraged. The course is conducted primarily on an independent basis in consultation with the instructor.
Independent research is emphasized in consultation with the instructor and an advisor.
The comprehensive examination is one of three methods by which a student majoring in psychology may complete the requirements for a psychology major. 1-12 Credits Students participate in supervised field work. Placements include group homes, residential treatment centers, day treatment centers, nursing homes, hospitals, psychological clinics, personnel offices, chemical dependency centers. The course is taken subsequent to or concurrent with the internship. Papers include theoretical and empirical studies contained in the bibliography developed in PY488 and relevant to the internship experience.