Some Characteristics of Undergraduate Majors in Psychology

Factors Affecting Evaluation of Undergraduate Job Applicants: Urban vs Rural Human Service Delivery Systems

“…The career plans envisaged by psychology students focus on the human services because students develop a bias toward clinical areas (Korn & Lewandowski, 1981). Yet, undergraduate students often are unaware of the occupational opportunities open to them in the human service field (Quereshi, Brennan, Kuchan & Sackett, 1974) Korn and Lewandowski (1981) cited inadequate career advising for the human services and inadequate curricular preparation as deficiencies in many psychology programs. Prerost (1981) found that a high proportion of students with field experience coursework were successful in attaining human service employment.…”