PSY 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Liberal Arts Education, Academic Advising
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Liberal arts education in general, and the study of psychology in particular, is a preparation for lifelong learning, thinking and action; it emphasizes specialized and general knowledge and skills. Apa recognizes only four specialties, clinical, counseling, school, and industrial/organizational psychology. Area of specialization becomes much more important if you elect to attend graduate school. Desirable skills and abilities for the psychology major. Try to arrange your curriculum choices to seek yourself the opportunity to acquire as many of these skills and abilities as possible. Want to honestly evaluate your current strengths and weaknesses, seek out opportunities to improve on your weaknesses. Academic advising focuses on the curricular demands of the major and addresses such issue as course scheduling and availability, student success in academic courses, meeting prerequisites, and graduation requirements. Career advising emphasizes the student"s short- and long-term goals and takes the form of multiple discussions between the student and advisor over the course of an academic career.
