Wednesday 30 July 2008

Fields of study in psychology and counseling

Exploring an interest in psychology?
Programs in psychology are offered through several departments and colleges at the University of Minnesota. The undergraduate program in psychology is offered through the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts. The undergraduate program in child psychology is offered through the Institute of Child Development and the College of Liberal Arts.
Graduate programs through the College of Education and Human Development are offered in the following fields:
Child psychology
Applied developmental psychology
Counseling and student personnel psychology *
Professional development
K-12 school counseling *
Marriage and family therapy *
Psychological foundations of education
Human development in education
Social psychology/human relations
Learning and cognition/educational psychology
Quantitative methods in education
Measurement and accountability
Statistics education
Statistics
Evaluation
School psychology *
Social work *
Special education *
Applied behavior analysis
Autism spectrum disorders
Talent development and gifted education
* Programs can lead to licensure
Graduate programs offered through the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts include the following fields:
Biological psychopathology
Clinical science and psychopathology research
Cognitive and biological psychology
Counseling psychology
Developmental psychopathology and clinical science
Differential psychology/behavioral genetics
Industrial/organizational psychology
Personality research
Psychometric methods
Social psychology
Admission to all graduate programs is through the Graduate School's Office of Admissions.
Additional resources
Careers in Psychology for the 21st Century by the American Psychological Association
Wage information for Minnesota from ISEEK: clinical, counseling, and school psychologists; and industrial-organizational psychologists
Career description from ISEEK: psychologists, counselors, and psychiatrists
Occupational outlook for "counselors, psychologists" from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Professional organizations
American Psychological Association
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of Social Workers
National Council on Family Relations
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

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