Education and Career Planning

Educational and career planning is an ongoing process for students. Integral to this process is your advisor who is available to you throughout the program and is an important contributor to your overall development. In addition, the Dean of Students’ Office and the Field Placement Office are resources for you

On this web page you will read of the other opportunities throughout your years with us, to deal with various aspects of educational and career planning. Use this page as a reminder that you have many options for assistance open to you.

Calendar of MSPP Education and career planning:

FIRST YEAR

August
Fundamentals week-an introduction to the school, course and field expectations, and beginning development of the professional self. (e.g. alumni,  salary and career trajectories).

Autumn
Group meeting with the Field Placement directors to start the Field Placement search for Year 2, to be followed by individual meetings with your faculty advisor.

Spring
Which placement types need to precede others, what one should think of if  considering an APA internship, the 3 pre specializations-health psych, child and family, and forensic,  or hospital (e.g. you need to have had adult or child psychopathology as a precursor to  Rorschach before the end of the second year).

Credential Building.

SECOND YEAR

Autumn
Possible career tracks, faculty and alums who represent various domains of practice.

Spring
Field placement discussion–information regarding the MSPP consortium, APA internships, licensing requirements. Relevance of student membership in professional organizations.

Networking – joining professional organizations, mentoring.

THIRD YEAR

October
Pizza with potential Doctoral Project members-pre-faculty meeting.

Spring
How to decide whether or not to apply for an APA internship.
What is a post doc fellowship?

Summer
Individual meetings with field placement personnel re APA internship application.

FOURTH YEAR

October
Post Doc Fair

Autumn and Spring
Post doc Placement Workshop.
Job search and post doc postings.
Mentor program-matching alums and graduating students.

Winter
Mock interviews to prepare for APA internship interviews.
Group informational meetings about the internship match.
Individual meetings about rank order lists.

Spring
Exit interview with advisor.

ANY YEAR

Community and Professional Organizations meeting.

Updated 5/8/08