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Exploring Psychology

Sections

• General Psychology
• School Psychology
• Behavior Analysis
• Forensic Psychology
• Art/Music Therapy
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Clinical/Counseling Psychology
• Sports/Health Psychology

General Psychology

Resources to Explore at WMU: General psychology classes will begin to help you decide if psychology is right for you. Our introductory core consisting of PSY 100, PSY 160 and PSY 250 is the same for both majors and minors.

Web Sites of Interest:

• American Psychological Association
• A Professor's Guide to Navigating Psychology
• Psych Web

In addition, you may want to use a search engine to find other pages. Some good key terms are "psychology", "psychology careers" and "learning psychology". As with all web searches, keep a critical eye and talk with your advisor or a faculty member about the information that you find. There is a lot of information out there and not all of it is accurate!

School Psychology

Resources to Explore at WMU: Unfortunately, at this time, WMU does not have a graduate level program in school psychology. However, we do continue to offer PSY 517: Psychology in the Schools as an elective for psychology majors. This course will continue to cover issues that are of importance to future school psychologists.

Web sites of Interest:

• School Psychology division of the American Psychological Association
• Educational Psychology division of the American Psychological Association
• National Association of School Psychologists
• School Psychology Resources Online

Behavior Analysis

Resources to Explore at WMU: Several of our courses within both the major and the minor integrate crucial information about behavior analysis and the practice of psychology as a natural science. Key courses include: PSY 330, PSY 360 and PSY 460.

Web Sites of Interest

• Association for Behavior Analysis
• Behavior Analysis division of the American Psychological Association
• Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
• Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Forensic Psychology

Resources to Explore at WMU: While we realize that this is an area of interest to many students, our department does not currently offer any coursework specifically in forensic psychology. Most individuals interested in this field find that having a double major or a minor in criminal justice is helpful to them.

Web Sites of Interest

• American Board of Forensic Psychology

Art & Music Therapy

Resources to Explore at WMU: While the WMU Psychology Department does not currently offer any course work in these areas, you are encouraged to talk with advisors in the art or music departments about possible coursework options.

Web Sites of Interest

Art Therapy:

• American Art Therapy Association

Music Therapy

• American Music Therapy Association

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Resources to Explore at WMU: WMU offers students several courses in industrial/organizational psychology including PSY 4440, Industrial/Organizational Behavior Analysis, PSY 5470, Practicum in Organizational Performance Improvement and PSY 5480, Instructional Design. Minors in psychology are encouraged to enroll in PSY 344: Industrial/Organizational Behavior if they are interested in the area. Note that PSY 344 is an elective for minors only--majors should enroll in PSY 444.

In addition, PSY 597: Behavior Based Safety is offered regularly and provides a background to individuals interested in I/O Psychology.

Web Sites of Interest

• Organizational Behavior Management Network
• The Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Clinical/Counseling Psychology

Resources to Explore at WMU: Clinical and counseling psychology programs often look for some research and applied experiences. Courses that may be appropriate include all of the introductory core as well as PSY 561: Introduction to Clinical Psychology.

Web Sites of Interest

• Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT)

Divisions related to Clinical and Counseling Psychology within the American Psychological Association:

• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Clinical Neuropsychology
• Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
• Pediatric Psychology

Sports & Health Psychology

Resources to Explore at WMU: A course in the management of health-related behaviors (PSY 463) is offered and fulfills an elective requirement for both majors and minors.

Web Sites of Interest

Health Psychology Sites

• Health Psychology division of the American Psychological Association

Sports Psychology Sites

• Sports Psychology division of the American Psychological Association