Why Wooster?
› A new facility, a talented faculty, and a wide
range of research opportunities make Wooster a good choice for students
interested in psychology. Psychology majors at Wooster can conduct research
through the Pew Sophomore Research Program, which is
designed specifically to encourage sophomores to become involved in projects
with faculty. In some cases this research has resulted in papers with
faculty that have been published in scholarly journals and presented at
professional conferences.
› Psychology majors are also encouraged to take
advantage of the practicum on the Application of Psychological Theory
and Research, an academically oriented, applied experience that provides off-campus
placement in an approved clinic, agency, institution, or research
center.
› The psychology department is located in Burton
D. Morgan Hall, a spacious new building that houses a
statistical/ computer facility and a colony of cebus apella monkeys
as well as an animal laboratory housing rodents and birds. There are facilities
for research in neuroscience and physiological processes, labs for the
study of cognition and of perception, and rooms designed for the observation
and recording of social behavior. In addition, psychology majors have
an opportunity to work with young students from Wooster's nursery school,
which is located across the street from Morgan Hall.
Life After Wooster
During the past four decades, approximately twothirds
of the department’s graduates entered M.A. or Ph.D. programs in psychology
or related areas, such as education, law, social work, criminology, and medicine.
Several recent graduates are in post-graduate programs at Brown, Case Western,
Delaware, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Northwestern, and Penn State. Other
graduates enter the job market in a variety of settings — social services,
personnel managers, and computer analysts — immediately after graduation.
Recent graduates include a school counselor, school psychologist, activity therapist,
and resident physician in neurology. |
