Suggested Courses to Develop Skills that Prospective Employers
Want
If you are trying to strengthen particular skills, certain courses may
be helpful. The following list is based on courses offered on our campus
and some of the skills they emphasize.
- Knowing how to learn
- History
- Political Science
- Environmental Science or Ecology
- Introduction to Psychology
- Psychology of Adjustment
- Cognitive Psychology
- Competence in reading, writing, and computational skills
- Journalism
- English Composition
- Math
- Communication Arts
- Philosophy
- Computer Science
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Sociology
- Psychological Statistics
- Research Methods
- Experimental psychology lab courses
- History & Systems
- Communication skills
- Speech
- Research Methods
- Journalism
- Experimental Psychology Lab Courses
- Broadcasting
- Self-management skills
- Health
- Psychology of Adjustment
- Field Experience
- Directed Research
- Behavior Modification
- Lifespan Development
- Health Psychology
- Adaptability
- Research Methods
- Experimental Psychology Lab Courses
- Behavior Modification
- Group interactional skills
- Race & Ethnic Relations
- Sociology
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Psychology of Adjustment
- Motivation & Emotion
- Influence skills
- Economics
- Business
- Speech
- Marketing
- Applied Psychology
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Behavior Modification
The following courses might be particularly helpful for careers in the
following specific areas:
- Business
- Economics
- Other Business courses
- Computer Science
- Psychology of Women
- Math
- Psychological Statistics
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Applied Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Field Experience
- Human Services
- Criminal Justice
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Family & Child Studies
- Health & Aging Studies
- Justice Studies
- Child Psychology
- Lifespan Developmental Psychology
- Behavior Modification
- Abnormal Psychology
- Tests & Measururement
- Field Experience
- Substance Abuse
- Psychology of Women
- Personality Psychology
- Theories of Personality
- Health Psychology
Again: the list is somewhat arbitrary and depends upon how courses are
structured at your particular institution. The deeper point is this: College
courses prepare you for employment not just by "teaching a subject"
but by developing skills which might be applied in many different ways.
The skills orientation can help students think in useful ways about
how different courses can help them.
APA-style reference for this page:
Lloyd, M. A., Kennedy, J. H., & Dewey, R.A. (1997, August 28). Suggested
courses to develop skills that prospective employers want. [Online]. Available:
http://www.psywww.com/careers/suggest.htm.
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