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.
The following courses might be particularly helpful for careers in the following specific areas:
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.
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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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Employeers looks at many of your skills to assess you development as a professional. There are plenty of online courses available that can help further your knowledge such as these online psychology courses. There are many study options to choose from such as counseling courses and child psychology courses that can help extend your skillset to cover more areas in psychology. —distance-education.org
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