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Suggested Courses to Develop Skills
Employers Seek
If you are trying to strengthen particular
skills, certain courses may be helpful. These lists were based on discussions in
our department about which courses offered on our campus were best for
cultivating various skills.
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
Another approach is to match courses to areas
of employment. In the following cases, groups of courses provide skills relevant
to various types of careers.
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
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 careers. This
skills orientation can help students make good
selections of courses to take.
APA-style reference for this page:
Lloyd, M. A., Kennedy, J. H., & Dewey,
R.A. (2016, November 21). Suggested courses to develop skills that prospective
employers want. Retrieved from: https://www.psywww.com/careers/suggest.html
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