Career and Graduate School

Career and Graduate School Informational Links

* American Psychological Association (APA) Student Page

           Career Brochure (Great Resource, 40 page pdf file -- click here for html version)
           Employment Data (Info is better for those with advanced degrees)
           PsychCrawler -- a searchable index for Psychology
           APA Career Page (mostly for people with advanced degrees, or seeking an advanced degree)

* Association for Psychological Science (APS) Undergraduate Student Page
            APS Page provides information on graduate schools/programs, not much more.
             However, they do have a page of links to many diverse topics

* Individual Career Pages -- provide ideas in many areas including personal development, work settings, and grad schools
              At www.psywww.com
At University of Northern Iowa

* Finding Jobs
Obviously personal contacts, local newspapers, the University's career services office,
and many other resources exist. There are a few links below.
                The Job Hunter's Bible (by author Richard Bolles)
                The Quintessential Careers Page
                The College Graduate Job Hunter
                The U.S. Department of Labor
                O*net Online -- Occupational Information Network: Use your known skills to link to an occupation

* Graduate School Information
           Many links exist above, especially at the APA and APS site
                 Links at Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology
   Gradschools.com
                 Psychology Graduate School Portal
                 About Graduate School
                 The Graduate Record Exam (GRE, an admissions exam)
                 Petersons.com -- Known for their guidebook to graduate schools, all sorts of online resources

*    Program of the semester (Spring 2010)
       New PsyD in Counseling Psychology at St Mary's -- Program Web Page

*    Programs profiled in previous semesters
             Newer PsyD Program in School Psychology at Mankato (News) Program Pages
   Child Psychology at the Institute of Child Development at the Univ. of Minnesota (Ph.D.)
   Counseling at Bethel University (M.A.)
             Metropolitan State University offers an M.A. in Psychology (Community focus; non-clinical)
                        ** A Guaranteed Admission Program (useful guide for all considering grad school)
             Saint Cloud State University Psychology Department: Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
             Minnesota State University Mankato (formerly Mankato State) offers Clinical and I/O Psych (M.A.)
Adler Graduate School (Richfield): M.A. in Adlerian Counseling and Psychtherapy (MFT. LPC, LPCC,; areas like Art, Coaching)
             Psychology at Capella University
           St. Mary's University of Minnesota (Counseling and Psychological Services; Minneapolis campus)
             North Dakota State University (Masters in Clinical; PhD in Health/Social or Cognitive Neuroscience)
             University of Wisconsin-River Falls (Department of Counseling and School Psychology)
                       Two Different Programs in one Department -- Within a College of Education
Minnesota State University Moorhead (formerly Moorhead State): Counseling and Student Affairs (M.S., Education)
Counseling Programs in 4 areas: School Counseling; Community Counseling; College Counseling; Student Affairs
             University of North Dakota Psychology Department (PhD in Clinical or PhD in Experimental; New Master's in Forensic Psych)

* Considering a career in clinical therapy or counseling? These typically require a license from the State. In MN:
LP: Licensed Psychologist (Info Here -- see link for Licensing)
LMFT: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Info Here -- Many links, maybe most informative of the three sites)
LPC: Licensed Professional Counselor (Info here -- navigate links, such as Licensing-LPC)
School Counselor: Administered by Dept. of Education (Info Here)