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So I am so pleased to introduce to you Suzanne McCuster,

is that right?

McCusker.

McCusker, again.

Yeah.

And Suzanne works at the University of Washington

Tacoma, as you know.

And she is a great advisor in psychology,

and she's a wonderful person to talk

to maybe after the workshop.

And she's going to cover all the requirements

you need for admission to the Psychology Program.

So Suzanne, thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

So what I tried to put together is

all of the information you need on transferring, declaring

the psychology major, and then other interesting information,

hopefully, that you'll find interesting about the program.

And a little bit more about what we do

and what opportunities there are and that sort of thing.

If you have any questions at any time, feel free, please ask.

And then we can certainly talk more at the end

as well, about any other things that you might have questions

about.

So there we go.

OK.

So your first question may be more about logistical.

How do you get to UWT?

Really, you have to meet some fairly reasonable admission

requirements.

You have to have a minimum of 45 credits.

You have to have intermediate algebra with at least a 2.0.

You have to have English proficiency, whether that's

through composition or perhaps the TOEFL or something

similar to that.

You've got to complete two years of world language.

And have a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA.

Now, the two years of world language

can be satisfied in multiple ways, really.

If you completed two years of the same foreign language

in high school, we will accept that.

If you take two quarters of the same language

while you're here, we'll accept that also.

Or if you don't do it in either of those first two places,

if you don't take your world language until you get to UWT,

that's totally fine, too, as long

as you complete two quarters of the same language.

That's actually a requirement that

has to be completed prior to graduation.

So even though we list it as an admission requirement,

it's preferred that you have it done

by the time you get to UWT, but if you don't, that's OK, too.

The one thing that you may find that leads you to take it

here is that you will have more opportunities

for different languages here.

At UWT we only offer Spanish and Chinese at this point.

So if you want French or German or something else,

look for it somewhere else.

It makes it easier for you if that's what

your preferred language is.

Step number two, really, is to apply.

Even if you don't think you're ready, even if you don't

have your AA, feel free, apply.

If you meet these criteria, you're eligible,

you will receive an admission decision

based on your circumstance.

So each application is individually reviewed.

And really, if you meet these minimum criteria,

then there's no reason you wouldn't be admitted.

Now, of course, it's no official guarantee.

I don't speak for admissions or anything like that,

but that's really what their perspective is.

We are currently accepting applications

for winter, spring and autumn quarters of next year.

Priority deadline for winter I believe was two days ago.

But as far as I have heard right now,

applications are still being accepted.

If you are applying, if you're thinking

of applying for winter, I would do it yesterday--

I mean, as quickly as you possibly

can just so that we can try and get everything going for you,

because that's a short transition period from when

you finish classes here, to starting classes

right after the first of the year at UWT.

It's very, very quick.

So psychology is kind of one of those unique majors

where it doesn't actually require a separate application.

So you don't apply to UT-T and then apply to psychology.

Instead, you apply to UWT and you're accepted,

and then you finish up prerequisites.

Once you finish up the prerequisites,

as long as you've completed all the courses

and you've got the minimum 2.0 grade in each course,

you can declare the major.

There is no additional personal statement.

You don't have to fill anything else out.

You don't have to pay for anything.

So prerequisites, you must have five courses.

Your General Psych, which kind of makes sense.

Statistics, which is way better for you

to complete here if you can, because it

prepares you to go into one of the important courses.

Your two foundation courses, which

are your 200-level intro to a particular subject.

So you can see there's Lifespan, Abnormal, Social, and then

Biopsychology are all ones that we accept as well.

If you do decide to do a Lifespan or an Abnormal

and you take both of the classes that are listed here,

we will accept both classes, but only one

will count towards a prerequisite.

The other one counts as an elective.

And that's because they want you to have a background in two

different areas.

So let's say you choose one Lifespan and one Abnormal,

which is, honestly, the most common thing

that students choose when they're transferring in,

then you've got a Lifespan and an Abnormal

and you meet the two prerequisites.

Finally, you also have to have research methods, which,

here, is Psych 250.

If you complete Psych 250 here, and, honestly, I think

you'll see this repeat in another minute,

too, but save your materials, because you

will be using those materials in our second research methods

course that you would then take at UWT.

If you're not able to take research methods here,

that's OK.

That's not going to set you back.

And really, we just work it in with everything else

and it's totally fine.

So I kind of got ahead of myself here.

But what if you can't do everything here?

It's still totally fine.

You can be admitted to UWT, as long

as you meet the previous requirements that we just

went over.

And then, as soon as you've completed

the prerequisite courses, you can declare psychology

as your major.

What that means is you can come into UWT,

you come in as what they call a premajor student, which

effectively means that you're undeclared.

Once you complete the prerequisites,

you see me or one of the other psych advisors,

and we officially move your major into psychology.

In the meantime, not being declared in psychology

doesn't prohibit you from taking psych classes.

So if you're finishing up the Research Methods

and you want to take Adolescent Psychology at the same time,

you can do that.

We don't have any problem with that happening.

You can also talk to a psych advisor any time you want to.

We don't have a restriction inside either.

So to talk to me or one of the other psych advisors,

you literally just have to send us an email

or make an appointment with us.

We will see you.

So now what?

You've gotten into UWT, then what happens?

You complete 35 upper division psychology

credits in the major, including our Research Methods II course.

That's seven classes.

What you effectively do are three classes at the 300 level,

then two classes at the 400 level, research methods,

and one final class at either 300 or 400 level, your choice.

That's something that we can totally

work on, and try and choose classes

that really fit your interest more than anything else.

You also have to complete 15 upper division

credits outside psychology.

So these are kind of like your general education requirements.

They can be courses in arts, film, literature,

political science, history, sociology--

those kinds of courses.

And really, most students end up taking those courses

towards the end of their program,

and we tend to use them as kind of electives to help buffer.

If you have a particularly heavy quarter,

we might throw in an upper division film

class or an upper division literature class,

because you enjoy those, and then

make your schedule a little bit more bearable and easier

to work through.

Some of our upper division psych classes are listed here.

So Personality Theories, Adult Development,

Psychopharmacology, the Psychology of Black Women.

And really, these are only a few of the 300 and 400 level

classes.

More of them are listed on our website, which we've got later

and we can always pull that up and look at it if you'd

like to look at that, too.

So other requirements for earning the degree

beyond the psych requirements, of course.

Like we talked, you have to complete world language.

You must complete a minimum 180 credits.

So if you transfer to UWT, with 90 credits from Highline,

you will then complete 90 more at UWT.

Same principles apply.

We do 15 credits a quarter, five credits a class.

So your 90 credits would be basically six quarters.

If you complete more than 90 credits at Highline,

we can work with that, too.

It's pretty easy.

And, obviously, the opposite is also true.

If you only complete 60 or 75 credits here,

then we can still make that work to finish up at UWT.

You've also got to have a minimum 2.0 GPA,

and then meet residency requirements, which

your advisor will go into detail with you

on those when it's necessary.

Residency doesn't always apply to every student.

And so as it says, your advisor will help you with all this.

So the residency and completing any additional courses,

tend to be some of our more frequently asked questions.

So if you do have a question on something like that,

feel free to just reach out to one of us.

We can help you with that.

So beyond classes, what else is there?

Oh, that went out of order.

Hang on.

I'm sorry.

Let me back up.

Totally hit the wrong thing.

So one of the questions we get a lot is,

how do I do other stuff, beyond just

sitting in the classroom for eight hours a week

or however many hours a week?

Research is a definite option for you.

So Dr. Perone, you can see on top, has a very nice smile,

and he's very friendly.

He teaches a lot of the developmental courses.

So if you're interested in developmental psychology,

you can see he teaches Lifespan Imaginative Play,

Cultural Context of Developmental Psychology.

He'll teach our Lifespan Psychology course, Adolescent

Psychology, things like that.

And some of the research that he's done

has been focusing on managing attention-seeking behaviors

in the classroom.

And then he did an internship with a student

that was fundamentals and integration of counseling

and dance therapy.

He also spent some time this summer

in Costa Rica, a month and a half ago or so,

and worked with Patch Adams and did clown kinds of stuff.

It was really, really cool.

And then Dr. Lee is focusing on the effect of stress

on health behaviors, and then addictive behaviors.

So one of his current research projects

is actually related to smoking in college students.

And you can see, he teaches Health Psychology,

Chemical Dependency, and then the Psychophysiology of Stress,

in addition to other courses like our Biopsychology

or Psychopharmacology, those kinds of courses.

He's very much the scientific side of that sort of thing.

He tends to have room for research assistants

pretty frequently, so that's kind of cool, too.

Internships are not required for graduation.

A lot of our students think they are, but they're not.

They are completely optional, and if you want to participate

in one, totally awesome.

We'll help you do it along the way.

Some of our recent internships.

One we had through the Office of the Attorney General,

where the student participated in hiring and recruitment.

And then St. Joseph Medical Center

where the student really participated

in more of a counseling kind of internship.

I don't know which student that was, but to be honest,

I'm guessing they were looking, obviously,

at more of that clinical kind of graduate program

after they finished up.

And then local elementary schools.

Psychology, we tend to have a lot of students

who are interested in school counseling

or being school psychologists.

So that's kind of a typical internship

that some of our students would take advantage of.

And then one that I thought was interesting

was a student did an internship at a local animal shelter,

learning how human behavior relates to animal behavior,

and then trying to explain cats.

I don't know about you, but I can't explain cats.

So if they could figure it out, that's kind of awesome.

And this one's just kind of a hodgepodge.

I wanted to show some of the things

that we've done on campus recently.

You can take part in ASUWT if you wanted to.

We have a Psychology Club, even though it kind of got cut off

there on the bottom.

We have First Generation Fellows,

which is a newer program, to try and assist

students who are first generation,

because the transition can be tough.

But then we have--

you can see Hendrix the Husky there,

and we actually just had our start of the quarter

activities, so there were involvement fairs and career

fairs that are going on this week and things like that.

So there's lots of different opportunities

to do things and become involved, which is pretty fun.

So then what about after graduation?

Because you've gotten to the finish line,

and now you have to figure out what that next step is.

Our recent students have gone into--

you can see, there's a huge list here of those who

have gone into graduate study.

A lot of our psychology majors pair

the major with an education minor,

and then go into the graduate program

that we have at UWT, which certifies students to teach

in K through eight schools.

So we have probably 12 to 15 of our recent graduates

in that program right now.

Some of our grads are also doing Master's in social work

or social welfare.

Master of arts and interdisciplinary studies.

And then there's a couple of students

who actually enrolled at UW Seattle doing their School

Psychology Program.

And another student doing the Master's

in Applied Child and Adolescent Psychology

Prevention and Treatment.

And then we've got the Industrial Organizational

Psychology, which is, that's students at Seattle University.

And the Forensic Psychology student

is actually at John Jay College in New York.

So that's kind of cool.

And then some of the careers.

Finding our recent graduates, honestly, is kind of hard,

because sometimes after they graduate they kind of scatter.

So I had to stop them on Facebook and online

to try and figure out where they might be.

But, for example, one that I did have quite a bit of contact

with is now working as an independent living specialist.

So she works with adults and teenagers

who have developmental issues, and then

helps them to figure out how to live individually as adults,

and function in the adult world.

So that's something that she's doing just

with the Bachelor's degree.

Whereas, obviously, if you were thinking

of being a family counselor, or a school counselor,

or school psychologist, you're going

to need more than just the Bachelor's degree.

But that's obviously not something

you have to figure out right at this moment.

You don't even have to figure that out right

as you get to UWT.

That's something that you can talk to us about as you start

getting through the first couple of quarters,

and then really figure out what area

it is you want to focus on.

Like you were saying, you have a couple of areas

that you're really thinking about.

This is where you have those conversations with us saying,

hey, I want to do whatever after college.

How do I get there?

And that's where we look at these courses

and say, oh, take these courses, talk to this faculty person,

and do these things.

And then by the time you graduate,

you're then prepared to go and do those things.

So some of the helpful sites that we use all the time,

and these are in your packets as well,

so you don't have to necessarily worry about writing it

down right now.

The admission requirements for the campus

is right up there at the top.

Those are the requirements that we just

went over at the beginning.

So the 2.0, the world language, the intermediate algebra,

the 45 credits, and the English proficiency.

Psychology advising.

That's where you can get to information

about all the advisors, when we're available,

and all that sort of fun stuff if you need an advisor.

Your major requirements, which, if you'd like to,

we can look at those and I can show you what those look

like as well.

And then student organizations.

So as I mentioned, we do have a Psychology Club.

There's a bunch of different dance clubs.

There's clubs related to various ethnicities.

There's all kinds of things.

There's a bunch of different organizations

that you could join if you wanted to.

So if you want to contact me, easiest way at this point

is email.

I guess it's probably easier to say it's always email,

to be honest.

By send an email, you will get a response.

And actually, if you'd like them,

I brought some of my business cards with me as well,

so that way you don't have to worry about necessarily writing

down the email address.

You can just see it on one of these.

Whatever's easiest.

And then these are the rest of my fellow psychology advisors.

We're all a little bit crazy in one way or another.

But we're there to help.

So if you need something, let us know.

So after that, ah, questions.

Questions?

Are the classes during the day, evenings?

Thank you.

Yes, very good question.

Short answer, classes are prime time.

So classes are between 8:00, usually,

and 3:00 most of the time.

We have a few professors who will teach later on.

They'll teach a Monday, Wednesday class at 4:15,

or a Tuesday, Thursday class at 3:00.

But on the whole, most psychology classes

happen between that 8:00 and 3:00, Monday through Friday.

We don't have classes after 12:00 on Fridays.

So really at that point, if you're

in a Monday, Wednesday, Friday class, it's in the morning,

and you'll be done by 12:20.

Unfortunately, the Psych Department

really isn't set up for evening classes,

although psychology, more than any other program

on campus at the moment, is using hybrid courses.

So if it's that Monday, Wednesday 4:15 time

slot that we were just talking about,

it meets in person on Mondays, but then on Wednesdays, it's

online.

Or another one of our faculty does a Tuesday, Thursday,

where they meet in person on Tuesdays,

and then Thursdays, she does everything online.

Conveniently, that's also when she gives her tests.

So you just have to be online during that same time period

and everything's great.

So it is a degree.

We do have a bunch of classes offered in any given quarter.

So it is a degree that you can complete within that six

quarter time frame.

Or if you wanted to try and do it more quickly,

psych tends to offer a decent amount of classes

during summer, too.

Just that summer is condensed, and summer's a little bit

crazy, just because our summer classes meet three days a week

for three and 1/2 hours each day.

So it's a lot.

But otherwise, yeah.

Honestly, psych is one of the programs in which you can

get through pretty smoothly.

Most of our psychology transfer students

who come in with 90 credits complete the upper division

requirements that we were talking about,

which is 50 credits.

And maybe complete a minor, 25 to 30 credits,

and then have, say, two to three, two to four electives

left over.

If you decided not to do a minor,

then the courses that would have been for that minor then

become electives.

So 50 credits of required 40 credits of electives

gives you the opportunity to really tailor

what you're doing, because that's eight classes.

You could create your own minor if you

wanted to just by taking classes in that particular subject.

Or you could gear up for graduate school

and take a bunch of classes to make sure that you

are well prepared for that.

So we have lots of options.

I think that's kind of the coolest part.

What are the most common minors for a psychology degree?

Education.

Gender and sexuality studies.

And sociology's coming up.

Sociology's brand new, as of this quarter.

So that one is one that I expect to see the numbers climb.

We already have 17 students in that minor right now,

and it's, like I said, first quarter,

so that's actually pretty good for us.

There's a few other random minors.

Some students might be an American Indian studies minor.

Some students may have an applied computing minor.

But for the most part, education, like hands down.

It's pretty amazing that way.

Yeah.

What's the most popular, like where

[INAUDIBLE] the graduates are going onto science,

like teaching?

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

I hear clinical psychology a lot.

That's probably the one, in the most recent graduating class,

that we've heard most about is that they

want to go into some type of personal counseling practice.

And so they're looking at those master's degrees

or the doctoral degrees to try and get from point A

to point B and make that happen.

They have like internships at hospitals around here

where you can--

like [INAUDIBLE]?

Right.

Internships are challenging, because we

don't have a placement program for internships.

And so an internship that you might complete,

you do the legwork for, which is the part that

makes it challenging, because you

have to go approach somebody and then say, hey,

can I be your intern?

And sometimes it's a little awkward and it can be daunting.

But we have procedures, basically,

that we would follow to help you find a faculty person.

Because also, when you do an internship,

you're not just at the site working with them.

You're also coordinating with a faculty person on campus.

So we would help you then say, oh, have you

had classes with so and so, and can you get them to supervise

what you're doing and help you put together the contract.

Because you do a contract with learning objectives, and what

you're going to produce at the end to show what you've

learned, and things like that.

But yeah, internships, honestly, are great.

And a lot of the students that are

looking at going into grad school want research as well.

But honestly, some type of that hands-on kind of experience,

showing that you have the skill in that area,

whether that's research or an internship,

I mean at that point I think they're probably pretty equal,

as long as you have that experience.

Thank you.

That was a really good question.

Thank you for answering.

You talked about a world languages requirement.

Um-hmm.

So you said two years of it.

Should we be taking world language every quarter

for our entire AA program?

No.

It's where the weird part comes in.

So world language says two years in high school

or two quarters in college.

So it's considered that one quarter in college

is equivalent to one year in high school.

So think of it that way-- makes it a little bit easier.

So if you did two years of German in high school,

and you passed all semesters, you're good to go.

But if you didn't, if you only completed one year of German

and then you said I'm done with German,

I don't want to go back to that, then when you get here you

wanted to take Spanish, and you took two quarters of Spanish,

that would be just fine, and that would be enough.

So if someone is proficient in another language

already, because they immigrated here,

or they're an international student,

how does that work at UWT?

Well, if they're an international student,

they get credit if they have completed

through 7th grade instruction in that other language.

So like you said you were from Japan.

Sorry to use you as an example.

But if you completed through 7th grade instruction in Japanese

when you lived in Japan, then the world language

would be waived.

Instead, you would have to demonstrate

English proficiency.

So yeah, it's a little convoluted sometimes.

But then if there's a student who--

we have some students who speak Russian, for example.

We don't have Russian on campus, but Seattle does world language

testing for all the languages we don't.

So we've had students who've gone up to Seattle

and taken Russian language testing up there,

because they speak it at home and they

know how to read and write it, and they pass it.

And then Seattle just says, yup, you're good to go,

and sends that Back to us and we use that.

So world language seems, in some ways,

like it's a really, really tough thing to get through,

but it's not as bad as it seems.

And we're really pretty creative when it

comes to ways to fulfill that.

Yeah.

So what about [INAUDIBLE] criminal psychology?

Would that be like forensic?

Probably more like forensic, yes.

And at that point, we would probably,

because one of the faculty that we have that

was closest to that left at the end of last year,

we would probably put you in touch

with one of our leading clinical faculty.

Because that would be the closest, and then

we would work with you.

Like one of the advisors would work with you to then say, OK,

what kind of program are you looking for?

Where could you find that program?

And then how do we tailor what you're doing towards that?

I actually just worked with a student

this morning who is interested in forensic psychology.

And so she looked at a couple of programs.

One of the ones at John Jay, being

one, and Fairleigh Dickinson University or college.

And New Jersey also has one.

So we were just looking at that this morning,

and what they require is a Bachelor's

in psychology, abnormal psychology and statistics.

Oh, wow.

Yeah, pretty easy, really.

So grad school and making that transition from undergrad

to grad is really not nearly as crazy as you think it is.

Yeah, it requires a lot, because then you're talking--

not to be totally overwhelming, but GREs,

letters of recommendation, another application,

a personal statement, sending your transcripts,

just like you're applying to go to UWT, basically.

And it has a deadline.

That's the part that really throws a lot of students

off is that deadline.

So if we can plan for that, we're good.

Makes it really easy.

Did you have a question?

Yes.

Let's say I did French at my high for a year,

and then I decided oh, I don't like French.

So then I did a quarter of like, let's say, Spanish here.

Does that count, or no, it has to be consecutive years?

Same language.

Of the same language?

Yup.

OK.

So you could either take the quarter of French

or quarter of Spanish.

But yeah, they want that same language thing.

I've tried to get them to take one year of German

and one year of French, and no.

It doesn't work.

So does it have to be like consecutive years

to the present?

Nope.

It doesn't, OK.

Nope.

It literally just has to be two years or two quarters

of the same language.

And how you do it is up to you.

So if you took French I here, let's say, a year ago,

and you didn't get to French II until winter quarter of 2018,

totally fine.

And the bonus is, honestly, we're

not looking for any particular grade in this either.

So world language doesn't have to be the same kind of scary,

like oh, no, it's math, or oh, no, it's physics.

It doesn't have to be anything that bad.

Just pass it.

Go ahead.

I can see your wheels turning.

I have a question to hers.

I took an intro class to foreign language,

and that was like an amalgam of different languages.

So that would not count?

No.

Because it's not study of just one language.

Not that you didn't get some benefit out of it,

but for this purpose, no.

They're kind of picky in that respect.

Now, if you were looking at Seattle,

UW Seattle requires three quarters.

So that one of the bigger differences between us and them

is that we don't have quite that same need

for the additional language.

So if you have it, great.

If you don't have it, then Tacoma

may be a little bit better than Seattle in that respect,

if you're not a language person.

You looked like you had a question.

Yeah.

So the internships, do they, if you get an internship,

is it for a whole year, or like summer, or--

Depends.

Depends on the internship.

So some of them could be, depending

on how long you're putting in, some of them

could be a year long thing that you work 10 hours a week,

autumn through spring.

Some of it may be that you do 15 or 20 hours a week

in autumn quarter only.

It just depends on what you find.

Can you clarify how the number of hours you're working,

and what you have to do on the side, adds up to credits?

Yes.

Actually, let me pull up our website for that, because it's

way better to have the detail.

OK.

So internships, this FAQ here is probably

the best thing that we have.

But talking about credit and hours

worked, if you want a five credit internship,

you've got to work 15 hours a week to do it.

The expectation, if you have a five credit internship,

is that you will then have 10 more credits on campus.

So figure that you're probably in class about six hours

a week, let's say, for those 10 credits.

Then you've got to add that in, add in your travel time,

all that kind of stuff.

That would be some of the stuff that we

would take into consideration when it comes to whether or not

you do an internship in one quarter versus another quarter.

Or whether maybe you cut it down to a three credit

internship, which is a lot closer to just 10 hours a week,

and might be more doable, especially if you've

got commuting, and you've got a job or two,

and family responsibilities and everything else.

So when we look at doing these, we really try and make

them fit as best we can.

We do have, you can see this list over here

on the right-hand side, we do have

a list of some of the internships

that have been sent to us.

I haven't seen this list updated in about six months,

unfortunately.

So anything that you would find here we

would look at and make sure was still available

before you applied for it.

The person who posts it, our internship coordinator,

does try and list what major she thinks

would be the most appropriate for that internship.

That doesn't mean that something that says, like this one here,

South Sound Magazine designer editorial

doesn't mean that a psych major could even

take that internship.

It just means that she--

according to her rubric, that fits more

with writing, communication, or arts media and culture.

So this site is actually linked off

of our School of Interdisciplinary Arts

and Sciences page on this undergraduates menu here.

So one of the other pages I linked to earlier

was this advising page, where you can

see all of our friendly faces.

We put announcements over here, and then all about us.

And here's the who does what.

So if you're looking to contact someone

and you're thinking something that's not psychology,

you're more than welcome to contact me,

and I can get you to the correct person,

or you can reach out to them directly--

whatever's easiest for you.

What we also have here is a little bit more information.

We just looked at the internships page.

But there's also this independent study

page, where we had talked about doing research, for example.

But this also includes, then, directed

readings and any type of thesis that you might want to do.

Psychology does not require any sort of thesis or capstone

or anything like that.

Some of our other majors do.

Like if you're a history major or a politics major,

you'd be writing a 25-page paper to finish up your degree.

But psychology does not do that.

So you might be happy about that.

This goes into the types of independent studies.

And then this is, honestly, the best part of it.

So how do I register for this?

So this is really kind of what we are starting to get into,

where you have to find a faculty person.

Honestly, I would rearrange some of this to say,

first contact the faculty person,

because you want to see if they're available, more than

anything else.

You don't want to go through all the steps

and then find that the faculty person that you

think would be awesome to help you with this, can't help you.

So really, talk to that faculty first.

But you're going to want to talk to somebody

you have a relationship with.

So any kind of this independent study, we usually say,

wait a couple quarters.

Get in, get used to being on campus,

because it's going to be different than being here.

And then build some of those relationships

so that you can go up to Dr. Perone and say, hey, Dr. P,

can you help me with this?

And he goes, oh, of course.

You've been in three of my classes,

you're an awesome student.

I'm more than happy to help you.

Makes it so much easier to make this happen.

So you have your faculty member.

You have to do paperwork.

You have to basically put it all together,

as though it was a regular class.

So where you walk into class and your instructor

hands you a syllabus and says, hey, here's

what we're doing for the quarter,

this is you creating the syllabus.

So it's definitely possible to do.

It just requires prep.

That's where that legwork thing comes

from is not only do you have to then pull together where you're

doing the internship, but you are really,

truly defining that internship as well.

And then down here at the bottom,

we have all the paperwork that's required for these.

So if we were looking at internships,

this is the kind of paperwork that you would end up doing.

Your info goes here, the info where you're

doing the internship goes here.

But then here's these fun learning objectives.

So the part in your syllabus, those first couple pages

where it talks about what you're going to do

and how it meets the goals and objectives of the Psychology

Department, that's what this is.

And that's what you, and the faculty person,

and the person who supervises the internship

all come up with this all together.

And then you create an academic assignment.

So that may just be a paper.

Maybe something simple like that.

But it may be that they want you to do a presentation on what

you've done.

Maybe they want you to create something that's happened, too.

So you define the scope of what all that means,

and then at the same time that you're

coming up with all of that--

oh, I went too far.

Timeline.

Some of our other forms also require

that you not only come up with the timeline

to say, OK, by week two you'll have this,

by week four you'll have this, by week six you'll do,

and then week 10 is whatever.

It also requires a grading scale,

and that's something that you then come up

with with the faculty person as well to say, OK, if you have--

to be really simple--

90 out of 100 points, then that's going to get you a 3.6.

That kind of an idea.

All of this is built-in, even as complex

as it may seem at first glance, is built-in to make it

all work for you.

And the cool part about psychology

is that then if you do an internship--

if you do an internship, then it can count for credit

in psychology, which is kind of awesome.

So coming all the way down to here,

under this additional advanced credits,

this was the one that I said was the last psychology class.

It's that last 300 or 400 level psych class

that you would be responsible for taking.

Internships, directed readings, or undergraduate research

can all count in this section.

It can't count in any of these other sections here,

but it will count here.

So your question about doing an internship all year,

if you get 15 credits of internship,

five credits will count here, and the other time

count towards your electives.

So they don't go to waste.

They still count towards that 180 credits

that you need for graduation, and you

get an internship out of it.

It's kind of awesome.

So what if your internship is not

totally based on psychology?

So like I'm interning in HR, human resources.

Would this still match?

Quite possibly.

We had one of the ones that I highlighted

was someone who worked in HR and worked with them on developing

processes to identify applicants and things like that.

Yeah, totally could be relevant.

Because that is something that is so close--

human resources does use bits and pieces of psychology

all over the place.

So yeah.

If it didn't count here, it would still

count as an elective.

And that's where it gets a little confusing

is because an elective, we use in so many different places

and in so many potential different ways.

Like they call these elective lists.

But that's not the same as an elective

that you take to increase your credits to the 180.

So it's a little weird sometimes.

But you can see, for example, if we go to this--

I can't even get them all on the screen at the same time, which

is awesome.

Some of these are newer courses.

For example, down here at the bottom,

Sports Psychology is one of our brand new courses.

It was taught for the first time this last summer.

455, right above it, the Immigrant Youth Development

is another one that is actually new within the last year or so.

And then you get the fun things, Existential 410

is being offered in winter quarter for the first time

in like two years.

So I have some students that are really, really excited

about that, and some that look at it

and go, oh, I can't do that.

So there's something here that you can find

that would be fun and awesome.

What's your class size?

Small, which is awesome.

Generally, most of the psych classes

are limited to 40 students.

And so there might be a few more here and there.

We have, this quarter, our Mental Illness Cross-Cultures

class is actually up to like 53, but that's huge.

That's way bigger than we're used to.

And that's because it's half online,

and so the instructor doesn't mind going over a little bit,

so it works out.

Would you like to see what classes

we're offering in winter, just as kind

of an idea of what we have?

OK.

So as you would expect, we're offering Psych 101.

We're offering two sections of Research Methods.

So this section is the same, and this section is the same.

The difference between them is that one's

restricted to freshmen and sophomores

during our first registration period.

And the other's for juniors and seniors.

But that's the only difference between them.

We've got Abnormal, two sections.

And then another section of Lifespan.

Infant Child, which actually has not been offered frequently

in the last couple of years.

So we're expecting that that one,

they'll probably have request to go over 40 at that point.

Social Psychology.

So our 200 level courses here that we're looking at--

the Cognition, the Biopsychology,

Behavior Motivation, Lifespan and Abnormal--

are all our foundations courses.

So somebody who wants to declare psychology, who's only

coming in with Psych 101 could easily

take two of these in the same quarter.

And if they're eligible to get into T-Psych 209,

our Research Methods I, could take all three psych classes

in one quarter and declare the major

at the end of the quarter.

So we have variety to be able to do that.

Beyond the 200 level classes we've

got our Research Methods II, which

is two different sections.

And then we've got Personality Theory, Mental Illness

and Culture, Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination,

Sexual Identities Perception, Health Psychology,

Psychopharmacology, and then you can see,

I mean it just keeps going.

So we've got tons and tons of options here.

There are certain classes, for example,

Sexual Violence, because of the faculty member,

will fill up pretty quick.

It's a tough topic, and there are, every quarter,

is somebody who drops because it is a very tough topic.

But the instructor is fabulous, and that's

why most people flock to the class,

despite the subject matter is because Dr. West is awesome.

Immigrant Development is another one that is offered late.

So Monday, Wednesday, 4:15 to 6:20.

Previously she's run that one as a hybrid.

So she's had that Monday in class, Wednesday online, which

is kind of nice, because you might not

want to be on campus till 6:20.

We do have issues with transfer courses, unfortunately.

Because courses that you take here,

like we were looking at the prerequisites--

the Lifespan, and the Abnormal, and on from there.

Our equivalency guide is all based

on Seattle course numberings.

Not Tacoma course numberings.

So that what happens is when your courses come in,

that's why this note is here.

So if it shows on your transcript as Psych 2XX,

which is how they resolve the numbering issue,

because our foundations courses are 200

and Seattle's are 300, if they come in this way,

we have to resolve it with an entry code, which

just overrides prerequisite.

It's an extra step, but it allows

us to get the people into the courses that

need to be into the courses.

So if you have questions on how any of your courses come in,

so let's say you transfer in for spring quarter

and you look at your degree audit,

and it doesn't have anything that you expect to have on it,

ask.

Because we can tell you where everything is.

It's just maybe that it's not in the way

that you expect to see it.

But that shouldn't be an insurmountable problem.

It just requires a little finesse.

Any other questions?

Can we stay a few more minutes after--

Of course.

--in case students have questions.

Yeah, absolutely.

So that's an excellent presentation.

Would you join me, please, in thanking Suzanne.

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I want to thank you all for being here today.

And you're in for a special treat.

I'm so pleased to welcome Carrie Perrin from University

of Washington.

And Carrie is the Academic Services Director

in the psychology department.

And she's going to talk about the requirements you need

by admission-- all that good stuff and answer questions

for you, OK?

The one thing I want to say is that Carrie

has to leave by 2:20.

So if you have questions, make sure you write it

down so that you can ask her.

And we need to get out of here by 2:20, OK?

So are we all set, ready to hear from the expert?

All right.

No pressure.

Hi, everyone.

I love that everyone's got the cookies in their mouth.

So I will say that I have handouts as well as business

cards.

And so if you think of a question

later that I didn't answer or we don't have time,

feel free to email me directly or give me a call

and I'm happy to talk with you later.

We also are always really happy to have students come visit us

in the psych department.

I know some departments don't have the capacity

to see prospective students.

But we definitely do.

And we'd love to see you as soon as you're thinking

that you want to be there.

UW does run, every Thursday, transfer

Thursdays in the afternoon.

And it's sort of a combination of hearing from admissions

and financial aid.

And then we have an individual psych session

every Thursday at 3:30 that kind of follows that directly.

So you're always welcome to come to that

or to make an individual appointment.

We're happy to see you any time.

So I have a bunch of things that I always try to cover.

So I'll be checking my little list now and then.

One thing I would say at the outset

is sometimes we end up veering a little bit into people

asking a lot of questions about getting into graduate school.

So I'd probably ask that just for the sake of time

that we just think mostly about undergraduate right now.

I'll a little bit on how our program prepares you

for different kinds of graduate programs.

But we'll go with this step for now.

But again, if you've got more questions

and you want to follow up with me, happy to do that.

So it's so gorgeous out today.

I think last year when I came, it was raining--

I'm pretty sure.

But it's just beautiful.

And I always joke that if I had a little powerboat,

I could be here like that.

Because if you look across the water to Vashon Island,

we're directly across here from Port Robinson.

And if you could get out of your little boat at Port Robinson

and walk a mile and a half up the road, that's where I live.

So I was looking at the MapQuest today

and because I always try to remember

which streets to turn on.

And it's like, OK, there's this point that I'm at,

there's this point I'm going to, and this is how you get that.

So it's always a fun little trip to come over.

So as I said I've been at the university

for a very long time, in the psych department

for a very long time.

So I'm going to cover some of the basics

about what our program's like, how it's set up,

and admission requirements to the major, the things

that you can be doing here at Highline when

you transfer to be as ready as possible to get into the major.

And definitely, I would say as we go along

if you have questions, just shout them out

or raise your hand or whatever works for you.

Just so we can make sure we to cover them.

So we are one of the largest majors on campus.

We have usually about 1,000 undergraduate majors

in psychology.

So we're a little bit behind biology.

But other than that, I think in the College

of Arts and Sciences, we're maybe second largest--

huge.

Wonderful faculty who are, most of them, doing current really

on the edge research.

And so you're having the opportunity

to take classes from them and also

to work with them as part of their research teams.

Almost all of our research labs will

take on undergraduate students to work with them for anywhere

from one to three or more quarters.

So it's a great way to get to see

the inner workings of a research lab

and look at how things are studied from that perspective.

And I think that's something that, as a huge research one

institution, that makes us unique.

And you get the big news, which is sometimes a downside.

But you also get a really huge range of opportunities

to get involved in and learn things

from different perspectives.

We do have faculty who are doing work in--

I'll try to remember all areas-- in animal behavior,

behavioral neuroscience, adult and child clinical psychology,

child development, cognition perception, social

and personality, a couple people in quantitative psychology.

And I feel like I'm missing one.

But I think that's mainly it.

So all of those areas are represented

in our undergraduate curriculum to one extent or another.

So there is a good opportunity to--

while we don't have specialized tracks within the major,

students often do end up kind of creating their own.

If they've got, let's say, a particular interest

in cognition perception, they're going

to take our core level course, move on

to more advanced upper division courses,

and perhaps do research or field work in the community related

to that.

What we do have in the way of tracks

is we offer both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science.

And I think people often hear the word science

and imagine chemistry and biology.

And our Bachelor of Science really

has a much heavier quantitative emphasis.

So you're going to do math through the calculus level.

You're going into a more in-depth two quarters

statistics series.

There'll be a requirement to do undergraduate research.

It's mainly the aim of that track is to prepare students

best who want to, perhaps, go onto research

oriented graduate programs in psychology.

So you get that stronger foundation

in data analysis and research.

Over the years, I'm sure if you look around in the community,

you look at the companies that are hiring

and what they're hiring and everything is very data driven.

And so we do nowadays certainly have a number of our students

who choose our Bachelor of Science track,

not so much because they want to go into a research

PhD in psych.

But because they want to get that stronger

foundation in quantitative and data analysis.

So that can be a reason to do that.

I would say a little bit fewer than a third of our students

do the Bachelor of Science, the others

are doing the Bachelor of Arts.

Both will prepare you very well for graduate programs,

in particular in applied psychology--

areas like social services, social work, counseling,

therapy.

So I think students hear very often blanket statements

when they get UW about if you want to go to graduate school,

you need to get a Bachelor of Science, not true.

So remember, you heard that here.

Is that true?

Not true, definitely not.

It's just that if you do want to go the research route,

the BS is probably a little bit stronger foundation.

There's about a 25 credit difference between those two

tracks.

And so a reason to perhaps choose

the Bachelor of Arts over the Bachelor of Science

is that it frees up 25 credits to spend in another way.

So you can spend that maybe with a second major, a minor,

by earning credit for field work or research, studying abroad.

So there are a lot of reasons to think carefully

about that choice.

And I think in particular, when you're coming in as a transfer

student and in most cases, you're

coming in at the start of your junior year.

So many people with like--

in those circumstances-- to only spend two years finishing

that undergraduate degree.

And so that means really careful thought about how to prepare.

Yes?

When you're applying to graduate school,

let's say and it's either or, is it more preferable?

Really, the label BA/BS itself isn't going to matter.

It's more if you're applying to a research focus graduate

program, what you want to present to that program

as the candidate is a really in-depth research experience.

And you want to be very strong in the quantitative areas.

To some extent, they'll look for that.

But more than that, our graduate students

all tell us the better you are at statistics and data

analysis, the more you hit the ground

running when you start your graduate program.

So it kind of just helps you.

Yes?

You also said that some of the classes

are going to require calculus.

I've never really focused on that.

Is it better to take those classes

at a community college like here and then they transfer?

Yes so I'll sort of move a little bit

into talking about our admissions and prerequisites

for our major.

So some students-- more and more students

now are transferring from Washington community colleges

ready to apply to our major.

Still the vast majority are not.

They still have one or two classes

that they still need to take.

But more and more, the community colleges

are starting to offer equivalents

to all of our site courses.

Highline's done that for quite some time.

So it has been leading edge on that.

Those prerequisites are intro psychology--

which, definitely, you have that here--

bio-psychology-- some schools call it physiological

psychology--

and psych research methods.

And I believe you still have all those here.

So if you're able to get all this done before you transfer

to UW, awesome.

If you're not, you're going to get into what you still

need in your first quarter.

We'll save spaces for you and get you in there.

So don't feel like if you just kind of missed out

on taking that class, it's not going

to impact your admission to UW.

it's not going to impact your ultimate admission

to the major.

So we'll just take a tiny bit longer.

So there are those three classes.

And then there's a math prerequisite.

And there are two ways you can go on this.

Admission to the major requires math either--

I'm looking at my little notes-- through--

I think it's your math, you call it Math 111?

Yeah, 111

Either Math 111 or the Math 141-142 combination.

And Math 111 transfers to UW as is our Math 111.

Math 141-142 transfers to UW as our Math 120,

which is precalculus.

And then you get another five credits of general math credit.

If you, before transferring, have a strong notion

that you're probably going to want

to pursue the Bachelor of Science in psych,

I would definitely suggest the 141-142 route.

Make sure you take both of them though.

Because to get into UW, 141 alone is fine

or 142 alone is fine-- if you tested it into it.

But to earn the credit that you need toward the major, the 120,

you actually have to take both of them.

And then to your question about calculus,

if you do want to go that Bachelor of Science route

and, therefore, are going to need calculus in order

to get into our statistics classes for the Bachelor

of Science, then moving on to your Math 151

here is the best thing to do, if possible.

So I feel, generally speaking, that any courses that

are in the sequences--

if you can take the entire sequence

at a single institution, it's advantageous usually.

Because there often is not real perfect

articulation from one institution to another.

So it may be a little bit bumpy, not impossible.

But where you can get entire series done,

try to do that, if possible.

The same in-- this is kind of an aside,

but the same holds true for foreign languages.

Foreign language requirement to be admitted to UW

is either two years of a high school language

or two quarters-- like 101-102 of a college language.

The requirement to get out of the University of Washington

to graduate is either three years of a single high school

language or three quarters through the third quarter

first year series of the college level language.

So if you're in a situation where you're thinking,

OK, I'm going to take through French 102.

And I'm good to go to get into UW, that's awesome, you are.

But then you're going to have to ultimately take

French 103 or Spanish 103 or whatever your language is

when you're there.

And that just kind of adds to the set in stone requirements

that you'd rather get done here, if possible.

So that you can sort of sample from a wider range of choices

and have more latitude in choosing your courses when

you get there.

If you are a native speaker of another language--

and UW defines that as a language that was spoken

in your home and that you were schooled in through

the equivalent of our 7th grade--

then that makes you a native speaker.

And that takes care of that requirement right there.

So if you have any questions about that, you can email me

or I can put you in touch with admission

if I don't know the answer.

So those are our prerequisites.

We do admit to the major every quarter, including summer.

And admission is competitive.

It's not like crazy wild competitive

like Foster School of Business and bioengineering

and places like that.

But it is competitive.

And what we're looking at very specifically

is the cumulative GPA for those three psych courses.

And we want that cumulative GPA to be about a 3.2 or higher.

We all know that people have rough quarters,

things go on in your life, hit some bumps along the way.

If you have a quarter when one of the three courses

just didn't really work out the way you would like,

you can retake that course.

Both grades are always part of your academic record,

but the retake, the higher grade, is what we will look at.

So we kind of give you a do over if you

need to retake that course.

I've had students retake two courses.

I've had students sometimes retake three courses.

That starts to get a little time consuming.

And you start to feel like there's the wall and your head.

And maybe you don't want to continue there.

And at that point, that's where a conversation with me

or one of my colleagues in psych advising would be,

is this really the route that you want to go?

But we do understand, certainly, that people having missteps

and need second chances to do things.

People will ask is there an essay.

Is there a statement of interest?

Are there letters of recommendation required?

No to all of those.

And on the one hand, it is a very cut

and dried admission process.

And on one hand, that's great because you know exactly what

you need to do to get in.

On the other hand, it kind of stinks sometimes

because you want to be able to explain things or talk

about your goals and have other things evaluated.

What I would say is I very much enjoy

working with transfer students.

I think that it's a group that brings

a tremendous amount of diversity to our university,

to our department--

and a diversity of experiences, really.

I have folks who I work with who are single parents, who

are older students, who are veterans, who

are international students who have been working in three

or four careers already.

And so people are bringing a real richness of experience.

And so I work--

one of my colleagues says too closely, but I don't think

that's true--

with our transfer students.

And I have a particular commitment to you

because I feel like if you've put in two years of effort,

you've done everything you can, you

got into UW, which is fantastic, I'm

going to do everything I can to help you continue along

that path toward your goal.

So I will sometimes, with our transfer students

in particular-- with everybody but in particular transfer

students--

I will sometimes take other things into consideration.

And so just know that there are humans working there

in my department.

And I try to be that very human face

when it comes to admissions and thinking about things.

You get there, maybe you still had to take a final course.

You're applying to the major in your second or even

third quarter at UW, I don't really

feel like that's the time to tell you to start over

with something else.

So I feel fairly confident that I'm

going to work well with you.

Yes?

So for Running Start students, I heard

that you have to apply as a freshman again.

And if that happens, what would happen to all of the credits

that I've earned here?

You still bring all the credits.

And so it's kind of funny.

You come in as a freshman and if I

look at somebody's transcript--

I was just looking at someone last week.

And we code them on the transcript.

They're a number one, if they're freshmen, two sophomore, three

junior, four senior.

And this was a Running Start student.

She brought 90 credits with her, all of which

were applying towards her ultimate credits

for the degree.

And in that first quarter she's a one.

In her second quarter, she's a three.

So you come in as a freshmen and then,

boom, you're a junior the next quarter.

But it is a different pool of applicants

that you're part of on the point of entry to UW.

So you get all the credits, definitely.

Other questions about that point of transfer

or of application or admission to the major?

Yes?

I just want to repeat so here at Highline,

we have all those math classes and we also have the Psychology

2, 022, 09 and basically I don't have to take anything.

I just first finish those and then talk about transferring.

Right, right.

So the more of those you can finish here at Highline,

the better.

If you're able to finish all those and you come to UW

and you're in your first quarter,

you're going to apply to the major

in that very first quarter.

So that's pretty cool.

Yeah, Michelle?

In case people don't know Psych 202, Bio-Psych, is only

given in fall quarter.

And our Psych 250, which is equivalent to UW's 209

is offered in the spring.

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So if you do miss out on one of those and you transfer in--

students come into UW in fall quarter

when the vast majority of students

transfer in or in winter quarter, not in spring.

And you also do have the option of applying for summer,

kind of summer slash fall.

For fall quarter, we typically see about 85 or 90 incoming UW

students who are planning to be psych majors.

And we work with our first year Programs Office

to sort of design specialized orientations for those students

so that they're getting orientation to the university.

But they're also getting a really in-depth orientation

to the psychology major, department.

You'll meet all the advisors.

You'll met some faculties, some alumni,

some peers who are just you're ahead of you in the process,

but who all came in as transfer students.

And so we try to help you from that first day.

That first orientation day, start to form some community

and then find your go to people and places.

Because that's, man-- it's you get there

and you really feel like you have

to hit the ground running because you didn't

have the freshman and sophomore year to sort of figure it

all out.

So we try to do what we can to make

that process more possible.

I also, in fall quarters, offer a two credit class

that is specifically for incoming transfer students.

This year, I have 70 students in the class.

So they're all in their first quarter at UW.

Most of them came from Washington community colleges.

And it allows them, in that first quarter,

to take a lighter academic load for one thing.

Because it's two credits and then

if they're taking two five credit academic classes,

they're there at the 12 credits they

need if they have financial aid or veteran's benefits

or are international students.

But also the main thing is that it

gives everybody in that class a really in-depth orientation

to the major, the department, resources

available to students.

We'll spend an entire day talking about getting involved

in research, an entire day getting involved in field work,

a day talking about study abroad,

a day about career development.

And through that, you're working in that class

with peer leaders who were in your seats

the year before and with fellow first quarter transfer

students.

So it really helps it in that first quarter when you're like,

oh my gosh.

They said it was going to be different.

And I didn't quite see how it was going to be this different.

But it is.

There's something about the feeling of the pace

and hugeness of the university and the overwhelming kind

of feeling of trying to navigate through all of this

and do it on your own.

So we try to give you an infrastructure

to help you land on your feet.

So those are possibilities.

We don't offer those things for people

coming in winter, at least at this time

because it's a much smaller group.

And so we just don't have the capacity to do that.

But we still, for incoming winter students,

will meet with students individually

and do individual advising sessions

as part of their orientation.

So they're still going to get a personal welcome from us.

Yeah?

Is getting into the psychology major

during fall quarter typically more competitive

than the other quarters?

Not really, not really.

We admit pretty equivalent numbers of students

in each of fall winter, spring.

We admit a much smaller group in the summer.

And so summer's actually our a super competitive quarter.

I mentioned before typically that cumulative GPA

for fall, winter, and spring is going to be about a 3.2.

In the summer, it's usually about a 3.6.

This past summer, it was a 3.8.

So we had just a huge number of people

with tremendously high GPAs applying that quarter and not

a lot of capacity.

So that was kind of horrible to write those e-mails and say,

oh gosh.

You have a 3.7, I'm sorry.

That's not quite good enough.

But they all got in this quarter.

So they're all they're good.

They're in.

They're happy.

So other things I need to make sure to cover.

Yeah?

For instances like that would to reapply?

Yeah we sort of for that situation specifically--

the summer to fall--

the email that we send students is oh gosh.

Once again, our summer admissions

were extremely competitive.

If you would like us to just sort of slide

your application into the fall virtual pile, let us know.

So you don't have to, as a student, do more legwork on it.

You just need to say yes please, move it on down the road.

So I'll talk a little bit more about some of the resources

available but we'll also stop and see

if folks have other questions at this time about any

of the logistics.

Yes?

So if someone were to not get in the major

the first time they tried, they can still take as many classes

any classes they want, right?

So like classes and psychology?

No, actually.

So classes in the major are kind of divided

into our gateway classes--

the 101, 202, 209 and a few other 200 level

electives that are open to all students.

And then everything else at the 300 and 400 level

is primarily majors only.

Some of them do open up.

In our registration, every quarter

is broken down into a couple of different portions.

And all of our upper enrichment courses

are initially every quarter open only two current majors.

And some of them in a later registration

open up to pre-majors But you can't do the major

without being in the major basically.

If you're not getting into the major,

you want to come and meet with me

and see kind of what the issues are.

Is it a pretty simple I need to retake bio-psych, do

a little bit better, and chances are great of that happening?

Or am I kind of again hitting my head against the same wall?

And that is probably a wall that you're

going to keep seeing in our classes before it goes away.

And so then it's just kind of a--

we're never going to say you cannot apply again.

But sometimes I'm going to say, you know,

this might not be the best choice.

So let's think about what your goals are

for your life and your career and future education.

And is there another pathway to do that?

And there pretty much always is another pathway

because we're not vocational technical majors.

So you don't come out with like the stamp that

says you are a this or that.

You're not licensed to be something with the degree

that we offer.

So there's almost always another way

to get there that sometimes might work better

for your learning style, the way you express yourself.

So once in a while, those conversations

end up with a different path.

But sometimes they end up with a plan of action

to continue on the path.

But there aren't a lot of psych courses

that you can take without being in the major.

So getting in is important.

Yes?

If that 3.7 student, for example,

doesn't get in because of a capacity issue

and they move over to the fall, would they typically

run through the same barrier or would they be admitted at that

point?

A 3.7 student-- the summer 3.7 is

for sure going to get in fall.

Yeah absolutely.

And it's not that we have arbitrarily set this 3.2.

And we actually don't have a GPA cut off that says 3.2.

We have a quota of students we can take each quarter.

And that, what we do in the summer is we look at OK,

we graduated 475 students last year.

We can take in maybe 500 students this coming year.

And we break it down by quarter.

So let's say in a given quarter the quota that we're looking at

is 150 students, perhaps.

We get the applications.

We sort them in our database by highest admissions

GPA to less high and go down.

And wherever that 150 is, that's going

to be that cut off for that quarter.

And it has very reliably settled into about a 3.2.

So that's where that comes.

From we feel like shooting for that, you're pretty safe.

And this GPA isn't the normal GPA.

It's the cumulative of the psychology classes

specifically, right?

Yes, of those three psychology classes specifically.

The math course that's the prerequisite

just needs to be at least a 2.0.

But it's not part of that equation, which for some people

that's like awesome.

And some people are like, I'm so good at math.

That's too bad.

So we do have a lot of our students making the BA

versus BS decision based on comfort level in math, very

honestly.

Yeah?

So for that deciding between the BA, BS

would you have to do that once you

get accepted into the psychology major or would

you do that once you apply for the psychology BS?

You apply to the major broadly.

And part of the application does ask if you

intend to do the BA or BA.

Just because we--

Can you change beforehand?

Well, we have to code you as one of the two

when you're admitted.

But you can change back and forth.

Like if you come in as a BA student

and then you decide you want to switch to BS,

you're not applying again.

We're just filling out a piece of paper.

Yeah.

And we do hope people change.

More often than not, they're changing

from the BS to the BA at some point

because they're feeling like they're running out of time

or have had a change of plans in their goals,

but sometimes the other direction.

Or other questions about grades or admission?

Well if no one has any other questions.

That's okay.

I just want to say because it's a little personalized for me.

So I don't want to in case anyone else has

any other questions.

But for me, I plan on I'm doing the bio right now because I

want to be a psychiatrist.

So I'm getting my psychology major

and then applying for pre-med before going to med school

and getting my prerequisites for med school

while I'm doing that.

So in my instance, which would be more preferable?

People would assume BS but no.

And so she's talking about she's going

to be doing pre-med coursework as well as a major.

The range of pre-med coursework is like doing another major.

It's pretty similar pre-nursing.

Pre-physical therapy is also pretty hefty,

pre-occupational therapy not quite as much.

But if you are planning to go into a health profession

ultimately in a graduate or professional program that's

health profession related, definitely

be working very closely with your advisors here.

Because you want to be able to start taking things.

You don't want to get to UW now say,

I need to start my whole pre-med sequence.

That will hurt.

If you study BS, didn't you say it's more credits?

So would I be able to fit the pre-rec classes?

Yeah and that's a question.

That becomes a deciding point, I think, for students a lot

of times.

Med schools don't care at all if you had a BA or a BS.

So it really doesn't matter.

It's just like better preparation

more likely because it's better to study science classes.

It's not really more.

It's more quantitative.

So it's honestly, if your aim is really going to med school,

BA versus BS doesn't matter.

So and it's the same kind of issue

if you want to do another major or if you want to spend

two quarters studying abroad.

It becomes choices.

And you can either stay at UW a little bit longer,

which costs a bit more, right?

And postpones the rest of life or you can really

think carefully about planning and prioritizing and making

decisions about the route that you want to take.

And we'll help you with that.

I mean that's a huge part of what we do.

We do a lot of the nuts and bolts

of what should I be signing up for next quarter?

And I need to apply to graduate and all of that.

But the much more interesting work

that we do and I think the work that

is more helpful for our students is working with you

individually to say, OK, these are my goals

or these are my interests.

How do I sort of put together a whole portfolio

that includes both my in-class academics and other experiences

so that I can get to that point?

And so that's where we're going to talk to you about getting

involved in research, getting involved volunteering

and interning in the community and trying things out

and finding out what you like, what you don't like,

opening doors and closing doors.

The closing the doors part is actually very valuable.

When doors get closed, they are, in my experience with students,

more often than not, being closed by the student and not

on the students.

So it's usually well, I thought that I really

wanted to do this.

I've tried it out.

And I like this part of it but not that other stuff.

So I'm going to go this way.

So it's fun for us.

And we can draw on the years of experience

we have working with students and the connections

we have in the community, hopefully,

to help you find the path that really works well for you.

I'm also a super big advocate--

I've mentioned a few times-- of studying abroad.

UW has a lot of different kinds of programs.

Is something that interests anybody?

A couple people.

Yeah and I think a lot of times, you get to UW

and you think, oh my gosh.

I've got two years here.

How can I possibly do that?

There are lots of ways to do it.

There are different kinds of programs all the way

from going abroad for an entire year to going abroad

for two or three weeks.

And so there's a program that usually

is going to meet your needs.

And we have a wonderful study abroad office.

I have great contacts there that I put students in touch with.

And I'm also the one who works with students

when they come back.

Here the courses I took at University of New South Wales.

How are they going to apply toward my degree program?

I'm the one who does those evaluations.

And I usually meet with students before they

go to think about the kind of course that they might take.

And then when they come back, to do those final evaluations.

And I'm super flexible.

Let's say it's a course--

we need to fulfill a particular group of core courses.

And it's not quite exactly like anything in that core group.

But it kind of fits the spirit of it,

I'm going to put it in that category for you

because you know I want you to be

able to have that experience.

I had the great fortune of being able to study abroad

when I was in college.

Back in those days if you went abroad,

you went for an entire year.

And you went in your junior year that was just how it happened.

And so that's what I did, and it was fantastic.

But I find with most of the students

I work with that leaving for a year is often not feasible.

A lot of people seem to have a lot more commitments

and responsibilities this year than I did.

So I was very lucky.

Yeah?

About those opportunities doing research

working out in the community, you

mentioned them for some majors like pre-nursing

for instance, getting into the project,

you would have to have a couple of hours

or a certain number of hours of volunteer work, for instance.

But for the psychology admission, would you need that?

No, no.

You don't need that for admission to the major.

That's just an addition that you could do while you're there.

Yeah.

Yeah, definitely.

But when you think about what you

want to do when you graduate from a four year school,

you probably want to go right into a career path

or you maybe want to go to a graduate or professional

school.

And all those experiences are the things

that are going to help you get there.

Not only do they help you sort of refine your interests

and know what the correct direction is

for you to be going, but they kind of

serve proofs to the program or the employer

of your background, your experience

your aptitude in that area, your dedication to the area.

So they're both a good way to sort of try things out and also

get the experience you need either to get a job

or to get into a graduate program.

So we don't require them.

They're not required to graduate with just

a bit of an exception, as they are for some programs.

Some programs require a hefty number of experiential hours.

And we don't.

But it's definitely recommended.

And for our students, it's rarely difficult

to find the time within your schedule

to do that because they are all credit bearing opportunities.

So you're earning credit if you're

volunteering in the community.

You're earning credit if you're doing research

with our faculty.

Your earning credit if you're doing peer teaching.

So it's a way to sort of fold it into the whole package

and have time to do it because I know most people are working

at least some hours a week.

And many people have families and other responsibilities.

So if we didn't give you the opportunity

to earn credit for these experiences, for many people

it's just not feasible to add it to an already very full

academic schedule and life.

Yeah?

How difficult is it to get into a research program

at UW for a psych major?

Well so UW-- the PhD program at UW

is probably one of the most competitive in the country.

And it is a strictly research focused program.

So even our clinical program, the aim of those programs

is to train clinical researchers-- so people who

are going to stay in academia.

They're going to become professors and researchers

at universities.

The aim is not to train people to go out into practice

and to be practicing psychologists and practicing

therapists.

The people in our clinical program

certainly are qualified to do that because that's part

of the training that they get.

But the aim of our program is to train researchers.

And so for any kind of research focus

graduate program, what that program is going to look for

is for your background experience and interest

to match well with what they actually do there.

So that becomes kind of a whole research project in itself

to figure out where you're going to apply.

To get into, let's say you're interested in one,

is it more like first come, first serve,

like whoever wants to comes up first

or what do they look at to check?

Because I know it's really a lot of people

want to do one research program.

They're really competitive.

They look at-- and I don't want to go into this too much.

But we can talk by email or phone afterwards certainly.

A research focused program is looking for candidates

who are going to be good fits for their program

and who have backgrounds that demonstrate that.

And it kind of varies from program to program.

Some programs, it's more like you're actually

applying to work with a particular person

than it is that you're applying to the program broadly.

That's what our university's like.

But other even research focus programs and other programs

at UW are not quite that way.

So it's a lot of exploring to do.

You have a question.

Yeah.

I don't know if this is getting too

off track because you say you didn't

want to get into it too much.

But I have heard that the research graduate schooling

is a little bit less likely to accept somebody who

got their bachelor's with them.

Is that right?

Yes.

So she's asking you know if you did an undergraduate degree

at an institution and then you applied

to their graduate program, do you

have a better or worse chance of getting in.

Our program, there's that thinking generally

that it's academically healthy or to go somewhere else

for your graduate work.

You get new perspectives.

You bring your perspective to a new institution.

But at least talking about our program, that being said--

so I've been in that department.

I'm in year 23 now.

And they typically-- for the whole of our psych

graduate programs-- get something

like 600 to 800 applicants for about what

ends up being about 15 spots.

And in every year that I've been there, at least one

of those spots has been someone who

got their undergraduate degree from us.

So the first answer is yes, generally, that's the thinking.

In practice, that's not always how it happens.

Carrie, so that you know, you have five minutes.

OK.

Oh my gosh.

Even if I don't stop you.

OK.

I'm going to put the glasses on to make sure

that I didn't forget anything.

So I guess I'll just finish by saying that myself--

as earlier I said I'm the Academic Services

Director so I'm in charge of the advising office.

But I'm also an advisor.

I see people every day.

I have two fabulous advisors who work for me Vicky and Psy.

And I always tell my colleagues at the university

because there's a lot of variability

in how well advising offices are staffed, how well they feel

supported by their department--

we are incredibly fortunate that we are,

I feel, sufficiently staffed, that we

can see all the students we need to see, that we can see

prospective students, that we can do things

like I get to run this class in fall for transfer students.

My colleague Vicky runs a class every fall

that's for students preparing to enter grad school.

My colleague Psy does, every quarter except for summer,

he teaches one of our field work classes.

So we get the opportunity to work with our students

in different contexts.

And to provide, I hope, the kind of support

that you really all deserve to have.

It's usually open doors when you come to our office.

Certain points in the quarter, it's a little crunchy.

You might have to wait a while but we're there

for seeing our students first.

So I hope that we support students in the way

that we set out to.

I generally do hear that students

are happy with our department and with the advising office

so I think we're doing it kind of OK.

So that's just to tell you that if you

come to UW either as a prospective student

to talk with us or as a prospective major

once you get there or new to the major,

we're going to be your home base.

And we're going to really help connect you with all the things

that you need on campus because that's half the battle.

You come to a huge place that's like a giant city.

And you don't even know where to turn.

So we'll try to send you to people instead of voice trees

or websites and put you in touch with the folks who can really

help you move along.

So I guess that's it.

OK well that's great information.

Thank you.

Thank you.

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How to Find a Name on Vietnam Wall | Washington DC - Duration: 3:00.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC is located on the National

Mall and is a stop on our National Mall and All in One walking tours. It lists

over 58,000 names of those men and women who were killed or missing in action

from 1956 to 1975, plus later editions of those who died as a result of injuries

received while serving. In order to honor their memory, many look for the name of

someone in particular on the wall. Since the names are in chronological

order it can be difficult, but there are a few ways to find a name. At either end

of the memorial are stands with books inside. These list the names in

alphabetical order so it's easier to find if it is a common name. It is

helpful to know a middle initial, hometown or rank. Once you find the name

follow the line and you'll see two key pieces of information - a panel number and

a line number. The names start and end in the center of the memorial with panels

radiating out from one upwards. If you're looking at the memorial, the West panels

are on the left and the east panels are on the right. On the glass cover over the

books you'll see the panel layout to get a better idea of where a particular

panel is. Sometimes the line at the books is long or unfortunately a page is

missing, you can also look up the names online. This is our preferred way to do

it because you can get a lot more information. There are two websites. If

you know the full name you can visit www.vvmf.org and find the

wall of faces under the discover the names tab. This page will show you a

photo of the person as well as any items that may have been left at the wall for

them. Underneath the name you'll see the panel and the line number. If you aren't

sure of the name or you want to find someone from your hometown or on a

particular date www.virtual-wall.org allows you to look

for persons by name, date, hometown, rank, etc. Here too you'll find information

about them and possibly a photo. Once you have the panel number and line number a

name should be easy to find. Look for the W for Western and E

for Eastern on the panels. Once you find the correct panel the lines start from

the top. If the number is large look for the small round dots between each panel.

These count every tenth line. If a name is too high for you to reach or you want

to take a rubbing but need a piece of paper and a pencil look for a volunteer

in yellow baseball cap. It can be a moving and solemn moment when you find

the name you're looking for and this is a beautiful way to remember them. For

more information for your visit to Washington DC, visit our website at

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Best Bus Tours Reviewed | Washington DC - Duration: 2:15.

We'll be giving you more information about bus tours in Washington DC.

For a more detailed look at the pros and cons of each option, be sure to read the blog post

by clicking the link in the description below this video.

There are many bus tours to choose from, but certainly, the most popular bus tours in Washington

DC are the Hop-on, Hop-off buses.

If you're looking for a bus tour that will allow you to jump off and explore a specific

memorial, museum or neighborhood Hop-on, hop-off tour may be your best bet.

These tours allow you to enjoy DC however you want where you choose how much time you

spend at any one stop and many have audio tours in up to a dozen languages.

All hop-on, hop-off tickets can be purchased for multiple days and most include a night

tour.

Night tours often taken you to sites that are hard to get to on foot, such as the Iwo

Jima Marine Corps Memorial.

Or in the case of DC Duck Tours, you can experience DC from the Potomac River.

These bus tours make a great companion to our pay-what-you-like guided walking tours.

Hop-on, hop-off buses tend to be the most cost-effective option, but they also come

with larger buses and thus ... more people.

On busy days you may have to wait at a stop for up to 30 minutes for an available seat

on the next bus.

Another bus tour option is a full-service bus tour.

A full-service tour combines a bus tour with several walking tours at select stops, such

as the White House.

Unlike the hop-on, hop-off bus tours, the buses on these tours wait for you and your

guide.

You can see more of the city in a shorter time frame with these types of bus tours.

These are usually premium services, but they do save you time and you will have the same

live guide and a climate-controlled bus for the entire tour so you won't have to wait

at each stop.

The buses also tend to be smaller than the double-decker buses, which means smaller crowds.

So, visit our post on Washington DC bus tours for a full breakdown or ask us a question

below in the comments section.

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[Reporter] Hanging up history, the South Carolina Masons have donated a portrait of

President George Washington to every school in Beaufort County.

[Carole Ingram] Thank you very much for the opportunity for us to have one of these beautiful portraits.

[Reporter] The organization presented the portraits during a ceremony at Beaufort Middle School.

It's all part of the Masons put George back in our school project. [Sam Turner] Originally in 1932

there was an order that it be a George, picture of George Washington in every

school through the years those pictures have disappeared for one reason other

and we just thought it'd be good that he was our first president, first

commander-in-chief and also a Mason. [Reporter] Beaufort Middle is excited to be

displaying their portrait in the school's media center. The principal says

the first president was a lover of the arts, something the arts infused school takes very seriously.

[Student] George Washington was the first to foster an independent American art culture.

[Carole] History tells us that George Washington not only was the

father of our country but also the father of the arts in our country.

Beaufort Middle School is an arts integrated school so we feel like it's

quite appropriate that we have a portrait of George Washington who was

the father of the arts for America and had a heart for the arts. [Lydia Capps] As a school

we look up to that and build off of that and are very glad that's what we have

for the first president because we are an arts integrated school and we put art into many things we do around the school.

[Reporter] The portrait program is also raising money to help research a cure

for a serious disease. [Sam] the proceeds off the sales of the portraits goes to Juvenile Diabetes research.

In April of 2017 we donated over forty-thousand dollars

to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. [Reporter] The Masons are on a mission to donate a

portrait to every school in South Carolina. So far they have given more

than five hundred.

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Lincoln Assassination Walking Tour | Washington DC - Duration: 2:02.

The Lincoln assassination walking tour is one of our most popular tours. It

takes people back in time to tell a story about one single night. This night

tour starts in Lafayette Square Park and ends about two hours later at Ford's

Theater on 10th and E streets Northwest. Most people come on this tour knowing

the basics about what happened in Ford's Theatre on April 14th 1865 but this tour

goes much deeper. We take you to the places and reintroduce the characters

who plan and executed what was essentially a three-pronged attack on

the United States government. The tour unfolds as a dramatic hour-by-hour

narrative of how and where it all went down. We also try to provide context in

this tour about the intention and motivations of the conspirators. You know

where they came from, what they were like, how they got here

and what they were doing. The Civil War-era houses and buildings are really

the star attraction this tour. We will also bring in old photographs of

the neighborhood to invoke a sense of the past. Now one of the things I really like

about this tour is you don't actually need to be a Civil War historian to

follow the story. In fact many guests and even kids or teenagers who are not

familiar with the Civil War seem to enjoy it the most. And why not? The story

has it all: intrigue, danger, espionage, betrayal. And then in the end

there's Lincoln himself. How he spent his last day, what was on his mind, and how he

felt as the war was winding down. This tour is a uniquely Washington experience.

Rain or shine, we always look forward to telling a story to new audiences.

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