BA in Psychology - UMPI YourPace

[ss20ts]

Wow we didnt expect another yourpace degree before the move to brightspace so I guess the CS degrees could follow soon!

It doesn't start until Fall Session 2. There are many people expecting to move to Brightspace with Fall Session 1 or at the latest 2.

[Kab]

does somebody know how the practicum will work and if previous experience work to fulfill it?

[ss20ts]

does somebody know how the practicum will work and if previous experience work to fulfill it?

No one has taken it yet. It's not even available yet in YourPace. If you're a current student, you could ask Jessica about it.

[dfrecore]

Nice. And there are 5 out of the 15 courses in the major that can be done via Study.com (a couple can be done on Sophia - Intro to Psych and Stats).

I’ve got it at 7. 


PSY 100: General Psychology  = PSY 101
PSY 200: Social Psychology  = PSY 104
PSY 205: Lifespan Development = PSY 107
PSY 235: Abnormal Psychology = PSY 106
PSY 375: Sex and Gender = PSY 301
PSY 448: Cognitive Psychology = PSY 302
MAT 101: Basic Statistics = STAT 101

SDC's PSY 301: Industrial/Organizational Psychology does not come in as PSY 375: Sex and Gender (not a chance).
SDC's PSY 302: Cognitive Psychology does not come in as UMPI's PSY448: Cognitive Psychology on the SDC website (although that would be nice).
Both say on SDC's website that they're considered Psych electives (and the degree does not show that any electives are accepted in the major).

Now, if you can substitute a couple of SDC courses for UMPI's courses, then you might want to do that.  But since you need to take 10 courses at UMPI, it wouldn't pay off to take too many of the UL ones from SDC.

[LakeMomNY]

Nice. And there are 5 out of the 15 courses in the major that can be done via Study.com (a couple can be done on Sophia - Intro to Psych and Stats).

I’ve got it at 7. 


PSY 100: General Psychology  = PSY 101
PSY 200: Social Psychology  = PSY 104
PSY 205: Lifespan Development = PSY 107
PSY 235: Abnormal Psychology = PSY 106
PSY 375: Sex and Gender = PSY 301
PSY 448: Cognitive Psychology = PSY 302
MAT 101: Basic Statistics = STAT 101

SDC's PSY 301: Industrial/Organizational Psychology does not come in as PSY 375: Sex and Gender (not a chance).
SDC's PSY 302: Cognitive Psychology does not come in as UMPI's PSY448: Cognitive Psychology on the SDC website (although that would be nice).
Both say on SDC's website that they're considered Psych electives (and the degree does not show that any electives are accepted in the major).

Now, if you can substitute a couple of SDC courses for UMPI's courses, then you might want to do that.  But since you need to take 10 courses at UMPI, it wouldn't pay off to take too many of the UL ones from SDC.

Maine Street says that 302 comes in for 448.

301 comes in for 475, not 375

[allvia]

I knew there would be degree plans being built long before the program rolled out this fall this forum really is amazing

[LevelUP]

I knew there would be degree plans being built long before the program rolled out this fall this forum really is amazing

Yep all done  

UMPI BA Psychology Degree Plan
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...egree_Plan

[dfrecore]

Nice. And there are 5 out of the 15 courses in the major that can be done via Study.com (a couple can be done on Sophia - Intro to Psych and Stats).

I’ve got it at 7. 


PSY 100: General Psychology  = PSY 101
PSY 200: Social Psychology  = PSY 104
PSY 205: Lifespan Development = PSY 107
PSY 235: Abnormal Psychology = PSY 106
PSY 375: Sex and Gender = PSY 301
PSY 448: Cognitive Psychology = PSY 302
MAT 101: Basic Statistics = STAT 101

SDC's PSY 301: Industrial/Organizational Psychology does not come in as PSY 375: Sex and Gender (not a chance).
SDC's PSY 302: Cognitive Psychology does not come in as UMPI's PSY448: Cognitive Psychology on the SDC website (although that would be nice).
Both say on SDC's website that they're considered Psych electives (and the degree does not show that any electives are accepted in the major).

Now, if you can substitute a couple of SDC courses for UMPI's courses, then you might want to do that.  But since you need to take 10 courses at UMPI, it wouldn't pay off to take too many of the UL ones from SDC.

Maine Street says that 302 comes in for 448.

301 comes in for 475, not 375

475 is not a required course.

So I guess the question is, are there courses that UMPI lists as "required" that are not actually required, but basically electives that can be replaced by something else?

If you look at their degree that's not through YourPace, then it does show that only 5 courses are REQUIRED while 8 courses are ELECTIVES.  So my guess is, they just listed the courses they offer through YourPace, and didn't mention that they are electives, but they are.  Just a guess.

If so, then one good thing to do would be to not do the Practicum (not required in the regular degree program) to make life that much easier.  Anything else that didn't sound interesting could be ditched as well.

[Pats20]

Even if the practicum on its own requires an extra session or two, it should still come in as cheaper than the TESU Psych degree. And the practicum will make it more useful for at least some students who want to continue on to a Master's or even a Doctorate in the field.

I wonder what the practicum would entail ?

[studyingfortests]

Pats20

Even if the practicum on its own requires an extra session or two, it should still come in as cheaper than the TESU Psych degree. And the practicum will make it more useful for at least some students who want to continue on to a Master's or even a Doctorate in the field.

I wonder what the practicum would entail ?

My guess is it's similar to a bachelor's level social work practicum. You're working in some sort of human services setting, shadowing other clinical staff, doing simple intakes, that sort of thing.

I don't think I've ever seen an undergraduate psychology degree with a practicum requirement before.  This would make sense if (like the BSW) there were employment opportunities working with clients that the degree prepared you for. But as far as I know, there aren't a lot of opportunities for people with a bachelor's in psychology to actually work with clients.  
I'd be interested in understanding the reasoning behind the practicum.