Graduate School

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Graduate School The World of Work

• Presentation to Psi Chi
• October 25, 2002

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As you complete your bachelors degree, you begin
to ponder your options...

• What marketable skills do I have?
• What job opportunities lie before me?
• Do I have enough training?
• Should I consider additional educational
  opportunities?
• If so, what are they?

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What marketable skills do I have?
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Marketable skills

• People skills"
• communicating with and relating to individuals
  from diverse backgrounds

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Marketable skills

• People skills
• Analytical skills
• figuring out why a certain problem occurs and
  how to minimize or eliminate it

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Marketable skills

• People skills
• Analytical skills
• Writing skills
• writing a logically developed report

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Marketable skills

• People skills
• Analytical skills
• Writing skills
• Research skills
• using statistics, tables, and graphs to
  analyze problems and communicate findings

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Marketable skills

• People skills
• Analytical skills
• Writing skills
• Research skills
• Other (synthesizing, coordinating, problem
  solving, developing, etc.)

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What job opportunities lie before me?

• Do I need to become a Ph.D.-level psychologist in
  order to make a living?

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Possible Career Paths with my Bachelors Degree
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Possible Career Paths with my Bachelors Degree

• Administrative support
• Public affairs
• Education
• Employment counselors

• Counselor's aides
• Case Manager/ Worker
• Interviewers
• Personnel analysts

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Possible Career Paths with my Bachelors Degree

• Probation officers
• Writers
• Service Industries, and
• Health the biological sciences

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If this is true, why should I consider additional
educational opportunities?
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Because with education comes...

• Career opportunities
• Despite the growing number of those with graduate
  degrees (X2 in past 12 years)
• Demand exceeds the supply
• Employment rates soar with this group

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With education comes...

• Greater Understanding of the Human Experience

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Understanding of..
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With education comes...

• Greater financial rewards
• Highest salaries
• Greatest range of jobs
• To those who complete graduate studies

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With education comes...

• Autonomy

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Where are the hot jobs?
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Hot jobs - Current Future Employment
Opportunities

• Career Expansion in

• School
• Educational Psychology
• Health
• Industrial/Org.
• Clinical Counseling

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What do these professionals do how do I get
there?
Hot Jobs
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Master's- andDoctoral-level Careers in
Psychology, Counseling, and Related Areas
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School Psychology

• Involved in enhancing the development of children
  in educational settings

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Areas of Graduate Training

• SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGYMA, Ed.S., Ed.D. (2-6 years
  beyond the BS/BA level)

• Assess children's psychoeducational abilities
• Act as consultants to parents, teachers, and
  administrators
• Optimize the learning environment
• Work in public school systems

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Educational Psychology

• Concerned with the study of human learning

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Areas of Graduate Study

• EDUCATIONALPSYCHOLOGY Ph.D. Ed.D. (4-6 years
  beyond the BS/BA level)

• Attempt to understand the basic aspects of
  learning
• Develop materials and strategies for enhancing
  the learning process
• Trained in Schools of Education and employed in
  academic settings

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Industrial/Organizational Psychology

• Concerned with the relationships between people
  and their work environments

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Areas of Graduate Training

• Develop new ways to increase productivity
• Involved in personnel selection
• Employed in business, government agencies, and
  academic settings

• INDUSTRIAL/ ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Ph.D. (4-6
  years beyond the BS/BA level)

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Health Psychology

• Promotion and maintenance of good health and .
• Prevention and treatment of illness

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Areas of Graduate Training

• Design and conduct programs to help individuals
• stop smoking,
• lose weight,
• manage stress, and
• stay physically fit
• Employed in hospitals, medical schools,
  rehabilitation centers, public health agencies,
  academic settings, and private practice.

• HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY MS, MA Ph.D. (1-6 years
  beyond the BS/BA level)

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Clinical Counseling

• Act as therapists for people experiencing
  psychological problems crises

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Areas of Graduate Training

• Clinical Psychology Ph.D. (4-6 years beyond BA/BS)

• Medical Model
• Tend to work with individuals suffering from
  chronic psychiatric disorders
• Work in academic settings, hospitals, community
  health centers, or private practice

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Areas of Graduate Training

• Counseling or Counselor Education M.Ed., Ph.D.,
  Ed.D. (2-6 years beyond BA/BS)

• Developmental Model
• Work with marital and family concerns, identity
  issues, vocational, substance abuse, etc.
• Employed in academic settings, community mental
  health centers, and private practice

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What does Lynchburg College have to offer me?

• Graduate Programs in Counseling
• M.Ed.
• School Counseling
• Community/ Agency Counseling

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What are the components of the M.Ed. Programs?

• The Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree programs
  in School and Community Counseling require
  the student to complete a minimum of forty-eight
  (48) semester hours
• The degree can be completed in 2-8 years

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What does LCs M.Ed. in Counseling prepare me to
do?
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With the M.Ed. in Community/ Agency

• The program option is designed.
• meet the growing need for mental health
  professionals
• In the areas of individual, family and group
  counseling

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Community/Agency Counseling

• Students prepare for counseling positions in.
• Community mental health agencies,
• Human service organizations,
• Outpatient counseling centers,
• Drug and alcohol treatment programs, and
• Psychiatric hospitals

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With the M.Ed. in School Counseling

• This program is designed to provide schools
  
  with skilled specialists in counseling.
  
• Counseling,
  
• Consultation skills,
• Guidance curriculum development, and
  
• Coordination of guidance program components.

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Are these accredited programs?

• The Community/Agency CACREP (Council for
  Accrediting Counseling and Related Educational
  Programs)
• The School Counseling CACREP VA Department of
  Education

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Is it critical to graduate from an accredited
program?

• Yes, if you want to become licensed and able to
  bill for insurance and other third-party payers
• Yes, if you hope to work in schools licensed by
  the State Department of Education

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M.Ed. Graduates are eligible for licensure as

• Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC)
• K-12 School Counselors

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The End.