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Resources for Psychology Majors

General Career Information

Careers in Psychology
Site helps undergraduates understand what you can do with a degree in psychology.

Masters and Doctoral-Level Careers in Psychology
Describes a number of psychology and psychology-related career options that require graduate degrees.

US Department of Labor
Contains brief job descriptions, employment outlooks, training requirements, and related occupations for "psychologists." Includes cognitive, counseling, developmental, experimental, industrial-organizational, school, and social psychologists.

Encyclopedia of Psychology
Provides links to APA careers in the 21st century, data on education and employment in the field of psychology.

Social Psychology Network
Tips on how to get into graduate school. Advice on how to prepare for the Graduate Record Exam, develop an academic vita, or get good letters of recommendation. Search through hundreds of job listings in psychology.

Psychology Information Online
Provides resources and references for students at both the graduate and undergraduate level. This includes information about many psychological topics that can assist you in beginning research for class projects and papers, information about careers in psychology and mental health, and information about graduate training programs, internships, and fellowships. Job information related to field of psychology and associated fields.

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Internships

CollegeGrad.com
Search for internships by career/industry and state.

Internships in Psychology
General internship link for psychology majors and graduate students.

Internships in Community and Social Service Agencies
This link provides information on over 140 organizations offering internships for students interested in confronting social problems. To obtain user name and password to this site, go to the Career Employment (CE) desk at Career Services. Click on “The Internships Series Online” and then select “Internships with Community and Social Services Agencies.”

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Graduate & Professional Schools

GradSchools.com
The most comprehensive source of graduate school information.

Thinking about Graduate School in Psychology
The information contained in these pages is intended to help anyone considering psychology training past an undergraduate degree.

APA Guide to Getting Into Grad School
Once you have reached this decision, this site helps answer this question: “What are the next steps to finding and getting into a graduate program?”

Graduate School Options for Psychology Majors
This section will help you learn about graduate programs in psychology, education, and social work that will prepare you for work in psychology and psychology-related careers.

Peterson's On-Line Graduate Services
An online program that enables you to search for graduate schools by Institution Name, Location, Academic Area, or Professional Degree (Law, Medical, etc.).

Graduate Record Examination
The GRE General Test measures critical thinking, analytical writing, verbal reasoning, and quantitative reasoning skills that have been acquired over a long period of time and that are not related to any specific field of study. The GRE Subject Tests gauge undergraduate achievement in eight specific fields of study.

Hanover College
Provides alphabetical listing of Psychology departments at various universities throughout the world.

Social Psychology Network
Find out info about grad schools and Graduate Record Examination, develop an academic vita, or obtain good letters of recommendation.

College Source Online
A virtual library representing 33, 961 college catalogs in full cover-to-cover, original page format with graduate and professional schools.

Succeeding in Graduate School
General resources for Graduate students: advice on research writing, looking for external funding, journal articles, internships and more.

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Professional Associations

American Psychological Association
Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 150,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide.

The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) is the voice of student concerns within the APA.

American Psychological Society
The Association for Psychological Science (previously the American Psychological Society) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national level.

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Job Listings

Psych Jobs
Provides an index for psychology jobs and employment.

PsychEd Job Connect
Lists job opportunities if seeking a job, internship, or instructional position in the field of school psychology.

Jobs in Psychology
Find jobs in various fields such as healthcare or social service.

Association of Psychology Postdoctoral & Internship Centers
The information contained on this web site is for use by psychology intern applicants, psychology interns, psychology post docs, trainers of psychologists, and psychology faculty members.

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UCSB Resources

UCSB Library Psychology Subject Homepage

Psychology Departmental Web Page

Career Resource Room

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