"What prepared me at MCLA for my internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and graduate school was the rigor of my physics classes. I would credit Dr. Adrienne Wootters in particular with teaching us to work hard and she was always willing to make time to work on problems with us when we couldn’t get them."

Kristy Moore ’05
Graduate Student, University of Rhode Island
What can I do with my major in . . .
                           Types of Jobs Psychology Majors
                          Land With an Undergraduate Degree



*Human Services                                 Education/Higher Education Continued:                       

Mental Health Care Staff                        *School Psychologist
Residential Counselor                           *Sports Psychologist
*Senior Placement Officer                       *Industrial Therapist
Personnel Selection Officer                     *Professor
Nursing Assistant                               Career Assessment Officer
Advocate                                        *Director of Counseling
Social Welfare Administrators                   *Director of Guidance
*Human Resource Manager                         Learning Specialist
*Occupational Therapist                         *Special Education Teacher
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor             Advertising/Marketing
Community Organization Officer                  Vocational Guidance
Manual Arts Therapist                           Personell/Human resources
Recreational Therapist                          Administrator/Manager
Substance Abuse Counselor                       Health Educator
*Mental Health Counselor                        Personality Psychologist
*Therapist For The Blind                        Psychology of art
Adult Development and Aging                     Consulting Psychologist
*Rehabilitation Psychologist                    Career Counselor
*Humanistic Psychology                          Military Psychologist
*Gerontology                                    Psychological Hypnosis
*Family Psychologist                            Neuropsyhologist
*Psychologist Gay/Lesbian Issues                Statistician
Job Development Specialist                      Vocational Training Instructor
Public Relations Specialist                     Research Assistant
Support Worker, Job Coach                       Real Estate Broker
                        
*Education/Higher Education                     Business/Manufacturing

*Guidance Counselor                             Sales/Advertising/Marketing
*Teacher/Research Teacher/Educators             Office Manager
*Teacher of the Mentally Retarded               Loan Officer
Teacher's Aide                                  Claims Adjuster
Employment Counselor                            Salesperson
Market Researcher                               Real Estate Broker
*Counseling Psychologist                        General Manager
*Educational Psychologist                       Customer Services Representative
Admissions Counselor                            Sales Consultant

Other                                            Government

Independent Practice                             Special Agent
Editor                                           Military Psychologist
Employee Assistance                              Researcher
Administrator                                    Program Administrator
Industrial Psychologies                          Technical Writer
Job Analyst                                      Human Resource Manager
Market Research Analyst                          Statistician
Personnel Manager
Labor Relations Specialist
Public Opinion Interviewer                       Law Enforcement
Saftely Engineer 
Psychologist in Public Services                  Latent Fingerprint Examiner
Charity Organizer                                *Criminologist
Television Research                              Correctional Officer
Psychology of Law                                Probation Officer
Technical Writer                                 Parole Officer
Personal Analyst                                 Public Safety Officer
                                                 Police Officer *
*Requires or may require additional certification,
licensure, and/or continued education.

Source:  SIGI PLUS - 2005
         Occupational Outlook Handbook - 2005
         NACE - National Association of Colleges and
          Employers - 2005
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