PSY 1000 Introductory Seminar in Psychology

1 Hours

This course is to be taken during the first year as a psychology major at Belmont University. Students who have completed a minimum of 15 hours in psychology prior to transferring to Belmont University or prior to declaring psychology as a major do not need to take this course. The seminar is designed to introduce new psychology majors to important issues in the discipline of psychology and the psychology major at Belmont, such as the scientific roots of the discipline, research and field placement opportunities for psychology majors, the fundamentals of scientific writing using APA format, the development of the psychology major portfolio, and the professional issues related to graduate school admission and job placement after graduation.