Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
A psychology degree remains a popular option for undergraduate students. This demonstrates the appeal of a degree that pertains to an understanding of social constructs, individual motivation, statistical analysis, research design, and problem-solving. Notwithstanding the numerous skills undergraduate psychology students gain in their studies, they remain chronically underemployed in the workforce. A possible explanation for the underemployment of undergraduate students involves a closer look at the transferable skills acquired by undergraduate psychology core courses. It is the intent of this study to grasp a better understanding of what knowledge, skills, and abilities, and other characteristics (KSAOs) students gain from undergraduate psychology courses. Psychology SMEs rated the extent to which KSAOs are obtained through the undergraduate psychology curriculum. This data will then be used to design a KSAO crosswalk that provides students a resource to identify KSAOs acquired during their psychology education, and consequently, understand the practical and transferable implementations of these sought-after workplace skills.
Date
10-16-2021
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
Rights
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License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Included in
Linking Psychology Curriculum with Career Skills
A psychology degree remains a popular option for undergraduate students. This demonstrates the appeal of a degree that pertains to an understanding of social constructs, individual motivation, statistical analysis, research design, and problem-solving. Notwithstanding the numerous skills undergraduate psychology students gain in their studies, they remain chronically underemployed in the workforce. A possible explanation for the underemployment of undergraduate students involves a closer look at the transferable skills acquired by undergraduate psychology core courses. It is the intent of this study to grasp a better understanding of what knowledge, skills, and abilities, and other characteristics (KSAOs) students gain from undergraduate psychology courses. Psychology SMEs rated the extent to which KSAOs are obtained through the undergraduate psychology curriculum. This data will then be used to design a KSAO crosswalk that provides students a resource to identify KSAOs acquired during their psychology education, and consequently, understand the practical and transferable implementations of these sought-after workplace skills.
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology