Department of Psychology
Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
B.A. in Psychology
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472 Majors
Degrees Granted
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B.A.s Granted 2005-2006: 78
B.G.S.s Granted 2005-2006: 14
Psy Chi – An active undergraduate
psychology honorary
Credit Hours Produced Fall, 05: 5647
Ph.D. in Psychology
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Applications for Fall, 2006
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USA 69
International 7
14 admitted
70 Doctoral Students
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Clinical Psychology (APA Accredited): 21 Students
Community (accreditation NA): 22 Students
Human Factors (HFES accredited): 27 Students
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Diversity
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African American Students: 11.4% (8)
Hispanic Students: 5.8% (4)
Asian Students: 7.1% (5)
Ph.D.s Granted SP 04 – SP 06: 30
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Clinical: 6
Community: 10
Human Factors: 14
Faculty
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Professors: 6
Associate Professors: 4
Assistant Professors: 6
Instructors: 0
Unclassified Professionals: 2
Classified Personnel: 2
Associated Centers and Other Units
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Self Help Network: Center for Community Support and Research
has participated in a variety of externally funded community
research projects and initiatives for more than 20 years and is
nationally considered an exemplar in meeting the research,
education and service mission of an urban university like WSU.
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Psychology Clinic: As well as providing outpatient mental health
services for the community, our Psychology Clinic is the primary
setting in which students in the our clinical psychology program at
WSU attain early, supervised experience in psychological
assessment and therapy.
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Software Usability Research Laboratory: This lab evaluates the
usability of software and websites for many “Fortune 500”
companies. SURL has also been involved in the WSU Banner
Project.
Scholarly Activity
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FY ’05 External Funding: $3,214,277
Journal Articles: 23
Paper Presentations: 53
Mission Orientation
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The urban mission of WSU has driven
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the development of all of our doctoral programs
the selection of faculty
involvement of undergraduates in applied research
our research orientation
extensive collaboration with community agencies,
industry, and business
the development of our undergraduate drug and
alcohol counseling program
A Sample of Practicum/Internship Placements
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HeadStart
Comcare
Lucent Technology
Google
K.U. Med School, Wichita
Microsoft
Prairieview Mental Health
Center
National Cash Register
Sandia Labs
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Larksfield Place
Catholic Care Center
NTSB
Parish Nursing Center
Episcopal Social Services
Three Trees
NIH
And over 50 other
businesses and community
agencies
Ph.D. Program Evaluation
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In addition to what is required, the
department, in the Summer of 2005 conducted
an assessment of our Ph.D. graduates.
We had 70 graduates in all.
We were able to contact 52 of them.
This project is ongoing.
Some Highlights of the Survey
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ALL of the 52 who filled out the survey are
employed in Psychology-related jobs.
50% of participants work in the State of Kansas
Modal Salary for Clinical Graduates: $40,000 to
$60,000
Modal Salary for Community Graduates: $60,000 to
$80,000
Modal Salary for Human Factors Graduates:
$80,000 to $100,000
Departmental Priorities
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Successfully recruiting five replacement
faculty members
Increasing our embarrassingly low GTA
stipends
Remodeling our clinic which is currently a
1950’s design