Evaluation of an Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum

Abstract

A follow-up of 146 recipients of a B.A. degree in psychology yielded information about their course work in psychology, GPA, fields of interest, plans for graduate study, occupational or professional use of psychology after graduation, type of job held at the time of the survey, value of faculty help and advisement, and outstanding characteristics of faculty who had beneficial influence on the personal and professional development of the graduates. Multivariate analysis of variance and correlational analyses led to eight conclusions, some of which corroborate the findings of the previous studies and others of which provide new information about the uniform as well as differential effect of the undergraduate curriculum in psychology.