2012 Assurance of Learning Report - Kennesaw State University

30. Diverse classes from many different fields, mentoring programs, and professors' willingness to advise.
31. Human interactions and even applying psychology knowledge to marketing.
32. The education of the Psychology professors and their passion towards teaching.
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WEAKNESSES OF PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR
1. I am a double major in biology and psychology, and am interested in neuroscience for graduate study. Determining what
classes to take, how to go about managing my double major, and figuring out various other logistical nuances of studying
biopsychology at KSU was, in no uncertain terms, a pretty big pain in the ass. Neuroscience is the future of psychology.
I would love to see some coordination between the psychology and biology departments concerning neuroscience.
2. Abnormal / Clinical / Theories / Social / Cross-Cultural. I list these not because the teaching was sub par but because
these were not my interests.
3. You all need more evening classes and better professors teaching those classes. You all have to understand that some
people work and have families and some of the professors act like they don't care. You also need better people assisting
in the Psychology Lab.
1. The workload 2. The heavy insistence on making students work together. I know that sounds bad, but I had at least
two group assignments every semester. KSU has a very diverse student population, with differing goals, and varying
perspectives on the importance of a GPA. Personally, I totally disagree with any part of my grade depending on the work
of another. I used to be a proponent for group activities, because it encouraged students to interact and hopefully foster
some long lasting relationships. Inevitably, there was always one; however, that did not get the work in on time, did not do
the work, did not meet with the group, was not a team player, or something. Then, one of my groups got five points
deducted because the lack of group effort due to one person's insistence on being disagreeable. That semester I was one
point shy of an "A". You have lost my vote with the KSU group project staple.
4. Research should be stressed much more than it is.
5. It should have more of a variety in scheduling options.
6. I wish I had had more of an opportunity to interact with other psych majors. My senior seminar is the first chance I have
had to do that during my time at KSU, and I love that seminar format. It really helps you to understand the material better
when you get to talk with classmates and other psych majors. More seminar style classes would be better. Also, there are
lots of psych classes in the catalog that were never offered that I would have loved to take. Wish there were more
learning community type options for psych majors. Also, I was never told anything about the Psi Chi honors society until
almost the end of my time here. Wish I could have joined. Wish there were more chances for students to be mentored by
faculty. I had that experience my last year and it was great, but wish it had been available from the beginning. "Careers"
(the class) should be forced on everyone as a very early class in the psych curriculum. Didn't get to take it until I was a
senior and it really needed to come earlier than that. Lots of useful info in that class that it was too late for me to take
advantage of.
7. ethnic minority psychology
8. More times should be available for senior seminar
9. A weakness of the Psych dept is the advising. The process needs to have input from both the student and the adviser.
They should then collaborate together for an agreement for a schedule.
10. Careers is a course that is required to graduate. I could not get into the class until I was a junior. There was information
that I needed before that to know what the next step would be. There needs to be more of that class offered.
11. We need more industrial/organizational classes. Also, we should have a graduate program for psychology.
12. more help on finding careers with a bachelors in psych
13. I would like to see more focus on getting student more involved with psychology related activities.
14. I think that some of the professors are too hung up on the act of being a teacher and not the art. Two professors I've had
have completely taken the heart out of teaching, and the class became so unenjoyable. It just seemed like they didn't
even care about the material or the students. I know it's hard to eliminate that, but I think caring is important.
15. The extreme emphasis on research
16. Could use more options for elective psych courses.
17. I wish to see advising done in a different way. I think it would be more beneficial to a student to be assigned to one
advisor instead of fighting over spots from the most coveted professors. Or another is to have a students determine what
they want to specialize in and then assign them to professors in that particular field of psychology. I also would like to see
more opportunities for research. I know this university is not to the level of other schools but I hope that one day KSU will
be known more for its own psychology research.
18. Some teachers are horrible. they expect you us to be professional writers and yet we are just learners.
19. Interpersonal relationships between professors and students.
20. n/a
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