PROPS Sample Syllabi

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Week 1: Introduction to PROPS
Melina Dorian, PROPS Coordinator
Haley Vlach, PROPS Graduate Mentor
Hector Myers, PROPS Faculty Sponsor      

Week 2: Building Your Application - Preparing C.V.s and Resumes
Haley Vlach, PROPS Graduate Mentor

Week 3: How to write an abstract: Preparing for PURC and your PROPS research paper/Ethics in Psychological Research
Haley Vlach, PROPS Graduate Mentor
Human Subjects Certification Due

Week 4: Introduction to the Career Center
Meet in Room 200 of the Strathmore Bldg.

Week 5: CSUN Panel—Masters Programs in Psychology
First Draft of Curriculum Vitae Due     

Week 6: Components of a Graduate School Application
Haley Vlach, Graduate Mentor, PROPS Program

Week 7: Building Your Application: Preparing Statements of Purpose
Haley Vlach, PROPS Graduate Mentor

Week 8: Graduate School Admissions
Faculty member on admissions committee: Ben Karney Ph.D., Social Psychology

Week 9: Careers in Psychology: Haley Vlach, PROPS Graduate Mentor
Informational Interview Assignment Due

Week 10: Graduate Student Panel
First Draft of Statement of Purpose Due

Week 1: Research Poster/Presentation Tips
Haley Vlach, PROPS Graduate Mentor

Week 2: Applied and Research Perspectives in Psychology
UCLA Faculty Panel   

Week 3:  Overview of GRE Princeton Review Representative

Final Copy of CV Due

Week 4:  Mastering Grad School Interviews
Haley Vlach, PROPS Graduate Mentor
Revised Statement of Purpose Due

Week 5: So You Want to be a Professor?
Haley Vlach, PROPS Graduate Mentor   
Paper Outlines Due
       
Week 6-9:  Research presentations by PROPS Students
Abstracts Due

Week 10: Commencement Breakfast
PROPS Research Paper Due