Academic Goals
Academic Goals at Walden
Instructions:
• List in this section, at least, three specific goals related to your academic pathway while completing your program of study at Walden (e.g., plan to take an internship or field experience course). You are encouraged to include as many goals as you find useful and necessary, but at a minimum, include three.
• Drawing from the Learning Resources and assignments you completed during the course, include at minimum a 1-paragraph written summary of steps you can take to achieve your goals.
• Include a Reference list on this page formatted in APA style for resources used.
Academic Goals:
1. Focus my upcoming courses around my future education and career goals
2. Begin an internship and/or find …show more content…
I kept my goals short-term, meaning within the next year or so, as I am on track to graduate in August of 2017. My first goal that I listed is to focus my upcoming courses around my future education and career goals. As we learned during Week 3 of this course, depending on the area of psychology one wishes to pursue there may be certain courses or certain skills that may be required. I intend to pursue a Master’s in School Counseling. While looking into the licensure requirements for my state I discovered that coursework is a vital part of obtaining a license (New York State Education Department (NYSED), 2015). I also learned what types of courses are currently set-up for the Master’s degree program in School Counseling here at Walden (Walden University, 2015). I feel that choosing courses that will help build a foundation for future courses is a good idea for me. In addition, I am interesting in trying to find an internship or a research opportunity although it is not a requirement for me to obtain my Bachelor’s degree. While pursuing my Associate’s degree I had the opportunity to do an internship and I feel that it helped me gain some real world experience. Landrum and Davis (2014) agree that internships offer a lot of benefits such as on-the-job experience and internships build confidence, (p. 110) to name a few. Landrum and Davis (2014) further point out that research experience closely related to your program of study is a huge plus on your application to graduate school (p. 94). Another goal I set for myself is to start applying for graduate school. I intend to start researching my options (my first choice, of course, is Walden) about a year in advance get all the information ready after that then about six months before I actually hope to start graduate school start sending out the applications. Lastly, I feel as though my APA citation skills
Instructions:
• List in this section, at least, three specific goals related to your academic pathway while completing your program of study at Walden (e.g., plan to take an internship or field experience course). You are encouraged to include as many goals as you find useful and necessary, but at a minimum, include three.
• Drawing from the Learning Resources and assignments you completed during the course, include at minimum a 1-paragraph written summary of steps you can take to achieve your goals.
• Include a Reference list on this page formatted in APA style for resources used.
Academic Goals:
1. Focus my upcoming courses around my future education and career goals
2. Begin an internship and/or find …show more content…
I kept my goals short-term, meaning within the next year or so, as I am on track to graduate in August of 2017. My first goal that I listed is to focus my upcoming courses around my future education and career goals. As we learned during Week 3 of this course, depending on the area of psychology one wishes to pursue there may be certain courses or certain skills that may be required. I intend to pursue a Master’s in School Counseling. While looking into the licensure requirements for my state I discovered that coursework is a vital part of obtaining a license (New York State Education Department (NYSED), 2015). I also learned what types of courses are currently set-up for the Master’s degree program in School Counseling here at Walden (Walden University, 2015). I feel that choosing courses that will help build a foundation for future courses is a good idea for me. In addition, I am interesting in trying to find an internship or a research opportunity although it is not a requirement for me to obtain my Bachelor’s degree. While pursuing my Associate’s degree I had the opportunity to do an internship and I feel that it helped me gain some real world experience. Landrum and Davis (2014) agree that internships offer a lot of benefits such as on-the-job experience and internships build confidence, (p. 110) to name a few. Landrum and Davis (2014) further point out that research experience closely related to your program of study is a huge plus on your application to graduate school (p. 94). Another goal I set for myself is to start applying for graduate school. I intend to start researching my options (my first choice, of course, is Walden) about a year in advance get all the information ready after that then about six months before I actually hope to start graduate school start sending out the applications. Lastly, I feel as though my APA citation skills