Comment on a proposal to tailor psychology curricula for non-psychology majors.

What is it about?

The authors comment on a proposal from the EFPA Board of Education Affairs to design specific psychology curricula for students pursuing specific professions. The authors express concerns that psychology departments may not have the available funding, staffing, or personnel with the necessary interdisciplinary expertise to develop curricula tailored to non-psychology programs. The authors suggest alternatives such as (a) improving the introductory psychology course to emphasize its value as a hub science that has direct relevance to students' professional and personal lives and (b) including active learning pedagogies in upper-level psychology courses to increase students' psychological literacy.

Featured Image

Why is it important?

The authors agree that there is a need to improve psychology's public image and perceived relevance for students pursing other professions and are also concerned that psychology graduates who enter the workforce have often expressed a lack of perceived relevance of their degree to their careers.