Please read and follow the Interview Project Instructions thoroughly before submitting your 3-5 page paper.
The Interview Project in this course will consist of a written paper and will help you to examine your career development in two parts. It should be written in standard APA style (i.e. double-spaced in 12 point Times New Roman font with one-inch margins). Your paper should be 3 to 5 pages in length (not including cover or reference page if included), well-organized and well-written.
For the first part of this project, you will need to locate and interview a person who holds the career you plan to pursue. Remember, many professionals are extremely busy and you may need to schedule this interview several weeks ahead of time – do not wait until the last minute! You should include information about the interview in your reflection paper articulating why you have chosen a certain career path, how it is a realistic and attainable goal, and how you plan on attaining that career goal.
For the second part of this project, you should include whether your career plans have changed after taking this course, what new careers related to psychology you learned about, what types of experiences you will seek out to meet your career goals, and what areas you need further information in to pursue your goals.
Criteria:
1. Formatting
APA Style, double-spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, One inch margins, 3-5 pages in length.
2. Interview
Interviewed a professional in the career the student is interested in pursuing, included questions/answers given to interviewee (not necessarily listed, can be paragraph format), and includes why they chose the career path, how realistic and attainable the goal is, how they plan on attaining the goal.
3. Reflection of the course
Included whether career plans have changed after taking the course, what new careers related to psychology you learned about, what types of experiences will you seek out to meet your goals, and what areas you need further information about to pursue your goals.
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Before submitting your 3-5 page paper, please read and follow the Interview Project Instructions carefully.
This course’s Interview Project will be a written paper that will help you examine your career development in two parts. It should be formatted in the APA style (i.e. double-spaced in 12 point Times New Roman font with one-inch margins). Your paper should be 3 to 5 pages long (excluding the cover and reference pages if applicable), well-organized, and well-written.
You’ll need to find and interview someone who works in the field you want to go into for the first part of this project. Keep in mind that many professionals are extremely busy, so you may need to schedule this interview several weeks in advance.
