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1. Related to Psychology
2. Related to Business
3. Other Areas

Related to Psychology:

• Academic advisor
  
• Alcohol drug abuse counselor
  
• Behavior analyst
  
• Career counselor
  
• Career planning and placement counselor
  
• Case management aide
  
• Case worker
  
• Child care worker
  
• Child protection worker
  
• Community outreach worker
  
• Community support worker
• Corrections officer
  
• Counselor aide
  
• Day care center supervisor
  
• Director of volunteer services
  
• Eligibility worker
  
• Employment counselor
• Family services worker
  
• Gerontology aide
  
• Group home coordinator
  
• Housing/student life coordinator
  
• Life skill counselor
  
• Mental health technician
  
• Mental retardation unit manager
  
• Parole officer
  
• Political campaign worker
  
• Probation officer
  
• Program manager
  
• Public affairs coordinator
  
• Public relations specialist
  
• Publications researcher
  
• Radio/TV research assistant
  
• Rehabilitation advisor
  
• Residential counselor
  
• Residential youth counselor
  
• Secondary school teacher
  
• Social services assistant
  
• Social services director
  
• Social work assistant
  
• Urban planning research assistant
  
• Veterans advisor

Related to Business:

• Administrative assistant
  
• Advertising agent
  
• Advertising trainee
  
• Affirmative action representative
  
• Airline reservations clerk
  
• Bank management
  
• Claims specialist
  
• Customer relations
  
• Customer service representative
  
• Employee counselor
  
• Employee relations assistant
  
• Energy researcher
  
• Events coordinator
  
• Financial researcher
  
• Hotel management
  
• Human relations director
  
• Human resources recruiter
  
• Insurance agent
  
• Insurance claims/underwriter
  
• Intelligence officer
  
• Job analyst
  
• Loan officer
  
• Lobbying organizer
  
• Management trainee
  
• Marketing representative
  
• Marketing researcher
  
• Media buyer
  
• Occupational analyst
  
• Office manager
  
• Personnel worker/administrator
  
• Property management
  
• Public information officer
  
• Sales representative
  
• Small business owner
  
• Staff training and development
  
• Store manager
  
• Warehouse manager

Other areas:

• Activity director
  
• Assistant youth coordinator
  
• Camp staff director
  
• College admissions officer
  
• Community organizer
  
• Community. recreation worker
  
• Community relations officer
  
• Congressional aide
  
• Crime prevention coordinator
  
• Director of alumni relations
  
• Director of fundraising
  
• Driving instructor
  
• Educational coordinator
  
• Fast food restaurant manager
  
• Foster home parent
  
• Film researcher/copywriter
  
• Historical research assistant
  
• Hospital patient service representative
  
• Juvenile probation officer
  
• Laboratory assistant
  
• Law enforcement officer
  
• Neighborhood outreach worker
  
• Newspaper reporter
  
• Nursing home administrator
  
• Park and recreation director
  
• Private tutor
  
• Research assistant
  
• Security officer
  
• Statistical assistant
  
• Statistical reports compiler
  
• Store manager
  
• Task force coordinator
  
• Teaching
  
• Technical writer
  
• Vocational rehabilitation counselor
  
• Volunteer coordinator
  
• Warehouse manager
  
• Work activity program director
  
• Youth minister

Sources: Appleby, 1999; Aubrecht, 2001; Lloyd, 1997; Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1998; Shepard, 1996.

An advanced degree is required to become a psychologist.

Yes. Graduation in four years is possible, including a chance to study abroad and/or including a minor or concentration. The program allows flexibility in elective choices.

A program generally takes two years to complete.

No. A strong academic undergraduate background can prepare a student to directly enter a doctoral program. Acceptance into a graduate school is competitive at either level but additionally so for a Ph.D program. Students should have a GPA of 3.4 to 3.7 and have done well on the graduate entrance exam (GRE).