Field Placement

Through our field placements, students get experience working at local agencies Field Placement (Psyc 495) is a 4-credit capstone class. It includes 150 on-site hours, a weekly small group class meeting with the JMU instructor, and other features of capstone courses (oral presentations and an APA-style paper). Students apply for Field Placement during the first three weeks of the semester before they want to enroll. Students are selected on the basis of academic preparation, faculty recommendation, information in their application, and an interview. Students who are accepted for Field Placement choose potential sites from listings of approved placements and interview at the site before they can be accepted. There are more than 40 sites available in mental health, court services, social service, educational and business settings.

• Site Information
• Field Placement Site Guide
• Quickfind Guide to Sites
• Application (PDF)
• Due by 5:00pm September 13, 2013.  See application for details.
• Field Placement Interview Guide (Read before interview.)
• Syllabus
• Psyc 495 Field Placement -Spring 2013 (PDF)
• Field Placement Guidelines