A National Survey of Undergraduate Psychology Degree Options and Major Requirements

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 164-171

  Messer, Wayne S ^a   Griggs, Richard A ^b   Jackson, Sherri L ^c  

^a HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033437612     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328023TOP260301     Document Type: Article

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