Undergraduate Psychology Courses Preferred by Graduate Programs

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-184

  Lawson, Timothy J ^a   Reisinger, Debra L ^a   Jordan Fleming, Mary Kay ^a  

^a College of Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

graduate admissions; undergraduate curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868628806     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628312450430     Document Type: Review

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