Recognizing that the psychology major prepares students for a wide variety of careers and graduate training programs, we are committed to placing you in co-ops and other work experiences in your specific areas of interest. We offer co-op jobs in a wide variety of clinical (i.e. client service) and research settings, as well as in business, nonprofit organizations, education and consulting.

Following is a sampling of co-op employers and jobs available to psychology majors:

Employer: Bay State Psychological Associates, Boston, Mass. (develops and sells pre-employment testing)

Job: Client services

Web Site: www.hrpq.com

Employer: The Italian Home for Children, Jamaica Plain, Mass. (residential and school programs for children ages 4 to 13)

Job: Child-care worker

Web Site: www.italianhome.org

Employer: Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Psychopharmacology Department, Boston, Mass. (ADD and ADHD research for children and adults)

Job: Research assistant

Web Site: http://massgeneral.org/depts/pediatricpsych/home.html

Employer: Massachusetts General Hospital Schizophrenia Program, Boston, Mass. (research in a Department of Mental Health facility for
adults with schizophrenia)

Job: Research assistant

Web Site: www.massgeneral.org/allpsych/Schizophrenia/Schizophrenia_home.htm

Employer: McLean Hopital, Belmont, Mass. (inpaitent psychiatric hospital)

Job: Mental health worker

Web Site: www.mclean.harvard.edu

Employer: May Institute, Norwood, Mass. (residential- and school-based programs for children with autisim and traumatic brain injury)

Job: Residential counselor / teachers' assistant

Web Site: www.mayinstitute.org

Employer: North Suffolk Mental Health Association, Chelsea, Mass. (residential and day programs for adults with psychiatric or developmental disabilities)

Job: Residential counselor and day program assistant

Web Site: www.northsuffolk.org

Employer: Vinfen, Cambridge, Mass. (residential programs for adults with psychiatric and developmental disabilities)

Jobs: Mental retardation worker,

Web Site: www.vinfen.org

Employer: The Walker Home and School, Needham, Mass. (residential and school programs for children ages 4 to 13)

Job: Child-care worker

Web Site: www.walkerschool.org