Getting College Students BACC on track: Behavioral

Academic Career Counseling

Senior System Manager: Dan ShaftoJunior System Manager: Tamina

StuberUndergraduate Assistant: Lisa

LeVasseur Advisor: Dr. Richard Malott

What is BACC?

Behavioral Academic and Career Counseling

A supplemental undergraduate advisory program

Supervised by Richard Malott, PhD.

Managed by BATS (Behavior Analysis Training System) MA students

BACC Mission StatementBACC provides essential

guidance to undergraduate psychology students

Through one-on-one counseling interviews with BATS’ MA students

To help the undergraduate students have a better chance at accomplishing their post-graduation goals.

So What’s The Problem?

Is there a lack of traditional counseling?

Do undergraduate students not seek out the essential information they need to make decisions about their academic/career goals because they are lazy?

Or is it pure EVIL itself…

PROCRASTINATION!

The Solution

One-on-one counseling

Knowledgeable counselors

Performance contracting

Follow-up appointments

Who’s involved?Master’s students from Dr. Malott’s

BATS programI HAD A BACC APPT. WHEN I

WAS AN UNDERGRAD!

I HAD A BACC APPT. WHEN I

WAS AN UNDERGRAD! ME TOO!!

IT REALLY HELPED..

ME TOO!!IT REALLY HELPED..

IN FACT WE ALL

WERE SET ON TRACK BY

BACC

IN FACT WE ALL

WERE SET ON TRACK BY

BACC

We recruit undergraduate psychology students from:

Dr. Malott’s Psy 360,460 and 100 Honors and

Other psychology courses

The BACC InterviewThe MA student gathers information from

undergraduates using the “How to Achieve Your Goals” form.

Be sure to bring this form filled out to your BACC appointment!

The Interview Cont.

The MA student advises undergraduates about:What classes to takeHow to raise their GPAPracticum opportunitiesHow to get research experienceHow to get into Graduate SchoolEmployment opportunities

The Interview Cont.We also have several Graduate school

binders and job binders in which students can gather additional information about the various fields of psychologyClinical psychologyCounseling psychologyIndustrial Organizational psychologyOrganizational Behavior ManagementBehavior AnalysisHealth psychologyForensic psychologyWith more coming soon to a BATS

lab near you!

The Interview cont.

After the undergraduate has decided on some goal(s), such as scheduling to take the GRE or

spending more time studying,

The MA student will fill out a performance contract with the undergraduate

The undergraduate leaves the interview with a plan of action and the information to make decisions about their future.

And then what?

We try to get the students back for a follow-up appointment to assess where they are in terms of reaching their goals.

EvaluationRecently,

undergraduate students evaluated the three parts of the BACC interview:Academic ReviewCareer InformationGoal-Setting

On accuracy, clarity, and performance

Fall 2001

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If I hadn’t had a BACC

appointment, I’d be living in a van down by the river!

Overall rating of BACC appointments from Fall 2002 students

Evaluation cont.As you can see,

most undergraduates enjoyed their BACC appointment and found it useful.

So, sign up for a BACC appointment and “get BACC on track!”

There is a lot of information you need to stay on top of……GRE Graduate Programs

Licensure Information

Classes to take

Practica

Research Opportunities

Jobs while you are in school

Why not let BACC help you out?

Remember if you find that you cannot make

your appointment

please let your TA know as

soon as possible! If

you fail to do so and do not show up you

will lose points.

We’ll give you 20 participation

points for coming to the

appointment. 10 OAP’s for showing proof that you’ve

completed the task in the performance contract. Plus each additional task you complete related

to your career/academic goals will also be

worth 10 more OAP’s!!!

It’s the cool thing to do!!

It’s the cool thing to do!!

Your TA will pass around a sign-up sheet,

So make your BACC appointment now…

And get “BACC” on track

Thank You!Comments or Questions?