Supporting Resources and Opportunities
Graduate Student Computer Lab
The University offers a state of the art computer facility with on-line terminals available to all
faculty and graduate students. The department maintains a 20 terminal student computer lab within
the psychology building, Barnwell College. These computers are available to all graduate students
for their course, practicum, assistantship, and other training and professional responsibilities have
software and network capabilities to aid in word processing (Microsoft Word), data analysis (SAS, SPSS, and Systat),
research (direct access to library holdings), Internet access, and email. Students use these facilities
extensively for a broad range of academic and assistantship responsibilities.
School Psychology Test Center
The Psychology Department maintains a "test center" which houses considerable assessment equipment in the Psychological
Services Center. The students may check out these psychological and educational tests, as needed for courses, practica,
teaching and assistantship duties. The program purchases new tests annually.
Office Space
Most Psychology graduate students are assigned shared offices in the Barnwell building. Office space, if available,
is assigned primarily to students during the first four years of training, and priority is given to those with departmental
work assignments. Students working as research assistants may be assigned space within their respective research laboratories.
Psychological Service Center (PSC) (http://www.cas.sc.edu/PSYC/grad_psyccc/ccpsc.html)
The Psychological Service Center is a clinic operated by the Department of Psychology as a training facility for students in
Clinical-Community and School Psychology. Students enrolled in specific practica provide evaluation and therapeutic services
for children, families, and adults. All services are supervised by departmental faculty. School
Psychology students are involved in the PSC through course assignments, participation in clinic "staffings," and enrollment in clinical practica.
Thomas Cooper Library (http://www.sc.edu/library/tcl.html)
Graduate students have full access to the Thomas Cooper Library, located on the campus. All students are encouraged
to become familiar with the full range of services and resources of the library. Tours are provided by library staff
and training sessions, focusing on library research (including electronic searching) are offered by the reference
librarians. In the course of their graduate work, students will be expected to make full use of multiple databases
relevant to the study of psychology, including those in medicine, sociology, public health, nursing, social work, etc.
A wide array of databases is available through the library's computers, and many are available from other university and
home computers. The library is continually expanding the range of resources that can be accessed from home computers, so
students are encouraged to keep abreast of library developments.
Colloquium Series
Several times a semester, distinguished psychologists from outside the university make scholarly presentations through
the Department's colloquium series. This provides an excellent opportunity for learning, regardless of the area of the
psychologist. Graduate students are expected to attend these colloquia, which are held on Monday afternoons at 3:30 PM.
USC Websites
The University maintains a website that can be accessed from the University's homepage, http://www.sc.edu.
The site contains links to a range of information and resources that students will need as they progress through the program.
In addition, the following web addresses can be accessed directly:
Professional Involvement
Students are encouraged to become professionally involved through organizations such as:
Participation in the student programs of these organizations and attendance at annual meetings will
facilitate your growth as a psychologist. Graduate students are encouraged to take part in professional
meetings through the presentation of papers or as a part of a division, interest group, discussion group, etc.
Whenever possible, students should attempt to publish the results of their research in appropriate professional
journals.
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