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Peer Advising Cartoon How to be a Peer Advisor

A select group of Psychology majors will be trained as academic peer advisors to greet and orient new majors and minors and to provide general information to Psychology students about department requirements, student organizations, careers, graduate study and other psychology opportunities.

Prerequisites:

1) Peer Advisors must be psychology majors, but may apply while still pre-majors.
2) At the time of application, nine upper-division psychology units must be completed or underway. Priority will be given to applicants who have completed PSY 200, 110, and 301. All applicants must have completed both 200 and 110 by the end of the semester in which they apply and have completed or be enrolled in PSY 301 for the current or upcoming semester.
3) Overall GPA of at least 2.5; Psychology GPA of at least 2.75.
4) Two letters of recommendation attesting to the reliability and responsibility of the applicant. At least one of the letters should be from a CSULB Psychology faculty member.
5) Ease in interacting with peers.
6) Availability two weeks prior to the beginning of the upcoming semester.
7) One year commitment

Format:

Peer advisors must attend class for 11/2 hours a week on Wednesdays (12:30 to 1:50) and be available an additional five hours each week for advising (hours to be arranged). In addition each peer advisor will undertake an educational project that averages two to three hours a week.

Benefits:

1) Get to know other psychology students and faculty. Make friends!
2) Learn about course requirements, graduate school and careers in the field of psychology.
3) Earn six units of upper division credit. One semester of PSY 406A/B satisfies three units of Psychology Category 5 (400-level course) and the second semester satisfies three units of Psychology Category 6 (any 300 or 400 Psychology course).
4) Gain experience important to employers and graduate schools.
5) Have a "home away from home"- with a computer, microwave, and a refrigerator.

Still Interested?
Then come swing by the Peer Advising Office (PSY 206) and pick up an application! The deadline for applications will be posted around the Psych building, so keep an eye out. Submit your completed application to Dr. Binder's mailbox in the main office (PSY 100) by the deadline-the earlier the better. Wait two days and then sign up for an interview. The signup sheet will be posted outside Psychology 215. Bring two letters of recommendation (in sealed envelopes with signatures across the flaps) and a picture to the interview. The format for the letters of recommendation will be provided along with the applications. Students will be interviewed and those selected will be informed prior to the start of VRR for the following semester.

Not quite sure?
Then feel free to drop by the Peer Advising Office and talk to a current Advisor to get a first hand account of what Peer Advising is like. Find out what they thought of the experience and see if it's right for you.

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