This fall semester I learned many things from my courses. I have to say that the courses become harder with each new semester; however, I am still able to complete them. My favorite courses were Cognition, Theories of Personalities, and Theories of Social Psychology. These three courses were very challenging, but I enjoyed every part of the experience. Everything was fascinating to me. I wanted to understand the human mind, all the personality traits we have, and how individuals behave in a group.

This semester the courses that I took provided a sense of what could be my concentration. Next semester I will be adding a mental health concentration to my psychology major and criminal justice minor. Adding the mental health concentration will allow me to learn more about human behaviors and gain knowledge in clinical areas, such as counseling techniques and psychological testing. I feel very confident and satisfied with the online platform that this university has. At SNHU they provide free online tutoring for all their online students, which I think is a very helpful tool for an online platform. I can communicate with my professors, even just through emails, and they promptly respond and help me.

A highlight of my fall semester is that I began to work in the Island Counseling Services at MV Community Services. I am the administrative assistant. Being in this workplace is helping me be more involved with psychology and its various branches. This job is also helping me internalize all the psychological vocabulary; I am able to understand and learn more about this vocabulary, and apply it to my coursework. It has been an interesting, and fulfilling fall semester. I believe that throughout each semester I have been narrowing the direction and walking towards my future career.