Psychology 102, Foundations in the Discipline of Psychology, is an introductory course meant to introduce new majors to the field of psychology while also providing experiences that will help them determine their direction within it and becoming a successful college student. The course has been taught for a handful of years and received good feedback from students, but this feedback and their apparent engagement in the course declined in recent semesters, which resulted in the current project. We identified core problems with the course and worked to resolve them so that students’ expectations were better met through, e.g., hands-on experiences and more appropriate learning assessments. Ultimately, this course is meant to help students reflect on their goals and values and create a clear vision of their professional lives, and this course revision seems more supportive of those goals.
