http://www.torsey.com/blog/what-type-of-college-should-i-go-to-for-a-psychology-degree/ family matters Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.torsey.com/blog/what-type-of-college-should-i-go-to-for-a-psychology-degree/comment-page-1/#comment-592 The Wonder of It all Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:02:55 +0000 http://www.torsey.com/blog/what-type-of-college-should-i-go-to-for-a-psychology-degree/#comment-592 Well for starters, unless I'm really out of the loop, you can't get a bachelor's degree at a cc. You can get your general ed's out of the way and there's the option of an AA degree, but that's not going to get you anywhere in psychology. Most university's have a psychology department so where you go depends more on what you would like your professors to specialize in really more so than you. Check out the prof page of the university you are interested in and see if their research is along the lines of something you're interested in. Psychology is a pretty common degree these days and not a difficult one to get in terms of a challenge. But to make it in the world of psychology you are looking at having to do at least a master's and most often a phd or psyD which you also might want to research. My degree in psychology was an afterthought after my first program fell apart my sophomore year, not something I would recommend going through. My advice is to go to a community college, get your Generals out of the way and explore what direction in psychology (if psychology) you want to go. Even after a degree in psych and over ten years of working in a field where I used it fairly often, I'm going for a higher degree in a completely unrelated field. Expect to dump alot of money and time into getting anywhere in the psych world. Try sociology, you might get to where your'e going faster. Well for starters, unless I’m really out of the loop, you can’t get a bachelor’s degree at a cc. You can get your general ed’s out of the way and there’s the option of an AA degree, but that’s not going to get you anywhere in psychology. Most university’s have a psychology department so where you go depends more on what you would like your professors to specialize in really more so than you. Check out the prof page of the university you are interested in and see if their research is along the lines of something you’re interested in. Psychology is a pretty common degree these days and not a difficult one to get in terms of a challenge. But to make it in the world of psychology you are looking at having to do at least a master’s and most often a phd or psyD which you also might want to research. My degree in psychology was an afterthought after my first program fell apart my sophomore year, not something I would recommend going through. My advice is to go to a community college, get your Generals out of the way and explore what direction in psychology (if psychology) you want to go. Even after a degree in psych and over ten years of working in a field where I used it fairly often, I’m going for a higher degree in a completely unrelated field. Expect to dump alot of money and time into getting anywhere in the psych world. Try sociology, you might get to where your’e going faster.

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