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| psychology...more lab work...more individual |
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| sociology...more people...more groups! |
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| both...hey, its the best of both worlds! |
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 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:23 am
My professor said something interesting the other day. He mentioned how those who major in both psychology and sociology often can't find work easily. Considering how the concepts as to how the world works for both psychology and sociology could actually help people more...I can't imagine why that would be true. My main question is: should I double major, do one as a major and one as a minor, or should I only graduate with one degree?
I've learned that sociology and psychology work perfectly together in terms of helping people, but why won't anyone do it? That's one of the many questions on my mind.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:52 pm
An old high school teacher told someone in my class that if she majored in phycology she would just end up working at a fast food place or something. But my economics teacher said that close to half of everyone who gets a degree ends up working in a field other than the one of their degree. I say go with what ever floats your boat and to heck with what teachers say.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:25 am
I have limited experience in sociology, but I tend to find that sociological research to be more qualitative then psychology. I know everyone has their preference in terms of research, but I really learn heavily towards the quantitative side of things.
I think you should base your major decisions on practicality. A buddy of mine did the double major in Soc and Psych, and it demanded alot of his time. Keep the major requirements in mind.
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:03 am
Soc and psych are a natural pairing, but there are many other good pairings. Pairing biology and psychology is a good idea since a fair deal of the research being done in psych has been in the neuroscience/biopsych end of things. You could also pair psych with something like philosophy or religion, or even history, folkloric studies... you name it. Any and every discipline (psych or otherwise) has connections to every other discipline. The tendancy is for us to break down things by discipline, which I think is unfortunate sometimes. The lines between disciplines are often more categorical than actual.
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:24 pm
Understood. Thanks for all the advice. I'm currently majoring in psychology and minoring in sociology, and that seems a good road for now, but I'm already being asked what I want to do as a career, and I'm just not sure. Does government have any use for someone who has a degree like that? Sorry if the question seems like a no brainier. I have the cold. sad
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:45 pm
Part of the issue is that work in psychology almost always requires more than an undergraduate degree. So four years of school will get you a piece of paper, but you won't really be able to do anything directly related to it until you get a Masters or a PhD (depending on where you live).
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:54 pm
I am considering a masters degree...but where I live in Texas, I doubt there is much employment.
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:14 pm
What I suggest is to pester your college's career services and see what books they have. Usually they'll have some great books on possible career paths you can take in your given major as well as some more info on the educational requirements and such for each path. Someone with a degree in psych and soc might not end up doing research, but doing something lik PR with a non-profit agency; anything that requires people skills. It'll be assumed somewhat with training in the social sciences that you have good people skills a company could use.
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:52 am
*goes and pesters the career services* Thanks. biggrin
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:41 pm
Do you think being a chemistry major and psychology minor would be a good idea? I love chemistry, and I know that that's what I want to focus on, but I love psychology, too, and I'm wondering if I could minor in it or if I should just take a few courses in it to fulfill social science requirements.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:40 pm
lemme clarify this for myself
sociology-study of peoples or groups socially and what not, and how they act around them
psychology: study of the mental traits of people
wouldn't psychology be a step above sociology since the way their brain acts effects their social abilities?
sorry if this is confusing
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:19 pm
I'll probably end up teaching it to kids after I get a degree in it instead.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:48 pm
Chaos A.D. lemme clarify this for myself sociology-study of peoples or groups socially and what not, and how they act around them psychology: study of the mental traits of people wouldn't psychology be a step above sociology since the way their brain acts effects their social abilities? sorry if this is confusing That is correct, as far as I know. I believe that to know the group, you have to know the individual, and vice versa. It works both ways.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:08 pm
but to know the individual you must know the mind, the mind is the center of all people, their actions and thoughts and stuff..but it think i know what you mean
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:29 pm
Soviet Mudkipz but to know the individual you must know the mind, the mind is the center of all people, their actions and thoughts and stuff..but it think i know what you mean Basically, yes, what you say is right. To know the individual, you must know the mind. But isn't it influenced by what society around you shows you?
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