Linguistics or Psych?

bunnybee13
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:04:33 +0000

In the fall, I’m going to be a freshman student at Moorpark College. I already have 12 units (plus 3 or 6 units from AP tests, depending on whether I pass the one I took this year)

My ultimate goal is to become a speech-language pathologist. Therefore, I assume I should major in either Linguistics or Psych at whatever UC I transfer to. I figured those majors would be appropriate because they both are used in the career I want. I know they have Linguistics and Psychology major at UCLA, and a Communicative Disorders major at CSUN, but I really don’t know where else they have a major that I can use for my future career.

Psychology has a bunch of math courses and science courses I really am nervous about taking because I’m worried I won’t have enough time to finish all the way up to Calculus in 2 years (which I need for UCSB/other schools) since I am taking Elementary Algebra this semester because I really am //that bad// at math. Additionally, I still haven’t taken a Psych class at all (even in high school), so I’m not really sure if that is a major I really want to do.

Linguistics doesn’t really say anything on the ASSIST website other than “4 semesters of a foreign language”. But I took 3 years in high school, which they say fulfills the requirement on IGETC. I’m not sure if that counts at all. Is there anyone who is a Linguistics major here that knows anything else I should know?

I know it is my ultimate decision about what major I want to choose, but I do need more information about what I’m getting into since I have to build my way up in math and, if in Linguistics, foreign language. Do you guys have any information about these majors? Thanks. :)