Psychology - BA or BS?

mercymom
Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:41:52 +0000

I got the BS only because I’d taken 3 semesters of calculus before I decided on a major so I had enuf math to get the BS and I thought it sounded better. I don’t really think it matters for grad school in psych which one you get; mostly that’s based on your GRE score and the GRE subject test in Psychology.

However, that said, you need to look at the curriculum at the schools you’re interested in and/or going to if you don’t want to do research because many schools now are research oriented and will require you to take research classes in order to get your degree. I’m looking at schools now for my S who wants to major in psych and the curriculums are LOTS more research based than they were 30 years ago.

Plus, I went to law school and not psych grad school. You may need a graduate degree to be employed as a psychologist and the grad schools may expect you to have research experience in addition to scores and grades to be admitted.

Check it out. You have time to decide.