<p>I am horrible at math, but I am trying to decide between two colleges (each one requiring the courses for the major). Rollins College requires two courses, while University of Minnesota-- Twin Cities only requires one…</p>
<p>Rollins College:
PSY 250: Statistics and Research Methods I
PSY 255: Statistics and Research Methods II (requires PSY 250)</p>
<p>or,</p>
<p>University of Minnesota–
PSY 3801 - Introduction to Psychological Measurement and Data Analysis <a href=“4.0%20cr”>MATH</a></p>
<p>Which college’s math courses sound harder? Which math courses are typically harder out of the following choices? Are these hard courses to take in general? Thanks!</p>
<p>Do the one from University of Minnesota. If you dislike math, what makes you think taking two courses, even if they’re easier, will be any better? One semester, bam, done with it.</p>
<p>And bumping like that is quite unnecessary. That type of question is going to be up to you.</p>
<p>@Ijamjl- Obviously the ultimate decision will be up to me! But it doesn’t hurt to get suggestions, opinions, advice, right? That’s why we’re all here. Pfft <em>rolls eyes</em></p>
<p>@WarreJor- Thanks! Do you have a reason why I should? I’m a Psych major, btw I plan on going to grad school for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. :)</p>
<p>My cousin goes to UMN and she told me she took that class last year. She is now going to for her PhD. Plus it is one class lol. On top of that I always find analytical classes to be more interesting.</p>
<p>Chances are, if the courses are part of the psych department and taught by psych professors, it will be much easier than taking a course in the math department. Those psych professors will be relating most things to psychology - things you’ve already learned, or things you will be learning in the near future. This makes it easier to digest and find application for. </p>
<p>I took a statistics class at a college as part of the math department despite being a psychology major because that’s how it was set up at that school. I am good at math, but I can see how some others may have struggled. When I transferred to another college it was all taught by the psych department (which I didn’t need to take since I already took stats previously). Seemed like a better set-up to me than what I had, even though I had an excellent stats professor.</p>
<p>If you’re looking at graduate school, I think the year long program may be beneficial. You’re cramming less into a single course and spending more time learning key analyses that you will likely be extending into graduate school research. You will likely be taking more advanced stats/research methods courses in graduate school as well, depending on the program and how research focused it is (PhD or masters?). So this may not be the last time you need to think about those topics or take the courses. Take them seriously and work to really understand the concepts.</p>
