Psychology is a very broad discipline involving research and application in every aspect of living beings (human and animal). Skills that make for excellence in some aspect of psychology include: developing and carrying out empirical research (both applied and theoretical), interpreting results, communicating to others, listening, engaging, involving, showing an interest in others, observing and many more.
Career Possibilities:
A bachelor in psychology can be a pre-professional degree, leading to graduate study in psychology or other fields. The master's degree is generally the minimum professional degree for licensing or certification of psychologists who work in education, business, hospitals, clinics, prisons and private practice.
The strong critical thinking skills, along with the abilities to research, write and understand human behavior, developed in the bachelor of science degree are highly valued in a wide range of positions in industry, business, law and social services.
Career possibilities (some of which will require completion of graduate programs) include:
- Human resources
- Program evaluation
- Marketing research
- Data analysis
- Casework
- Clinical, research or school psychology
- College or university professor
- Mental health work
- Research psychology