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What are the career paths for individuals who complete a bachelor's degree in psychology?

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Question added by Sarah Ali , Senior Evaluation Specialist , United Nations
Date Posted: 2018/03/05
anne muchiri
by anne muchiri , Accountant , Lords Healthcare Ltd

They become cousellors. Open a firm to practice. Some join the HR department.A psychology course is very important for every individual on any career path cause it helps the person to understand him/herself better and also helps understand other people they are living or working with.

The course doesn't limit one to just practice psychology you can use it in any area where people are involved.

It will help in most areas where you need to understand human behaviour.

Hatim Elamin AbdEllatief Abdedaem
by Hatim Elamin AbdEllatief Abdedaem , DIrector of industry adminstration at Gezira state , ministry of finance and economic affairs Gezira state

There is a common misconception floating around in our collective consciousness. It states that a bachelor's degree in psychology by itself is practically useless; a bachelor's degree in psychology is only useful as a prerequisite for a master's or doctorate degree in psychology. This simply isn't true. It is correct that a bachelor's degree in psychology can be a great stepping stone toward a graduate degree, but it can be applied to several other career paths than psychology. In fact, it's estimated that 40% of psychology majors go on to study at law school or business school. However, a bachelor's degree in psychology can certainly carry some value of its own.Bachelor's degrees in psychology are versatile. They can be applied to a large number of disciplines, and students with bachelor's degrees in psychology go on to work in a variety of professions. The most common occupations which employ individuals with these particular degrees include: upper- and middle-management/administration, sales, social work, labor-relations, real estate, insurance, and marketing.

 

 

Azlina M Lazim
by Azlina M Lazim , Psychologist , Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

In order to complete a bachelor degree in Psychology, one needs to study various fields of psychology. Introduction to Psychology, experimental psychology, physiological, personality, child, cognitive, clinical, cross cultural, research methodology and many others. This is partly serves an exposure for the graduate to choose which area he/she going to ventures for the master level. However, many opt to work after the bachelor degree. So looking at the various exposure, Psychology graduates can fit in any fields which have the element of human interaction kind of professions. It is only exceptional for the fields which are professional by itself such as lawyer, doctor etc.

Outside of higher education (teaching as a professor of psychology at a university), some career paths could include the following:

School counselor

Social worker - public or private

Marketing and Sales (not a direct correlation, but useful in analyzing customers).

Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD)
by Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD) , University Lecturer, Freelancer Consultant and Trainer for Int'l Business & Banking TF. , FreeLancer

Thanks for invitation,

I do believe that, in most cases he will join the teaching psychology career as a teacher or join another career path  for a psychology's analyst.

Sherif Shabaan
by Sherif Shabaan , Green Riyadh.. Site Civil Engineer , Al Fahd Company

Professor of psychology at the university or at school or with sports teams and many other things

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