<p>What schools offer this major and that also provides a Doctoral degree?</p>
<p>you most likely will need to major in psych as an undergrad (every school has a psych dept), and then apply to phd programs (which are quite difficult to get into)</p>
<p>Univ. of Notre Dame.</p>
<p>which schools have strong psych. depts?</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>Consider that undrgraduate psych programs exist at almost every four year college and that graduate admission committees will not necessarily favor one department over another. They will be more impressed by the overall quality of the undergraduate school than the department. They will also be looking at your overall preparation, including math and science coursework, and your experience doing some type of undergraduate research. So when looking at undergrad psych programs try to get a sense of the overall quality of the school and the specific research opportunities available to psych majors. If there is a topic or area of psychology that interests you (you can't say just counseling psychology--it would need to be a more specific research area such as anxiety disorders, children's memory, etc), then you can search the psychology faculty at a particular school to see if anyone there is doing that kind of work. If there is a match with a particular faculty person, contact that person directly to find out about opportunities to work with that person if you go to that school. Since you may decide that psychology and/or grad school is not for you, I would not pick a college primarily based on its advantage to you in getting into grad school. That can be a factor but it should be one of several. Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks for the comprehensive explanation.</p>
<p>counseling psychology --> helping people deal with everyday life stress and problems, anxiety, and some others more severe. BUt not to the severity where a clinical psychologist deals with (phobias, schizophrenia, etc) </p>
<p>And also, what courses does one need to take before studying Psych. during college (Some sort of chem, and phys, along with Stats? please tell me it's not.. :( )</p>
<p>Bump................ can somebody answer my last question</p>
<p>Depends on the school. Most places, you have general education requirements that require the usual...freshman chemistry and physics among them, since psychology is technically a science. But...like has been said...almost every school has a psych department, so the individual requirements vary widely with the focus of the school.</p>
<p>To be a psych major you have to take statistics and usually some type of biological psychology or neuroscience. Grad schools like to see more advanced work in either math (calculus) or natural science but this is not set in stone.</p>
<p>I never though a psych. major had to study things like calculus, stats, chem.. I don;'t like science and math that much.. If I were to take chemistry, I would get a D or something! Yet, I would like to become a counseling psych.</p>
<p>ive never seen a grad program that wanted calculus or chem. bio would be more reasonable. advanced stats is typically the highest math they care about</p>
<p>Because clinical/counseling psych programs are so competitive admission committees will look at college preparation as a variable. Psych faculty value mathematical and natural science preparation for two reasons: 1. advanced statistical techniques such as path analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, etc rely on calculus based math. 2. More and more psychology is an integrative discipline utilizing findings and methodologies found in the natural sciences. Having said this math and science background is not a deal breaker when it comes to admission decisions. Grades, GRE's, research experience and letters of recommendation remain more important factors. But if you are trying to plan your college coursework to present the best possible application for grad school, you may want to consider your chances to do well in these types of courses, and if you can do well, take them.</p>