Courses After Undergraduate Degree

Graduate School
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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>I have a fairly strange problem. I am about to graduate with a B.A. in Psychology at McGill, but I only recently started to seriously consider graduate school. I will be graduating with 36 credits in Psych at the end of the month. My academic adviser suggested taking a couple more courses after graduation, since the admission requirements for many graduate programs up here in Canada require a minimum of 42 credits. She also advised registering for courses that will provide me with a more rounded background (such as Developmental Psychology, and Psychometrics). After considering the possible options, the only viable one is to apply as an independent student in another institution. However, the only courses they offer for independent students are 200 level courses that won't offer me the well-rounded background I was hoping for, but will supply the extra credits I need. Are there any other solutions to my problem?</p>

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<p>Can you delay graduation for another semester to take more credits at the university you currently attend? Can you take courses online for credit?</p>

<p>I have to disagree with your adviser’s advice, though. PhD programs do not want well-rounded students; they want specialists. The only reason to take developmental psychology is if you plan a research career involving developmental psychology. If you want to be a cognitive psychologist with no interest in developmental psych, there’s no reason to take that class. Psychometrics is always a pretty useful class, though, because all psychologists use the principles from that class.</p>

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<p>Do you want to go to graduate school to do clinical or research psychology?</p>