<p>Im going into my senior year of high school and I'm thinking a little about a major (I have to pick classes for this year and knowing a little about majors might help). Im interested in psychology and politics but I dont think I would major in just one of them. Is something like "political psychology" a realistic major at all?? Would I have to design it myself or double major in psych and political sceince or are there good undergraduate schools that have a major like this? (places in the Northeast..like, say, Brandeis, NYU, SUNY Binghamton) And finally, what kinds of jobs will a major like this lead me to? If anyone here has done or thought about something similar, please give me any information you have!</p>
<p>Political psychology is not a realistic major as political psychology may be one or two courses per year in the typical psychology department. therefore you would have to double major or minor and major to integrate the two subject areas in a meaningful way. However, it would pay to look at psychology department faculty pages at the colleges you might want to apply to in order to see if any of the faculty are interested in political psychology and teach or do research in the area. You might also look at poly sci faculty pages to see if there are profs interested in political attitudes and survey research which is linked to aspects of cognitive psychology. Check out SUNY Stony Brook which used to have profs interested in this type of stuff. As for jobs, well you won't see want ads for political psychologists. Academic jobs, think tanks and maybe international industries might find a place for you after a MA or Ph.D.</p>