<p>So I'm thinking of double majoring in Biz-Econ and Psychology. But what can I really do with a psych degree? I've googled and it seems really really general...and also seems that the degree is quite looked down upon as a "fluff" major.</p>
<p>Will that double major complement each other well? Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Here’s a list of what Berkeley Psych majors have done after undergraduate study if it hasn’t come up in you searches:
[Career</a> Center - What Can I Do With a Major In…?](<a href=“http://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Psych.stm]Career”>http://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Psych.stm)</p>
<p>don’t call me a fluff major! :(</p>
<p>lol but seriously… psychology is the most adaptable major out there, IMO. which can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your perspective.</p>
<p>it can never, ever hurt to know more about the inner workings of the human mind, whether you choose a career in the field or no. after much debate i think i’m leaning toward becoming a marriage/family therapist. but it applies to so many other things as well.</p>
<p>a more practical question: if you don’t think you want a career actually related psychology (ie, psychology for grad school, or becoming a counselor, or a teacher, etc), then do you really need the double major? there’s a lot of classes for the whole major, even if it’s not as many as others. make sure you’ve got room to take the entire thing.</p>
<p>if you’re concerned with psych being so general, why not minor in a specialized field? there’s applied developmental psych if you’re interested in children, or cognitive science if you like the brain and how it functions.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input! Sorry liyana, didn’t mean any offense, I was just trying to describe a common stereotype about that major and trying to see how it can be disproved.</p>
<p>I’m really interested in psych, although I don’t want o have a career in the field. I was thinking about minoring in psych, but the only minor is developmental psych :T</p>
<p>I was also considering dbl major biz-econ/political science. Would this or biz-econ/psych complement each other better in terms of future potential career opportunities?</p>
<p>Hardcore.</p>
<p>If you major in biz econ, you should minor in accounting (you only have to take 3 more accounting courses over the biz econ requirements to fulfill all the accounting minor requirements). So if you do one of your paths, you would have major in biz econ, major in psychology/political science, and minor in accounting! You’ll be so well rounded, lol.</p>
<p>no offense taken lol ;)</p>
<p>so you really want to double major eh? make sure you’ve got sufficient time to do so. to get an idea of the workload just look up the majors/minors in the catalog, count the classes you would need to take, and divide by your quarters remaining.</p>
<p>for instance you’d have 8 or 9 classes for the psych premajor (depending on your chem experience, and if you’ve happened to take any of them already) and 10 for the actual major. so 19ish total. the cog sci minor, on the other hand, only takes 7 classes, and if you pick the “human cognition” cluster, most of them will be in the psych department. i guess you should look at the specific course descriptions, see what courses you would like to take, and see which path gets you there.</p>
<p>looks like poli sci has 5 pre-reqs, and 14 major reqs, so again 19. two of those classes, however, can be from the psych department, looks like.</p>
<p>it’ll just take some proactive planning, but what altema suggests may well be possible!</p>
<p>Well, it is the most popular major at UCLA. So, I’d think that they all don’t end up as miserable failures in life.</p>
<p>gee thanks for your confidence in me, emm =P</p>
<p>Thanks for all your input guys!
Yeah, it does seem Psych is really general but yet at the same time I find that really nice and adaptable. I’m still debating that versus poli sci though, I like both equally, though it seems that if I’m doing biz-econ already, I should do psych as it’s more “science-y” and would give me a good balance…</p>
<p>So liyana, how’s your experience been with the psych department so far? is it a good program? pros/cons?</p>
<p>I am just finishing up my prereqs but so far it’s been great. You can choose from sooooo many diverse classes, and it’s a very flexible major. I’ve taken psych 100a and 127 and have liked them, and I am very much looking forward to the rest of my upper divisions. Feel free to pm me with any more questions!</p>
<p>It’s v. early to consider double-majoring in two vastly disparate fields. There’s the first step of doing well in your lower-division economics courses to warrant a decent application for the major. Next, there are the conflicting interests or say, possibly your changing majors and courses depending on how interested or how well-apt you are in your desired courses. Finally, there’s the possibility of becoming angst-ridden, hating UCLA for God-knows what reason, and desiring to transfer mid-Winter Quarter because of the relatively poor weather conditions and possibly, the knowledge that half of the school-year is over and that you’re still misguided… not knowing whether the window of opportunity or junction has not yet been surpassed and that you might actually have a decent chance or some guidance in the long-run although you might feel alone because of the masses and the congestion on BruinWalk. Regardless, I digress. We know that these implied roads are not exclusive. What’s consistent, however, is the idea of change, fickleness, and, of course, external circumstances. Good luck.</p>
<p>You might want to combine your Psychology Major with something that has higher earning potential.</p>
<p>Average Salaries (U.S. $)Fall 2006 Salary Survey</p>
<p>��Accounting $44,928
��Business Administration/Management $41,155
��Economics/Finance $44,588
��Management Information Systems $45,391
��Marketing/Marketing Mgmt. $37,191
��Information Sciences & Systems $47,182
��Computer Science $50,744
��Civil Engineering $46,084
��Computer Engineering $53,096
��Electrical Engineering $53,300
��Mechanical Engineering $51,808
��English $31,385
��Psychology $30,369
��History $33,071</p>
<p>Hmm…that’s one of the key factors I’m considering about a psych major. It seems more financially lacking than some of the other majors :T</p>
<p>Any feedback on which double majors would be a better complement? In terms of future career opportunities, well-roundedness in education, and future financial security?
Biz-Econ/Psychology
Biz-Econ/Political Science
Biz-Econ/Environmental Science</p>
<p>I’m interested in all of those :P</p>
<p>you know, it’s a little unfair to categorize the psychology major according to average salaries, because of its variability. other majors typically lead to more specific career paths (ie, engineering/science), so a financial measure might be more applicable, but psychology grads go on to do just about ANYTHING. so the money you make really isn’t related to the major at all- just what you do with it.</p>
<p>what may also help you is to look at career paths for your majors, and see what kind of jobs lay at the end of the road. for psychology, it varies from teaching (admittedly a low-salaried position) to counseling/therapy to things completely unrelated to psychology at all. you can do absolutely anything with a degree in psych, banning particle physics ;)</p>
<p>bottom line is, i think your best line of approach is to take the intro classes for all four majors. many of them are GEs, so it won’t take you extra time. follow your heart: if you’re concerned about money, then take that into account, but keep in mind that your financial future is less determined by your major (if really at all, among the north campus majors) and more by your actual job/career. you want to be doing something you enjoy, and who better to determine the best major/double major combination for yourself, than you?</p>
<p>So well articulated, liyana! Almost makes me want to major in something North Campus :X</p>
<p>UCLA Band Mom,</p>
<p>Remember that that’s only starting salary. A psych major with a few years of work experience for a major firm can easily surpass the engineering BA in the long run.</p>
<p>Of course, the engineering grad can do the same thing to the psych major.</p>
<p>A local Sony supply chain exec I met majored in sociology in undergrad. At SD State, no less!</p>
<p>Interesting side note here:</p>
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This was listed as one of the pysch grads. Not bad. I wonder if he/she minored in something more “mathy” though? Good gig, at any rate.</p>