| A Bachelor of Science in Psychology degree can | | | | typically pretty high GPA requirements to get into a |
| provide you with the building blocks for a rewarding | | | | good psychology program at a top four-year |
| career in the psychology field. Many people continue | | | | university. |
| with psychology school after completing the B.S., | | | | As you work towards your psychology degree, you |
| going on to get a master's degree or a PhD in order | | | | will be required to take a variety of courses, many |
| to provide specialized services to patients or to teach | | | | of them in a specific sequential order. Comparative |
| psychology at the university level. A psychology | | | | Psychology, Elementary Psychology, Environmental |
| program can be a great undergraduate choice even if | | | | Stress, Intro to Child Development, Loss and Trauma, |
| you don't plan on continuing with graduate school to | | | | Principles of Behavior Analysis, Psychopharmacology |
| become a specialized psychologist or professor, | | | | and Social Cognition are typical courses. |
| though. The requirements for psychology programs | | | | You can use a Bachelor of Science in Psychology |
| make it well suited to a number of career choices. | | | | degree for many careers, but you will be best off if |
| If you choose a psychology major as an | | | | you go on to achieve advanced professional training |
| undergraduate student at a four-year university, you | | | | after completing the undergraduate degree. The |
| will receive experience and knowledge in professional | | | | employment of psychologists is expected to grow at |
| and scientific psychology. You will be required to | | | | a faster than average rate through 2014, according |
| complete the general education courses including | | | | to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. School |
| math, science, English, history and others before you | | | | psychologists appear to have the most lucrative |
| can begin taking your upper division psychology | | | | future. But the first step is starting psychology school |
| courses. You will also be advised to take some basic | | | | at the undergraduate level; then you can see where |
| psychology courses during your lower division course | | | | the career road takes you. |
| load. Some students complete their general education | | | | Institutions offering quality Child Psychology Programs |
| requirements at a community college and transfer | | | | include University of Phoenix, Argosy University, |
| into a four-year university; some go in straight out of | | | | South University, Brown Mackie College and Hesser |
| high school, and others do it all online. There are | | | | College. |