Which 'phorians are currently in school
 

let's talk about this thing we have in common with eachother

whatchall studying?

IM AT THE SCHOOL OF LIFE LEARNING LIVING



(obviously im failing)

studying psychology... duh :P

I am a fully rounded being. A degree from the University of Life, a diploma from the school of hard knocks, and three gold stars from the kindergarten of getting the shit kicked out of me.

D (my D, not our D) started out as a psych major and transitioned into social work like right before getting her AA. Knowing her and knowing you, I think you should look into that. You could still get a job doing the clinical stuff with an LCSW, but you'd certainly be making a financial tradeoff to go into that line of work.

Have you already done your tedious Gordon Rule crap?

i go to art center LoL

About to start Poly-Sci classes.

shit, no. i still have to take 6 math credits, eng1102, and one more other writing course. though i'm probably going to take at least 3-4 more writing classes anyway.

plus most of the gen ed. i still have to do a history class, music/art appreciation, 2 semesters of a language, speech, wellness and i'm prob forgetting something.

I've been researching social work and getting a BS in psychology instead of a BA. Which is basically neuroscience.

Regardless, I think I want to get a minor in a hard science and have some specialization in psycho-pharmacology. I'm also not convinced I want to do clinical work. And if I do, I sort of want to work in corrections, though I'm not sure how much of that is PTSD talking. I'd like to help decent people who made mistakes and/or were in shitty situations and ended up in prison, but deserve some therapy. No one gives a shit about them.

I'm sure this will all change several times before I'm done. :)

This is really nice. Hope it all goes as you plan!

I'm in grad school for international relations (more specific than that but the program isn't huge/I'm paranoid about googleable forums such as this one).

I'm studying fugu preparation in Seoul

poli-sci?

wait, really?

interesting. so is the BS a pre-req for going into psychiatry and the BA for psychology? the second-hand information i've heard is that it's very difficult to do anything with only a bachelors in those fields save for the high-demand, low-paying jobs you mentioned.

i should also mentioned that i'm starting my upper level undergrad classes in the fall*. my university no longer offers specific concentrations in math (computer science, economics, physics etc) but they still have those tracks available and will give you just a Math BS at the end. They are offering this Bio-Math track which is, essentially half math and half bio.

the degree requirements i've yet to satisfy are:

on the bio side:
Chem I/II
Bio I/II
Orgo-chem I/II
3 Upper level bio electives

on the math side
18 hours of senior or grad level math courses
Stat Theory I/II
and a really fucking cool clas that I can't wait to take, Mathematical Biology, which is basically the first class i have to take that ties both the fields together

all that adds up to at least 6 semesters of a full class load but i've decided i would really like to go into research and the extensive background in both bio and math would make me a valuable asset to a lot of research. so i'm really looking forward to it now that my mood has stabilized.

Are you going to UCF yet?

that will be starting this fall as soon as i wrap up this bullshit stat methods and comp II class.

i haven't taken a math class since 2012 but i'm not worried because i've basically been tutoring every 1000 and 2000 level math course for the past 2 years so i'm pretty sharp on everything still.

Don't forget to use the MALL!

nah bro he's gonna study a bunch of sciences at once

That should have said social work or a BS in psychology.

The BS in psychology degree can be pre-med (obv specialties would be psychiatry or neurology) or pre-pharmacy. Otherwise, even though the classes are different, you'd go to grad school for the same thing (if you wanted to get a PhD in psychology), so it's really just the same as a BA with more focus on the biological basis of behaviors, perceptions, mental illnesses, etc. It's basically just the same as a BA, but with some extra science classes. My counselor said it would give me an edge in opportunities if I wanted to do forensic psychology some day but that it's not strictly necessary.

The university I'm going to transfer to (FAU) has both tracks. Basically I'm going to see how I like my chem class that starts in a couple weeks and go from there. But most likely I'm just going to go for the BA requirements and tack on a minor when I get to FAU.

without post graduate work, psychology is a BA

i wonder what someone would tell me what edge i get from a history degree

an edge in being a fat loser who plays mmos probably. inside track that shit.

you can get a BS in psychology at some universities. both of them (BS and BA) are fairly useless by themselves though.

what i was getting at but thanks for correcting me

I think the mall will be useless to me.

edit: ok i just looked. it will definitely be useless to me.

and you'll still have to be there for three hours a week

not really. it's just a place for liberal arts and business majors to get help for their 6 required credit hours of math.

lots of GTAs work there though. i really don't want to do that shit.

my developmental psych class is pretty cool. about 1/3 of the class are psychology majors and a bunch more are education majors (pre school, special ed, etc). im not really being introduced to anything new but it's nice being around psych-nerds for 8 hours a week

T has worked there the last few semesters. They might "promote" him to something less awful.

I know for some math classes its a requirement to go. Don't know if that pertains to you.

Nah I'm in minnesota studying biochem. Fugu is cool as fuck though. Has some dense-ass DNA.

by the way how indicative is it that business majors can't do math

i took the GRE, failed at it and just figured grad school is another thing i'd fail at that i can't pay for

I actually didn't know T worked there. I love working with that guy. He's smart as fuck.

i think we're talking about the same T. would be pretty weird if two guys went by that name in such a relatively small program.

did you fail just because of the math? easily fixable, then.

i failed because i'm a hopeless failure doomed to constant fucking up