Which 'phorians are currently in school

[Bread Regal]

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

[Bread Regal]

whatchall studying?

[The exploding boy]

IM AT THE SCHOOL OF LIFE LEARNING LIVING



(obviously im failing)

[reprise85]

studying psychology... duh :P

[Shallowed]

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.

[Bread Regal]

Originally Posted by reprise85

studying psychology... duh :P

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.

[Bread Regal]

Have you already done your tedious Gordon Rule crap?

[null123]

i go to art center LoL

[Elphenor]

About to start Poly-Sci classes.

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

Have you already done your tedious Gordon Rule crap?

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.

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

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.

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.

[bignothing]

Originally Posted by reprise85

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.

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).

[killtrocity]

I'm studying fugu preparation in Seoul

[Bread Regal]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

About to start Poly-Sci classes.

poli-sci?

[Bread Regal]

Originally Posted by killtrocity

I'm studying fugu preparation in Seoul

wait, really?

[Bread Regal]

Originally Posted by reprise85

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

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.

[Bread Regal]

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.

[hnibos]

Are you going to UCF yet?

[Bread Regal]

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

[Bread Regal]

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.

[hnibos]

Don't forget to use the MALL!

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

poli-sci?

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

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

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.

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.

[Trotskilicious]

without post graduate work, psychology is a BA

[Trotskilicious]

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.

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

without post graduate work, psychology is a BA

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

[Trotskilicious]

what i was getting at but thanks for correcting me

[Bread Regal]

Originally Posted by hnibos

Don't forget to use the MALL!

I think the mall will be useless to me.

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

[Trotskilicious]

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

[Bread Regal]

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