Education and Career Forum

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have done my B.Sc Chemistry in Madras Christian College,

Tambaram, Chennai. I have discovered myself that i have more interest in

psychology. I want to pursue a course in that field to know about it better.

And i also want to know about career perspects in that field. Please give

me the better guidance and let me aware of it.

Thank You.

Hello Friend,
I appreciate your interest in this subject but to make a successfull career as psychologist, you will ned to study psychology upto its highest level. First of all you will need to graduate with psychology, and then pursue MSc and then Phd. in the same.

Bachelors in Psychology- 3 years
MSc - 2 years
Phd /MPhil - 2 years

You may specialize in any particular area as
Clinical Psychologists
Counseling Psychologists
Social Psychologists
Educational Psychologists
Industrial Psychologists
Research psychologists
Developmental psychologists

After specializing in any area, you can work as consultant in corporate sector, Social organisations,Rehabilitation centre, Hospitals as well as government bodies and could also start practicing on your own.
As far as the financial side of this profession is concerned, the one in private practice earns much more then working in corporate or any other sector.

dear friend

There are numerous careers options in psychology. Diverse choices include
therapy, human factors, and research. Learn more in this overview of the
typical wages, working conditions, and job outlooks for careers in
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dear friend ,
its very good to do which is of interest whatever may be the prospects because one can achieve high goals only through self determination and interest .

their are many field in which you can be offered a job or in which you can carry out your reaserch work .
some of which are ,
1. teaching and research
2.applied work
3.clinical psychology
4.councelling psychology
5.forensic psychology
6.health psychology
7industrial psychology
and many more ...

i can provide you the link where you can find such useful material .
http://www.psychwww.com

feel free to post as many doubts as you can,we are here to solve your doubts.

cheers

Can i do M.Sc psychology after having B.Sc Chemistry?

Dear friend,

Psychology basically deals with studying human behavior, thought and expression.

It is a science by which one can read human minds.

There are various branch of psychology like: social psychology, child psychology, occupational psychology, clinical psychology, educational psychology, experimental psychology, etc.

Psychologists can join in social welfare organizations, research centers, rehabilitation centres, child/ youth guidance centres, mental consultancy services etc.

You can do post graduation courses on psychology.

There are many top institutes offering PG on psychology:

Indian Institute of Psychology and Research, Bangalore

Bangalore University, Bangalore

Little Flower Institute of Social Sciences and Health (L.I.S.S.A.H.), Kozhikode

Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati

University of Calcutta, Kolkata

University of Mysore, Mysore

Good luck!

It is very good field and also it has various branches like
Abnormal Psychology
I/O Psychology
Behavioral Psychology
Human Factors Psychology Biopsychology
Comparative Psychology
Cross-Cultural Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Educational Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Personality Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
Health Psychology
and so on choose one among them
All the best.

sorry friend..first you must yourB.A... psychology)and then you can do your M.A..(psychology)NOW THESE ARE ..I THINK ..THERE ARE SOME COURSES WHICH CAN BE STUDIED ON OUR OWN INTEREST..YOU CAN STUDT THOSE COURSES..IF you want to settle as a pschologist..you can prefer the path i suggest yaar. ...

I am pursuing B.A. from Pune University and I'm in my first year. I'll be taking up majors next year. I am thinking of taking up Psychology as my major subject. I am also interested in Cultural Psychology, Forensic Psychology and Industrial Organizational Psychology and thinking of taking any one of them in my M.A.

Please suggest the scope for each of these fields and Indian Universities offering the above written 3 field areas.

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