Which Way To Go?

[JackD]

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I have one more year left as an undergrad (wooo 5th year!) and next week i need to make my schedule for next semester. I have pretty much knocked out all of the psychology classes i have to take. I am wondering, do i want to try and focus my last few classes on my psychopathology and clinical psychology courses (what i would want to do in grad school) or should i try to use that time to make sure i leave my undergraduate program with a well rounded knowledge of psychology (such as taking social psychology, cognitive psychology, I/O psychology, history of psychology)?

Which way would be more useful for getting into grad school and maybe even be helpful if and when i make it to grad school?

I'll go ahead and list the psyc courses i have taken so far, if that would help to figure out where i should go from here.


Intro to psychology<----some psychopathology discussed
Community Psychology
Sociocultural Psychology (called "mental hygiene" for some reason)
Adjustment psychology<----a lot of psychopathology discussed
Personality Psychology
Psychopathology<-------Clearly a lot of psychopathology discussed
Brain Behavior<------a lot of psychopathology discussed
Developmental Psychology
Psychological Research Methods

 

[thewesternsky]

I'd take a class in cognition and/or a class in social and/or a class in history of psych-- they'll help you on the psych GRE, where you'll need broad knowledge of the core areas.

Otherwise... You've taken stats courses already, right? Take as many of those as possible; you'll be grateful later. 🙂

If you have any room left, go with whatever interests you. 🙂

 

[JockNerd]

I'd say learning, cognition, or B.Mod, then pile on those stats courses!

See if you can take a grad-level course in something, too. If you can take something that might count as a prosem in grad school, you'll thank yourself later if you can get a prosem waived.

 

[JackD]

I'd say learning, cognition, or B.Mod

Well i took your advice and signed up for a behavioral modification course. Overall it is one of the most unique schedules i have made. Only three classes but it totals 12 hours and all science.

So i went for, Clinical Psychology Lab, Principles of Behavior Modification, and Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab.

 

[WannaBeDrMe]

most places require history and systems as a pre-req for graduate study...

I think the most common ones I've seen requested are personality, learning, and his & sys...

I would take another psych class in the place of a and p. Then again, I literally took 3 years straight of nothing but psych... so you probably shouldn't go by my dorktastic standards.

Congrats on graduating. Doesn't it feel great?

 

[JackD]

most places require history and systems as a pre-req for graduate study...

I think the most common ones I've seen requested are personality, learning, and his & sys...

I would take another psych class in the place of a and p. Then again, I literally took 3 years straight of nothing but psych... so you probably shouldn't go by my dorktastic standards.

Congrats on graduating. Doesn't it feel great?

Who graduated?

As for the anatomy and physiology, it is required for my degree. I would drop it in an instant but i wouldn't....graduate.

 

[WannaBeDrMe]

Who graduated?

As for the anatomy and physiology, it is required for my degree. I would drop it in an instant but i wouldn't....graduate.

Well, you are almost graduated aren't you? A year left??

and a/p for a psych degree blows... sorry to hear that... or maybe i'm just assuming you are a psych major...

if so, sorry, but still, congrats on ALMOST graduating...

better? 🙂

be well

 

[JockNerd]

I would definitely keep the anatomy class. I don't think that's a hinderance in any way at all. I had a bunch of bio and chem on my transcript (was intending on going into genetic research when I started uni... blech) and I got several positive comments about it during interviews.

History and systems required? That wasn't my experience. I don't think my undergrad university even offered such a course. The most common prereqs that I've encountered and that are listed in the Insider's Guide are Stats/Research methodology, abnormal, and personality.