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by logifail
1163 days ago
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> Maybe there’s value to classes outside of what employers want Especially for survey-level classes that aren’t specific to a specialization or major (Full disclosure: I don't understand the US college system at all [sorry!]) In what circumstances would a student be already at college and wanting/needing to "survey" psychology by doing Psych 101? More broadly, who wants to major in psychology .. and why? Do employers need more professional psychologists? |
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2. “Survey” courses have 2 values through helping people learn new topics (1) gain broad understanding of the world, and (2) discover fields they may wish to major or study deeper in if they haven’t decided yet.
My caveat here is that I suspect (unsubstantiated) that some topics become filler by universities.
3. There are lots of jobs people do with a psychology major, besides a psychologist/researcher, but I don’t know how many of them require that deep knowledge explicitly.
Many jobs are probably better performed if you learn some psychology (eg a few classes worth) - marketing, non-therapeutic counseling (coaches, teaching, etc), HR, recruiting, doctors, nurses, organizational management, etc.
I want to reiterate point 1 - there’s value in education beyond employment, but it’s plausible that employers should care less. I doubt most employers expect candidates to take survey level courses, but requiring a degree of any sort implicitly assumes they have taken those courses.