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What you can do with a Psychology Major

The faculty members of the Department of Psychology at Brandeis University believe that a major in psychology is valuable whether a student eventually pursues a career in psychology or in another field.  Besides providing substantive knowledge about psychological principles and processes, training in psychology will give students an approach toward knowledge and research that is grounded in the scientific method.  This major helps students become informed and critical consumers of psychological research and knowledge as well as better researchers, even across other domains beyond psychology.  Many of our psychology majors have gone on to successful careers in many fields, such as medicine, law, business administration, public policy, and teaching.

For those who choose a career in psychology, a psychology major that is based on a scientific and research-oriented curriculum, such as ours, prepares students for rigorous graduate training, which is required for such a career, and helps them to gain admittance into graduate schools. 

Careers in psychology can be divided roughly into two domains.  First is a domain of scientific research (in one of several possible areas, such as developmental, social, cognitive, educational, or neuropsychology).  Second is a domain of psychotherapy (in one of several possible areas, such as child or adult clinical psychology, counseling, clinical social work, or school psychology).  Many psychologists mix careers in both these domains, and many, of course, teach psychology as well.  There are some other domains of psychology that don’t fit so easily into these two major domains (e.g., organizational psychology, which deals with organizational behavior and processes in business or corporate settings; forensic psychology; or psychology and policy development, often in government settings).