Psychology degree, anyone?

[Jakie23]

My dream is to become a Forensic psychologist. I hope to go to university and get a degree then progress to a Masters then progress onto a PhD if I can. Obviously this all depends on my GCSE and A level results :)
So I guess my question is, is it worth doing?? What sort of stuff you learn??
This goes for all psychology students :)

[Miserabilia]

I have no idea.
I'm not planning on studying psychology, and I don't know if anyone on this forum does.
Good luck persuing your dreams thou! :)

[Tarannosaurus]

I'm starting to think about psychology, I'm not sure exactly what you would learn in forensic psychology but I'm told psychology is a long road. I think it sounds worth doing but it sounds like there is a lot of commitment involved.

[Mastretta]

I am but more on the side of psychiatry

[Matt_97]

This is a basic summary of what i have told during the course of my A Level Psychology course:
It is a very long road, you have to do it at A-Level (well most uni's would prefer it). If you were to go for Clinical Psychology (like in hospitals and therapy etc.) then you study it for i think 7 years to get a doctorate in it (PhD) however i'm not entirely sure on that one i just remember my tutor saying something about having to get a doctorate and studying for that length of time. For Forensic Psychology i don't think it's quite as long but i'm not sure on the details (your tutor will be able to help once you take it at A Level).
For content (at A Level), each exam board is different but some of the content is the same. At AS (first year) in my exam board - but some others as well- you study the Social, Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Learning (Behavioural) and Biological Approaches within Psychology.
At A2 (second year) in my exam board - not sure on the others- you study Child, Criminological, Health, Sports and Clinical Psychology, you also look at Issues and Debates within the world of psychology.

I hope this has helped a bit and given you a bit of an insight into the next to years if you are to take it at A Level :)

[Karkat]

This is a basic summary of what i have told during the course of my A Level Psychology course:
It is a very long road, you have to do it at A-Level (well most uni's would prefer it). If you were to go for Clinical Psychology (like in hospitals and therapy etc.) then you study it for i think 7 years to get a doctorate in it (PhD) however i'm not entirely sure on that one i just remember my tutor saying something about having to get a doctorate and studying for that length of time. For Forensic Psychology i don't think it's quite as long but i'm not sure on the details (your tutor will be able to help once you take it at A Level).
For content (at A Level), each exam board is different but some of the content is the same. At AS (first year) in my exam board - but some others as well- you study the Social, Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Learning (Behavioural) and Biological Approaches within Psychology.
At A2 (second year) in my exam board - not sure on the others- you study Child, Criminological, Health, Sports and Clinical Psychology, you also look at Issues and Debates within the world of psychology.

I hope this has helped a bit and given you a bit of an insight into the next to years if you are to take it at A Level :)

This sounds pretty accurate.

I'm not planning on majoring in psychology in the event that I do go to college (money and time I don't have) but I do study a little psychology myself.

One would think that you would focus more on negative impact in the context of childhood more than childhood development itself, and more on the forensic aspect than the clinical aspect, though general childhood psychology and clinical psychology can both apply to forensic psychology depending on the case, so who knows really. I mean, it's not as if children/childhood and the mentally ill never come up in the forensic world.

Good luck. :) That's a pretty cool thing to consider taking up.