12-24-2018, 10:02 AM
(12-23-2018, 11:52 PM)sanantone Wrote:(12-23-2018, 11:29 PM)cookderosa Wrote:(12-23-2018, 09:23 PM)sanantone Wrote:(12-23-2018, 08:46 PM)cookderosa Wrote: You can do a business degree at COSC without precal. My sons are both doing it after having taken only Business Stats through Straighterline. You could also do the DSST exam, which I think is a LOT easier than the Business Stats course- but ymmv.
IMO, if you think you want a job in business, get a business degree. Psychology doesn't lead to employment and it doesn't have a good bridge to anything. In order to work "in" some capacity to use the degree, you really need a grad degree. While I'm not going to say psychology doesn't help with business, your lack of accounting / economics / and managerial classes doesn't help your case.
If you want to work in business, then you should get a business degree. However, saying that psychology doesn't lead to employment is not true. Business administration and psychology do have relatively high underemployment rates. Business administration has a high underemployment rate because too many people have the degree. Psychology has a high underemployment rate because its graduates have unrealistic expectations.
These are some of the jobs one can do with a bachelor's in psychology:
Social/human services at non-profit and government organizations and for-profit organizations that contract with the government (Child Protective Services, Adult Protective Services, case management, etc.)
Parole/probation/community supervision officer
Pre-trial officer
Counseling (I've been a substance abuse and career/academic counselor with a BA in Social Science. Most states do not require that substance abuse counselors have a graduate degree for licensure.)
Market Research
Psychiatric Technician
UX/UI Design
Research Assistant (these jobs aren't numerous, though)
Human Resources (maybe)
Psychometrician (these are the people who score psychiatric and personality tests)
Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (they mostly work with people on the autism spectrum)
I currently work in tax enforcement. Even though I have a bachelor's degree in business administration, I didn't need it. My coworkers have all kinds of degrees; the tax laws are taught through our job training. Many, if not most, management jobs don't require high-level math or accounting and budgeting skills. Most people are promoted to manage the position they were previously working in. Take Child Protective Services, for example. The supervisors are former CPS investigators. The managers are former CPS supervisors.
Besides, business administration only gives you a taste of accounting and finance. Unless you choose a concentration in accounting, you will not be skilled enough to do complex accounting.
I have a BA in Social Science, by the way. I have had no problem with finding jobs related to my degree.
I think you missed my point. The OP wants to get a job in business. Between psychology and business, business is the easy winner.
In this thread, I see that the OP wants a job in management and said that either degree would work. I didn't see the industry specified; the industry and what kind of management job you will have determines what kind of degree you will need. But, much of your post wasn't specific to business. It was a general statement that psychology doesn't lead to jobs, and you can't do anything related to it unless you have a graduate degree.
I'm sure you're right. All of the jobs you mentioned are perfect for someone with a degree in psychology.