WGU BS in Psychology (BSPSY)

[raekwon]

I'm not sure this is a good thing. Actually, I take that back. Options are a good thing for students. And a psychology degree is definitely not something to go into debt for.

Could you expound on why it wouldn't be a good thing?

A few years ago, while attending WGU, I asked my program mentor why it was that WGU didn't have psychology or history degrees. She said, very proudly, "look at the mission statement of the school. We only give degrees that you can get a job with."
That's not exactly what she said but it was darn close. So seeing a psychology degree worried me. Its well known that psychology degrees are bad when it comes to employability. But if you're going to get one, I guess getting one from WGU would be the way to go. I imagine theres also demand, and they want to make $$. I also imagine that some type of masters degree leading to licensure in some type of clinical psychology is coming. Then maybe PhD after that, who knows?

Gotcha. The statement from your PM makes sense. I'd imagine that there's less in the way of directly related employment with a BS in psych than pretty much any of WGU's other bachelor's degrees. I guess I think of it as useful for folks who are already in the workforce and could benefit from having a degree, or as a stepping stone for someone with a plan for graduate education (related to psych or not).