Psychology is the favourite science for students who want to get into the depths of human feelings. This is considered to be the science of mind and behaviour. More specifically, psychology wants to explore the way people think, act, and feel, by appealing to the emotional side of people.
Passion can lead students to choose this specialisation. It is not considered a difficult one, but it is not very easy to approach, as the theoretical elements of the discipline are combined with the practical ones.
After studying Psychology, students choose to specialise in a particular sub-field. Depending on their preference, they can choose between Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Comparative Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology and many others.
Psychology is a great opportunity to get to know each other better and to get to know others. Thus, students who are looking to understanding human behaviour, feelings and mind gain an inside vision of what these notions really mean and what determines people to make certain decisions and act under different circumstances.
The employment rate among Psychology graduates has grown in recent years. Salaries are satisfactory, and young people can focus either on psychological services in schools, hospitals, treatment centres, clinics, depending on the specialisation chosen. Furthermore, Psychology graduates can integrate a career in social media, marketing, and advertising, as they understand best the reasons why people choose to make decisions according to what they see in real life.
In the four years of Bachelor studies, graduates acquire the necessary knowledge to practice Psychology, initially learning the underlying theoretical notions. These notions become an important starting point in their career, seeing later how practice blends very well with theory. It should be noted that on the labour market, students who hold a Bachelor’s degree are much more appreciated and have an advantage over those who follow simple courses.
A Master’s program usually lasts between 2 and 3 years, coming as a complement to the Bachelor’s courses. Master courses have a much more loaded curriculum and a great deal of information. A Doctoral program is dedicated to students who want to do research in Psychology in various institutes or to become teachers. This has a duration of between 5 and 7 years.
The program itself was great! I was able to learn from some of the courses that I took and advance my knowledge with different pathway courses. St. Thomas offers several course outlines however, I was a full time online student this year due to certain circumstances with the school and I wasn’t able to revive almost half the courses they offer at the school. It is unfortunate especially when you drop ten grand on education within New Brunswick. In regard to the professors, they were for the most part fantastic! They were always supporting us, giving us advice on life and our future, and most importantly they were able to engage with us online. I will mention some of the professors there seem to not care when it came to online school but most students were able to succeed either way:)
Unfortunately, school life and the experience you would hope to get isn’t something you are able to do online but seeing all the fun things they did on social media, I could say that they really care about students’ experience at STU. After completing my first year at St. Thomas I have actually transferred out and moved to another university. I honestly just wanted better education and I felt personally for the amount I was getting wasn’t enough. I don’t think I would recommend this school especially if you have the opportunity to go somewhere else.