Psychology or Sociology?

Yeah, that's what I heard from most people who have taken Psychology. They said that if you want to pursue something clinical, you need a masters for sure.

But I'm hoping to pursue a career that makes a change in people's lives. It's a fulfilling thing for me to pursue. (At least what I feel towards my internship in the special education sector)

However, a financially worthy salary is much considered as well.

@Azoica: It can be tough to balance the two. What would you be interested in doing?

@Laifu1: Currently I have been taking up an internship in a special education school for students with Autism. I find great joy to aid them to do better, whether it's life skills or academically.

I may consider going full time, but I was told that I may get short-changed as financial woes may eventually catch up. Subjectively, maybe an art teacher or a counsellor.

But slightly inclined towards sociology as government sectors need people in such fields. Heard that they have a good starting pay for a degree.

They are teaching pseudo science because people want pseudo science not hard data.

@hippyjoe1955: So you're saying that Psychology lacks sufficient experiments to support their studies and claims? I know there's various theories out there that make sense on the surface level, but lacks depth.

In terms of psychology (if I choose to "pursue" it) I hope to apply my relevant knowledge to certain situations than to further my knowledge; breakthroughs etc.

A colleague of mine studied Philosophy and he's now an English teacher. I wonder what career prospects are there for this. XD

@Azoica: Took philosophy so they could speculate about where they went wrong😄

Lol. I took up Philosophy and now I'm a freelance translator. 😂

Ah yes that's true. Psychology has various fields to pick from.

I/O seems to be the most relevant one for career prospects. Loads of people with Psychology degrees end up going into Human Resources. It's relevant to their field, but it's very corporate to me. I hope to work more directly with the people I'm involved it, like first-hand. Let's say, like a teacher. (I don't exactly desire to teach)

I'd agree that General Psych proves to be no value since it's too broad. I was thinking social psychology is something I may want to lean towards to. But as you mentioned, it doesn't seem to have much opportunities. (Therefore social networking is very crucial isn't it?)

But with sociology, what can they teach? I get the gist of psychology, but sociology seems to be quite foreign to me. It seems to be political based.