Psychology

star12

Hi,

Im starting a part-time degree in couselling and I have to choose between Philosophy and Introduction to Psychology and then in 2nd year I would have to do Social Psychology, my question is does anyone know what these entail as I would like to study the psychology subjects but someone told me there is statistics involed and I will be very honest Maths has always been my worst subject, I barely passed Pass Maths in the Leaving so I really want to know how difficult this would be or if I would have to do statistics at all? Or should I choose Philisophy?

Thanks

krankykitty

Hi Star12

Can I hazard a guess from your previous posts that this is the DBS course and you're trying to pick your electives?

If so, (and perhaps for the start of any other course?) I wouldn't worry at all about statistics or maths for either of those courses. They would be absolutely minimal, if there at all. Both courses would be probably overview style. Philosopy can be a tricky enough subject depending on your academic/thinking style. So in terms of choice between intro to psychology and intro to philosophy, I'd go with what option appeals most.

By the way, if you are talking DBS, they usually change the elective options around every year, so you would not necessarily be guaranteed that social psychology would be a choice in second year, or it could clash with your process group. Don't worry if you're particularly interested in that particular subject, you'll be covering it in 3rd year.

krankykitty

Apologies Star12, I may have been misleading in my last post. I got information from the college today and I see they are restructuring the course somewhat (in a way that makes more sense tbh).
Another option for you might be one of the Freud modules as this will make life easier for you later on in the course, as those introductory courses will give you a grounding in that for future years as he crops up all the time. There won't be any maths in Freud for deffo :P

star12

Thanks for this.