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PSYC or Sociology major?

eja11
edited August 2009 in General
I have interest in both. Several factors that need to be taken into consideration.
Which better prepares for law school? Which one, in SFU and across Canada, is more eminent in academia? With just an undergrad degree, which is more competitive in job market , or which has more job opportunities?

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  • randomuser
    edited August 2009
    Would say neither will be of any relevance to you for law school, more than the other. Take a philosophy degree, it may help you a lot more with the focus on logic.

    To answer your second and third questions, I would say psychology.

    To answer your fourth and fifth questions, I would say neither, because it is just a BA. But your employment options would be more generous if you took post graduate studies in psychology rather than sociology.
  • ikkaku
    edited August 2009
    a joint psychology and criminology major or political sciences may be a better choice for law school
  • eja11
    edited August 2009
    ikkaku;59100 said:
    a joint psychology and criminology major or political sciences may be a better choice for law school
    Thanks! What about history or economics then?
  • xxk1nky
    edited August 2009
    Law school looks at applicants from all different faculties; they don't focus on one concentrated field. My friends that are planning to go to law school majored in Political Science, Sociology, and Criminology. I'm also planning on going to law school too and I'm majoring in Crim.
  • randomuser
    edited August 2009
    ikkaku;59100 said:
    a joint psychology and criminology major or political sciences may be a better choice for law school
    A class in political science theory or criminological theory is going to have very little relevance to practical application of law, honestly speaking, regardless of how it may appear on the surface--although the CRIM department does have some intro law classes.

    If you take CRIM 135 or 230, or 330 or 335 they have very little to do with any of the theoretical classes, in any of the three schools.

    As kinky mentioned they look at people of all disciplines, there is little to no preference.
  • hikin
    edited August 2009
    i know a few people in history that are doing law school.

    im a history major, although i dunno if i'll pursure law.
  • eja11
    edited August 2009
    hikin;59123 said:
    i know a few people in history that are doing law school.

    im a history major, although i dunno if i'll pursure law.
    Oh r u? Im thinking of minoring history, but heard that it was very tough and lot more readings even than english. Is that true? Is it likely to get high gpa in history department?

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