Joint or single honours for psychology?

Okay, so I'm just finishing my AS year.. I've been studying psychology, biology, chemistry and history (and predicted ABBC)

I would really like to pursue a career in psychology. But I was wondering what the difference was between a joint or single honours degree in psychology?

Are there any differences in workload? Is one more respectable than the other? Could I still do a MSc or PhD afterwards? Thank you x

What do you want to do a joint honors with?

The biggest benefit is that Joint degrees give you more breadth, whether you wanted to do inter-disciplinary work in biological or social sciences, or if you just wanted to do something completely different. Some people may not like the idea of only studying one subject for 3 years.

From friends who did joint degrees they say it can be slightly harder when you do two modules, since you take the same modules that others from the single-honors course, however the people who do the single honors will have a greater wider knowledge of the course since they're only studying one thing. It shouldn't make a huge difference though, many modules are kind of self-contained.

On the post grad question: there are few/no limits on who can do MsC's - univerisities love Msc students since they bring in moneys and are like cheap labour for professors to carry out experiments. Your degree needs to be BPS accredited to become a professional psychologist. Similarly you can do a PhD in psychology with any degree (even if its not in psychology).

Thank you for the reply!!

I would probably combine it with something like human biology (I love science)..
Would you consider the career prospects to be similar? It seems like becoming a professional psychologist is a difficult career to get into nowadays




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