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Jobs with a criminology & psychology degree??

I'm wanting to go back into education through OU but before I dedicate to the course I want to know if there any definite jobs you can get from a degree in criminology & psychology, any pathways this course can lead you down? I want to study this field but if the job prospects are bad then maybe I should study something with a safer route into employment?

Reply 1

marinade

There are no safe routes into employment.

Psychology is a good degree to have if you want to go into things like support worker.

Reply 2

Daisyxoxo

Psychology is an amazing degree, I loved it. But, I will say you may need to be post-graduate study if you want to go into a job which is psychology related (i.e. clinical psychologist, educational psychologist) as these require a PhD.BUT, you can go into graduate jobs (most require a 2:1) for large companies which have good progression and jobs like youth work, health care assistant, maybe HR?

Reply 3

bones-mccoy

Criminology can lead you into things like social work, youth work, probation officer, the police etc. Whereas psychology can go into many different routes - areas like clinical psychology are very competitive to get onto and take a lot of time and hard work whereas most other specialisms require further postgraduate training if you want to work as a psychologist.