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what goes well with psychology and sociology?

hey guys i recently got my gcse results and found out I will not be able to do biology in my A levels. I want to do psychology in university so i was planning on doing psychology, sociology and biology for my a levels but since i cant do any of the sciences im not sure what other subject would fit. Ive been told to do english literature since i had received good grades for it but I hate the subject. Is there anything else i could do?
Reply 1
if you hate the subject definitely do not do it for a level!! you could do another essay subject like history?
Reply 2
Original post by kkskekejj
if you hate the subject definitely do not do it for a level!! you could do another essay subject like history?


since i didnt do history for alevel and did geography instead im unable to do do it as an alevel. i was thinking about doing business but im not sure if it would be a good mix.
The only obvious subject would be Maths but if you dont like it or arent good at it dont do it. Do you like Geography or possibly Politics or Law. There doesnt need to be a subject like these.
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Original post by swanseajack1
The only obvious subject would be Maths but if you dont like it or arent good at it dont do it. Do you like Geography or possibly Politics or Law. There doesnt need to be a subject like these.


i was thinking about doing politics or business studies? maybe like psychology, business and sociology or is business, sociology and politics a better mix? i would prefer the first three if im being honest but i would rather whichever is the better mix if that makes sense. xx
You dont need the 3 to be a perfect mix. The question is what do you intend doing for a degree. If your planning on Psychology some universities require 2 sciences and some one. Sometimes Psychology is classed as 1. That is why I suggested Maths as at degree level Psychology is heavily Mathematical.

Outside of this it really doesnt matter what your 3rd subject is. If you dont like Maths Politics will be better than Business but other than that it wont matter.
Reply 6
I did the same thing with criminology, alot of psychology can be applied to some topics
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Original post by swanseajack1
You dont need the 3 to be a perfect mix. The question is what do you intend doing for a degree. If your planning on Psychology some universities require 2 sciences and some one. Sometimes Psychology is classed as 1. That is why I suggested Maths as at degree level Psychology is heavily Mathematical.
Outside of this it really doesnt matter what your 3rd subject is. If you dont like Maths Politics will be better than Business but other than that it wont matter.


Im not the best at maths and as I didn’t receive a seven in my GCSE’s im unable to do it in Alevels anyways. I was stuck between politcs and business but I did do some research and I already knew psychology and sociology go well together but apparently sociology goes better with business over politics?
Reply 8
Original post by lilerxn
I did the same thing with criminology, alot of psychology can be applied to some topics


did you do criminology for university?
Reply 9
Original post by miha01
did you do criminology for university?


no im still in college
Reply 10
Original post by lilerxn
no im still in college


ohh okay

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