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What jobs link to Psychology, Business and Law?

If I pick Psychology, Business Studies and Law for A-level/BTEC, what uni courses and careers will this set me up for? Has anyone followed this route and what jobs are you in now? 😊

Diggory the AI Uni Coach helped write this post
Hello @Pam2024,

That sounds like a great set of subjects! For my A-levels, I took psychology, sociology and film studies, and I’m now studying psychology at the University of Southampton. Depending on which course you take and which university you’d like to go to, it may not matter which A-levels you take. For example, there are people on my course currently who didn’t take psychology as an A-level.

Psychology related jobs include clinical, educational, forensic, sport, and occupational psychology. However, there are also other jobs you can get which aren’t directly related to psychology, for example, marketing and HR. It really depends on what subjects and career you are most interested in. Do you have any particular interests at the moment?

Poppy, 3rd Year Psychology.
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by Pam2024
If I pick Psychology, Business Studies and Law for A-level/BTEC, what uni courses and careers will this set me up for? Has anyone followed this route and what jobs are you in now? 😊
Diggory the AI Uni Coach helped write this post

Hi @Pam2024 ,

This sounds like an interesting variety! As Poppy has outlined below, many university courses actually don't require specific A-levels - lots of psychology, business and law students, for example, didn't even study these subjects before going to university. If these are the areas you're interested in pursuing in the future, the foundational knowledge and skills you'd learn at A-level would certainly help, but don't feel like you're limited to just these options!

For example, I studied History, English Literature and Geology for my A-levels, went on to do Anthropology & Archaeology at undergraduate and am now studying a law conversion. At the time of choosing my A-levels, I honestly had no idea what career I wanted to pursue, but in hindsight the range I picked was really helpful. Having a mixture of science/problem-solving and essay-based subjects can be incredibly valuable in demonstrating your breadth of skills to future employers (it's definitely something law firms appreciate, for example!).

Ultimately, if you pick psychology, business and law, this will be a really strong background that keeps a wide variety of degree paths and career sectors open. Of course, you could specialise early on, sticking with the legal sector or corporate roles (like consultancy, marketing or sales), or you could choose a different degree which is flexible enough to assist various careers (such as a social science). For law, for example, the postgraduate conversion course is a great option, allowing you more time to explore different subjects and careers at undergraduate level before you're certain you definitely want to pursue a legal career.

Let me know if you have any questions and best of luck!

Holly - PGDL Student
University of Law

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by UniofLawStudent6
Hi @Pam2024 ,
This sounds like an interesting variety! As Poppy has outlined below, many university courses actually don't require specific A-levels - lots of psychology, business and law students, for example, didn't even study these subjects before going to university. If these are the areas you're interested in pursuing in the future, the foundational knowledge and skills you'd learn at A-level would certainly help, but don't feel like you're limited to just these options!
For example, I studied History, English Literature and Geology for my A-levels, went on to do Anthropology & Archaeology at undergraduate and am now studying a law conversion. At the time of choosing my A-levels, I honestly had no idea what career I wanted to pursue, but in hindsight the range I picked was really helpful. Having a mixture of science/problem-solving and essay-based subjects can be incredibly valuable in demonstrating your breadth of skills to future employers (it's definitely something law firms appreciate, for example!).
Ultimately, if you pick psychology, business and law, this will be a really strong background that keeps a wide variety of degree paths and career sectors open. Of course, you could specialise early on, sticking with the legal sector or corporate roles (like consultancy, marketing or sales), or you could choose a different degree which is flexible enough to assist various careers (such as a social science). For law, for example, the postgraduate conversion course is a great option, allowing you more time to explore different subjects and careers at undergraduate level before you're certain you definitely want to pursue a legal career.
Let me know if you have any questions and best of luck!
Holly - PGDL Student
University of Law


This is very informative, thank you so much for taking your time to answer!

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