Clinical Psychology

[Kariah]

When I'm older I want to be a clinical psychologist.

Connexions say to get in:

To begin training as a clinical psychologist, people need a first or upper second-class honours degree in psychology, or the equivalent, accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS). A list of accredited degrees is available on the BPS website. Full-time degree courses usually last three or four years.

The minimum entry for a degree course is five GCSEs/S grades (A-C/1-3), usually including maths, with two A levels/three H grades, or the equivalent. Alternative qualifications include an Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCE)/GSVQ Level III, a BTEC/SQA national diploma and Access courses.

Psychology is an increasingly popular degree course, so entrants will probably need more than the minimum entry requirements. Universities tend to be flexible about which A levels/H grades they will accept for a psychology course, but entrants need to be able to understand scientific concepts, to be numerate and to have developed writing skills.

I have found I can take my degree and doctrate at Birmingham university.

A-levels I wish to take are: Psychology, Human Biology, Maths (may only take at AS level), English Language and Literature, Law,

[claire]

just wondering, is there such thing as Dream Psychology as a profession? and do you need to do Physics to do psychology? ...

[StockholmSyndrome]

I'm not entirely sure Dream Psychology is a profession in itself, I think you study dreams in psychology as part of it. Not sure.
And I don't think you need physics, no. You might need biology though.

[Kariah]

Psychology is a popular course, you only need 2 A-levels minimum to take the degree and then the doctrate but it's best to give more than the minimum requirements.

I plan to take Human biology, psychology, law and English Literature and Language at A-level.

I also want to do maths, just AS and history or Art the second year as an AS.