Would an education or psychology major be needed to teach psychology?

You will need to contact your area's Department of Education or your university's education department to inquire what the requirements are for teaching at the secondary level. Typically you will need a degree in secondary education along with a certification to teach social sciences. This means that you may teach psychology but you may also teach other courses like government and history. If you get your masters it depends on the field. A MAT (masters of art in teaching) will provide in most cases the required courses to become to become certified and the masters degree will most likely get you higher pay with the school district. Should you get a masters in psychology and then teach you still may not teach psychology as it will be up to your employer to place you. A masters degree will allow you to teach, in most cases, but it does not necessarily guarantee that you will teach psychology.

In order to teach psychology at the university level you will need a PhD in the field of psychology and most likely you will have to have some research published before a university will consider you for a teaching position. Additionally having a teaching certification would help any application and work experience in the field of psychology would be most helpful. In essence you need to develop a reputation in the field of psychology and show that you are serious before teaching at the university level.

Applying for a PhD program requires good grades, above 3.4 for all programs except clinical, and clinical psychology will on average require a minimum GPA around 3.6. If you go down this route but are not able to get into a PhD program a bachelors degree or a masters degree does not pay well unless you have double majored in another field like business. In addition because you have less than a PhD you cannot work as a psychologist and if you have only a bachelors degree without certification you might be able to work as a substitute teacher. This means this route is risky and is dependent on you geting above average grades.

Answering your question, majoring in psychology or educational psychology will not allow you to teach psychology at the secondary level. Your area's Department of Education or university's department of education will be able to guide you better on the courses you will need to become certified to teach psychology at the secondary level as it will include courses in both education and social sciences. If you are interested in teaching psychology at the university level you will need a PhD along with developing a reputation which has been developed through research being published and experience in the field before most universities will entertain an application for teaching.

Psychology would be a good major no matter where you want to teach. You'll need at least a masters degree in psychology to teach it at the 2-year college level, and a PhD to teach at a 4-year college or university. You don't need any education courses or background to teach college, but they can help. But you do need a degree in the field you want to teach.

I take psychology in high school, and it's a program given through a local college so a regular teacher at my high school teaches it. She said she did not major in psychology, she majored in education...so I would guess education. However, she may have a minor in psychology although I am not positive.

I'd say Psychology would be better. I know a lot of my high school teachers majored in their own respective fields (My German teacher majored in German for example). Although I would recommend at least a minor in education as well.

To teach high school, you'll need a Psychology degree + teacher's college. To teach college, you'll need a PhD.

in case you pick to coach on the faculty point, you do no longer ought to take any training training. you pick a bachelors, masters, and PhD in psychology. Professors do study, and are multiple the only people paid to do psychology study, so because it incredibly is the job you pick. it is not trouble-free to get; each and every job establishing gets 1000's of qualified applicants.