Is it better to study on campus compared to online learning for degree in psychology?
If you plan to put your psych degree to good use, it is better to have it on campus. If you’re planning on becoming a research psychologist, it is very important that you have direct experience in conducting research and on campus, you can join a lab where you get to work with a professor and/or graduate students. If you’re planning on being a therapist, the live setting will allow you to see how psychologists conduct a (client-approved) session of therapy. Furthermore, on campus you get to visit your professors when you have doubts, ask them about careers related to psychology, grad schools etc… Good professors show a lot of videos on each kind of psychological problem. All these ingredients are missing when learning online. Having said all that, campus will be more expensive and time-consuming. You won’t be able to study at your pace or your timings. And if you want to study psychology just for fun, then an online setting would be enough.
