Hello Anushree,

BA (hons) in Psychology and BA (hons) in Applied Psychology are both highly valued psychology courses. Now comes the difference, though both of them have the same syllabus but in BA psychology you are inclined towards more of theoretical knowledge and in BA applied psychology, along with theory there is field experience and real experiments which makes the understanding better.

However, in order to be able to connect more to the society, and have some practical experience, students are inclined towards BA in applied psychology.

Talking about the job opportunities, in order to become a psychologist, or even a counsellor, it is mandatory to have a masters degree. In the post graduation level, the course remains the same irrespective of whether you have done BA in applied psychology or BA in psychology. Some of the branches which you can choose for the post graduation level are cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, counselling psychology and many more.

Other career options,

• Teaching
• Research
• Counselling
• Therapist and more

Basically, in future it would not matter if you take BA Applied psychology or BA psychology, the difference lies only in the practical and theory part i.e. on the way that both courses are designed. Other that that, both of them have vast number of career opportunities.