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 psychol
