{"id":26594,"date":"2021-03-23T20:26:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T00:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=26594"},"modified":"2021-03-23T20:26:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T00:26:16","slug":"psychology-but-also-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=26594","title":{"rendered":"psychology! but also, acting!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there. I am not a student at University of Toronto, but I am seriously considering applying to join this institution to study psychology. With this, I also have a passion for acting. My question is, since it takes quite a while to become a psychologist, I was wondering if I would be able to receive my diploma of acting while becoming a psychologist which would therefore save me around a year of a half. Thank you, I truly appreciate this, you are helping me a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>thanks for waiting for this answer!<\/p>\n<p>to be honest, i&#8217;ve been quite stumped by your question because i&#8217;m not sure exactly what you&#8217;re asking. i believe you can double major in <a href=\"https:\/\/fas.calendar.utoronto.ca\/drama-major-arts-program-asmaj2148\">drama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fas.calendar.utoronto.ca\/psychology-major-science-program-asmaj1160\">psychology<\/a> at u of t, if that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re asking, and you would be able to finish that double major in four years if you plan everything out well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/dAu6pXkwwaTfmKCGdA\/giphy.gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>if you&#8217;re referring to getting a diploma in acting at another school while working towards a u of t psychology degree, you might consider studying as a <a href=\"https:\/\/fas.calendar.utoronto.ca\/course-enrolment\">part-time student.<\/a> we do love part-time students around here \u2014 the association of part-time students (APUS) has the cutest lounge in the sidney smith building, with subsidized printing and free coffee or tea.<\/p>\n<p>i will note that, if you are interested in practicing as a psychologist, you would need a <a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/students\/career\/becomingapsychologist\/#:~:text=To%20become%20a%20psychologist%2C%20after,degree%20and%2For%20doctoral%20degree.&amp;text=A%20master's%20degree%20provides%20training,%2C%20mental%20health%2C%20and%20government.\">master&#8217;s or doctorate<\/a>, so that might be good to keep in mind as you plan for the future. if you&#8217;re just interested in graduating with a psychology degree, that path will be much simpler.<\/p>\n<p>if this doesn&#8217;t answer your question or if you&#8217;re still confused, i would suggest getting in touch with admissions. their contact info is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/contacts\"> here.<\/a> it may be easier for you to iron out the details of your plans over a phone call!<\/p>\n<p>be Boundless,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there. I am not a student at University of Toronto, but I am seriously considering applying to join this institution to study psychology. With this, I also have a passion for acting. My question is, since it takes quite a while to become a psychologist, I was wondering if I would be able to receive my diploma of acting while becoming a psychologist which would therefore save me around a year of a half. Thank you, I truly appreciate this, you are helping me a lot. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, thanks for waiting for this answer! to be honest, i&#8217;ve been quite stumped by your question because i&#8217;m not sure exactly what you&#8217;re asking. i believe you can double major in drama and psychology at u of t, if that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re asking, and you would be able to finish that double major in four years if you plan everything out well. if you&#8217;re referring to getting a diploma in acting at another school while working towards a u of t psychology degree, you might consider studying as a part-time student. we do love part-time students around here \u2014 the association of part-time students (APUS) has the cutest lounge in the sidney smith building, with subsidized printing and free coffee or tea. i will note that, if you are interested in practicing as a psychologist, you would need a master&#8217;s or doctorate, so that might be good to keep in mind as you plan for the future. if you&#8217;re just interested in graduating with a psychology degree, that path will be much simpler. if this doesn&#8217;t answer your question or if you&#8217;re still confused, i would suggest getting in touch with admissions. their contact info is here. it may be easier for you to iron out the details of your plans over a phone call! be Boundless, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-odds-are-that-wont-be-asked-again"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}