Social Sciences

You want to use your career to make a difference and keep communities safe, but you’re not looking to become a police officer. Good news: there are lots of roles for someone like you. Your law enforcement career could involve working as a dispatcher, forensic analyst, crime analyst and more.

At some point, you’ve probably worked in an environment where everyone felt there was a problem, but no one quite knew what to do about it or wanted to own it. There is an entire field devoted to studying workplace knots, and it's called industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology.

To become a child psychologist, you need to complete specific education and become licensed in the state where you work. If you're interested in working with children, there are also many other roles you can pursue with a master's or even a bachelor’s degree.

There's a lot more to forensic psychology than offering expert testimony at criminal trials like you may have seen on TV. Forensic psychologists offer a range of services in courts, correction and law enforcement, dealing with both victims and offenders.