Psychology is considered a Liberal Art! So is Philosophy, history, sociology, and counseling. Social Arts is a large field of study. As a Doctor, you are going to need to be very good at the sciences. But, without Liberal Arts, you may lose sight of the call to serve others, which Doctors are educated to do!

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Is Psychology considered a Liberal Art?
I'm a college freshman and want to major in Psychology. I also want to go to med school, where people with a broad liberal arts background are preferred. Does psych fall into this category? Is Psychology as useless of a degree as people make it out to be? Should I do a BA or BS? Are there…

Yes, psychology is a liberal art, along with math and all other sciences (not engineering). But since some schools have different college classifications, if it’s for a specific school, make sure they don’t have a separate designation for it on their website (most will just stick them all under liberal arts, but some break it into fine arts, humanities, and sciences).

Psychology is a social science but it does fall under liberal arts.

Think about it psychology , the study of human behaviour , is needed in almost every profession you can think of , from law enforcement, to health care, to teaching , to the law itself, to architecture (sp), even to business, marketing , advertising , biology , bio-ethics , gerontology , you name it.

Even engineering students need psychology to help with how a building or invention or design will look or help.

I think psychology ‘s gotten a bad rap far too long.