VCE Health or Psychology?

[skybluemaniac]

Hi everyone. So I'm in the process of subject selection and I'm not sure which subject to pick. Psych or Health. I initially picked health 1/2 as interested in all things health but apparently 3/4 is not as interesting (global health etc) and has a lot of content. I want to pick one 'fun' subject (to me, fun is interesting). I heard the workload for psych is also very heavy which may be a problem as I'm doing other intense subjects such as methods, chem, bio but if it's interesting it shouldn't be a problem.

Which one should I pick? based on level of 'funess'?

Thanks for all your help in advance!

[mishamigo]

Personal opinion here: Psych is way better.
Health is dry, content heavy, and very fast-paced. Some parts (eg nutrition) seemed interesting but quickly got irritating because of the constant memorizing. Also, SACs pop up every 3-4 weeks... Insane!
Psych is more interesting, there's less info to cram, and SACs are much more spread out.

[Joseph41]

I preferred Health, but you could make a case for either. I also found Health easier, but everybody is different. Look at the respective study designs. What's your gut feeling?

[skybluemaniac]

I preferred Health, but you could make a case for either. I also found Health easier, but everybody is different. Look at the respective study designs. What's your gut feeling?

I think while both may be interesting, psych may be more interesting. And it doesn't get marked down as much as with health. My gut instinct is with psych I think...cause I liked health stuff in general and I'm into nutrition and all that but then I heard you do really dry stuff like medicare?

[skybluemaniac]

Personal opinion here: Psych is way better.
Health is dry, content heavy, and very fast-paced. Some parts (eg nutrition) seemed interesting but quickly got irritating because of the constant memorizing. Also, SACs pop up every 3-4 weeks... Insane!
Psych is more interesting, there's less info to cram, and SACs are much more spread out.

Thanks for the advice! However, I thought there was a lot of memorising for psych as well?

[Sabrina19]

I'm in Yr 12 and I do both, and they are both my fav subjects but can say Health is getting a little boring (doing global heath at the moment).... I feel that Psychology is alot more interesting but the work load is alot more (so you do have to remember quite alot of stuff) whereas in health lots of topics link in together so find it easier than Psy. but I personally prefer Psychology over Health as it is alot more interesting and want to study Psychology in the future.

Good Luck!