Some general questions about becoming a Psychologist/University...

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Hello, this is my first post on here but I am very interested in psychology in general. A little bit about myself: I graduated from high school in 2006 (I'm 23 now) and I didn't know what I wanted to do really so I've just been working up until now. I've become pretty interested in psychology. Mainly by an introduction to psychology course through Yale University Open Courses. Then I got more interested through different books and videos/interviews online and thought that a career in psychology might be an option.

The university I am planning on going to would be the University of Manitoba (Manitoba, Canada). My main question is regarding the types on jobs that would be available to me with the different types of degrees I could get. What types of jobs are available with a Bachelors degree or a Masters? I don't really know what I would like to do in psychology but I like the idea of helping people in some way. Although I would be interested in doing something else, research perhaps. I am not really interested in doing a job that helps a company increase sales or any marketing etc. I would like to help people or feel that I am helping to make advancements in science. Basically I don't want to go through 4-6+ years of University and then not really now what I was planning on doing or end up doing a job that has nothing really to do with psychology.

Hopefully this all makes sense and someone could reply. Thank you very much for you time and consideration.