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Social Sciences
Psychology
BSc Psychology [through Science]
4 years
€3000 pa
Programme profile
This programme covers all the major theories of psychology, as well as research methods and statistics for psychological data analysis. You will cover areas such as Brain and Behaviour, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology and Developmental Psychology. In these areas you will learn about topics such as: how children develop language; how the brain interprets the world around us; the factors which affect friendship and attraction between people. Also, how psychology can help us understand and improve mental health; what are dreams and do they really have any meaning; what is intelligence, how we can measure it and what factors influence it?
Aside from specialist knowledge, you will acquire high level transferrable skills relating to critical thinking and analysis, communication and presentation and team work - all highly valued in the workforce.
In the third year of your degree you will spend one semester either studying abroad or on a work placement observing how psychology is applied (subject to availability).For the second semester of your third year you will serve a research internship as part of a research team working on a cutting edge topic in contemporary psychological research. You will learn about the role of experiment and observation in Psychology, and conduct an independent research project in the final year of your degree.
Entry Requirements
Students must present six subjects of which two must be at grade C or above at Advanced GCE (A-Level. Others must be at least at grade C or above on GCSE or Advanced Subsidiary GCE (AS) papers. The six subjects above must include: English and a language other than English. You will also need Maths and another science subject at A-Level.
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Leaving Cert/A-Levels/IB scores will be converted into points. Entry points for 2015 were 470
05 November
01 May
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