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Bachelor in Psychology (BSc) - University of Limerick
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Bachelor in Psychology (BSc) - University of Limerick

University of Limerick
LimerickIreland
On campus
Full-time
Free
Duration
4 Years
Language
English
Apply date
Sep 2025

Program Description

This Bachelor's in Psychology (BSc) four-year program provides a broad introduction to the discipline, followed by coverage of the core areas of study required for accreditation by the Psychological Society of Ireland, as well as allowing you to specialise in advanced areas in your final year of study. You will cover areas such as social, developmental, biological and cognitive psychology as well as personality and individual differences and research methods and statistics. You will also have an opportunity to undertake study abroad as well as work in an area relevant to psychology during your degree.

Learning how to design and conduct research is a central part of this program. You will actively engage in laboratory classes and group research exercises throughout the course to develop research methods skills, culminating in your own final year research project.Their aim is to instil in their students a curiosity and appreciation of the many different aspects of the discipline and provide you with the critical thinking and practical research skills to study the world from a psychological perspective.

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Curriculum

Year 1

Semester 1

Psychology: Theory and Method 1

Psychology and everyday life

Practical Psychology 1


Two of the following:

Biology 1

Introduction to new media and cultural studies

Doing History: Past, Present and Practice

Crime and Criminal Justice

Science Mathematics 1

Introduction to Public Administration 1

International Relations

Introduction to Politics and International Relations 1

Introduction to Sociology

Spanish for Beginners 1 (European Studies)

Spanish Language and Society 1

Semester 2

Psychology and Social Issues

Psychology: Theory and Method 2

Practical Psychology2


Two of the following:

Biology 2

Cultural Studies 2: Language and Culture

Games of Thrones: Gender, Power and Identity, Ireland and the Wider World, 1500-1950

Criminal Procedure

Science Mathematics 2

Introduction to Public Administration 2

Organisational Behaviour 1

Introduction to Politics and International Relations 2

Introduction to Sociology 2

Spanish for Beginners 2

Spanish Language and Society 2

Year 2

Semester 3

Sociology of Media

Biological basis of behaviour

Psychology of Personality

Social Psychology

Empirical Psychology I

Semester 4

Cognition

Human Development and life span

Research Methods

Social Psychology II

Empirical Psychology II

Year 3

Semester 5

Cooperative Education 2

Semester 6

Academic Exchange 2

Year 4

Semester 7

Applied Psychology

Advanced Research Methods

Final Year Project 1 (Psychology)


Two of the following

Personality 2

Political Psychology

Developmental Psychopathology

Cognition 2

Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

Approaches to Social Identity

Health Psychology

Psychology and Gender

Economic Psychology

Educational Neuroscience

Semester 8

Final Year Project 2 (Psychology)


Three of the following:

Personality 2

Political Psychology

Developmental Psychopathology

Cognition 2

Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

Approaches to Social Identity

Health Psychology

Psychology and Gender

Economic Psychology

Educational Neuroscience

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