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Bachelor in Psychology and Sociology (BA) - UL (Limerick)
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Bachelor in Psychology and Sociology (BA) - UL (Limerick)

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

Program Description

This Bachelor in Psychology and Sociology (BA) allows you to examine a fascinating variety of human behaviors and social interactions and opens up a wide variety of career opportunities.

This combination of disciplines offers you the opportunity to develop and deepen your knowledge and understanding of how and why humans think and behave the way they do, and how they shape and are shaped by the society they live in.

The Bachelor in Psychology and Sociology (BA) will help you to understand and explore the complexities of the mind and society. In the final year, you will have the opportunity to undertake a research project on a chosen subject in Psychology. By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge and research skills essential for a career in Psychology.

The Bachelor in Psychology and Sociology (BA) is accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland and will allow you to progress in a career in Psychology.

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Curriculum

Year 1

Semester 1

Psychology: Theory and Method 1

Psychology and everyday life

Practical Psychology

Introduction to Sociology

Introduction to Social Research Methods

Semester 2

Psychology and Social Issues

Psychology: Theory and Method 2

Practical Psychology 2

Gender: Sociological Perspectives

Introduction to Sociology 2

Year 2

Semester 3

Sociology of Media

Biological basis of behaviour

Psychology of Personality

Social Psychology

Empirical Psychology I

Semester 4

Cooperative Placement 1

Cooperative Placement 2

Year 3

Semester 5

Academic Exchange

Semester 6

Human Development and the life span 1

Research Methods

Cognition

Contemporary Sociological Theory

Empirical Psychology 2

Year 4

Semester 7

Final Year Project I

Qualitative Methods for Sociological Research

Advanced Research Methods


Choose two of the following:

Applied Psychology

Economic Psychology

Personality 2

Sociology of the Welfare State

Sociology of Health and Illness

Sociology of Work

Sociology of Youth

Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

Semester 8

Final Year Project 2

Sociology of Globalisation


Choose two of the following:

Social Psychology 2

Political Psychology

Cognition 2

Sociology of Love and Its Dark Side

Approaches to Social Identity

Health Psychology

Sociology of the Internet

Inequality and Social Exclusion

Sociology of Indigenous Minceiri/Pavee (Irish Travellers)

The Sociology of the Body

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