Psychology (HDip—Full)

The HDipPsych (Full) is a two-year, full-time programme for graduates who have already received a higher degree in a field other than Psychology but who wish to pursue Psychology as a career option. By completing the HDipPsych (Full), you will cover course content equivalent to that of the NUI Galway BA Psychology programme, thus qualifying you for entry to postgraduate professional programmes in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

The HDipPsych (Full) is accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and thus satisfies the requirements specified by PSI for graduate status in psychology. The programme qualifies graduates for entry to postgraduate professional programmes in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Subjects in this course are:-

• Required PS338: Theories of Personality - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PS214: Developmental Psychology 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PS413: Qualitative Research Methods - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PS412: Experimental Psychology Workshop I - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PS220: Psychology of Learning - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PS403: Biological Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PS415: Perception, Attention & Performance - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required PS428: Social Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required PS320: Memory & Cognition - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required PS219: Research Methods in Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required PS3104: Professional Skills in Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required PS414: Experimental Psychology Workshop 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2Optional PS340: Neuropsychology - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional PS408: Human Sexuality - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional PS342: Introduction to Positive Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PS405: Advanced Research Methods in Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PS420: Psychological Measurement: Theory & Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PS334: Applied Behaviour Analysis - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PS325: Research Project 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PS322: Health Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional PS3101: Modelling Learning and Decision Making - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PS341: Introduction to Collaborative Enquiry & Applied Systems Science - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PS3106: Language & Cognition: A Contextual Behavioural Approach - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PS4100: Technology and Health - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PS345: Applied Developmental Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PS343: Pediatric Clinical Behavioural Interventions - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PS3107: Introduction to Psychophysiology - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required PS427: Forensic, Abnormal & Clinical Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required PS3100: Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required PS418: Issues in the Cognitive Neurosciences - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required PS327: Research Project 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 4