Students on the HDipPsych (Conversion) programme undertake selected modules from the BA Psychology second and third year programme.
The menu includes modules on the psychology of learning; perception, attention and performance; applied organisational psychology; psychological measurement (theory and practice); advanced research methods (both quantitative and qualitative) and computer skills training (SPSS). Students take part in a series of experimental workshops throughout the academic year and, in addition, are required to complete an independent research project under supervision. Finally, a recent innovation allows students to choose their final module from a selection of available ones.
This programme is accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and thus satisfies the requirements specified by PSI for graduate status in psychology.
Year 1 (60 Credits)
- Required PS405: Advanced Research Methods in Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required PS420: Psychological Measurement: Theory & Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required PS412: Experimental Psychology Workshop I - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required PS413: Qualitative Research Methods - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required PS220: Psychology of Learning - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required PS325: Research Project 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional PS341: Introduction to Collaborative Enquiry & Applied Systems Science - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Optional PS3101: Modelling Learning and Decision Making - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Optional PS3106: Language & Cognition: A Contextual Behavioural Approach - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Optional PS418: Issues in the Cognitive Neurosciences - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Optional PS4100: Technology and Health - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Optional PS343: Pediatric Clinical Behavioural Interventions - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Optional PS345: Applied Developmental Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Optional PS3107: Introduction to Psychophysiology - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Required PS415: Perception, Attention & Performance - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Required PS3104: Professional Skills in Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Required PS414: Experimental Psychology Workshop 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Required PS327: Research Project 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 2