BA Psychology

at Trinity College Dublin The University of Dublin

First and second years
As a first and second year student, you will take foundation-level modules in a range of areas such as: Foundations in Psychology; Social Psychology; Perception; Psychological Disorder; Developmental Psychology; Cognition and the Brain, the Psychology of Language; Thinking; Fundamentals of Neuroscience and Behaviour; Evolutionary Psychology; Personality and Individual Differences; Research methods and Statistical Analysis.

You will also be given the opportunity to take modules from other programmes across the university.

Third and fourth years
By third year you will have identified areas within psychology that are of particular interest to you and you will have the opportunity to develop these interests throughout third and fourth year, by choosing modules from a series of advanced options.

On completion of the course, students must have taken at least one module from each of the five specified thematic areas (Biological, Social, Developmental, Cognitive, and Personality and Individual Differences).

The type of modules which have been offered within each of these areas include: Biological: Neurological Rehabilitation; Preclinical and Clinical Models of Neuropsychiatric and Neurological Disorders; The Brain Throughout the Lifespan; Case studies in Neuropsychology; Making Sense of Action; Social: Social Neuroscience; Advanced Psychology of Language; Moral Development in Childhood; Human Factors and Organisational Factors; Social Psychology and Discourse; Developmental: Child Development in Changing Family Contexts; Applied Issues in Developmental Psychology; Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology; Child Health and Well-being Cognitive: Human Reasoning; Creative Cognition; Development of Perception Throughout the Lifespan; Perceptual Neuroscience; Personality and individual differences: Health Psychology; Psychology of Criminal Behaviour; Clinical Psychology and Intellectual Disabilities

In fourth year a large part of your workload involves carrying out an independent Capstone project under the supervision of a member of staff. Many students report that this project, while challenging, is one of the most rewarding parts of the course.

The fees for BA Psychology may vary from €10,000 to €25,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

Many psychology graduates proceed to a career in professional psychology through professional training. The School of Psychology itself offers a range of postgraduate programmes including professional doctorates in Clinical Psychology and Counselling Psychology, Masters courses in Applied Psychology, Applied Behaviour Analysis and Clinical Supervision, as well as online postgraduate qualifications in Managing Risk and System Change, the M.Phil./P.Grad.Dip Psychoanalytic Studies and research M.Sc. and PhD degrees. However, the advanced understanding of human behaviour and experience and the wide range of skills developed during the course have allowed students to enter many professions, ranging from management, marketing, advertising and accountancy, to journalism, broadcast media, teaching and recruitment. Seminars about career development will be provided by the school during the course of your degree.