Bachelor's Degree in Psychology

Predisposition for establishing interpersonal relationships in order to intervene in contexts where human behaviour is studied. Interest in aspects related to health and quality of life, social and ethical responsibility, scientific curiosity, interpersonal skills, ability to adapt to new situations, teamwork, application of knowledge to practice, understanding of biology and statistics and emotional, oral and written expression skills, as well as knowledge in the use of computer tools.

First Course

• Sensory Perception and Attention
• Human Anatomy
• Behavioural Biology
• History of Psychology and Fields of Activity
• Social Psychology
• Physiology
• Psychological Assessment
• Rotatory Internships
• Memory and Learning Processes
• Applied Statistics in Psychology

Second Course

• Motivation and Emotion
• Psychodiagnostic
• Research Methods in Psychology
• Psychopathology
• Intervention Techniques in Psychology
• Thought and Language
• Developmental Psychology
• Clinical Internships
• Modern Languages

Third course

• Management Skills
• Leadership Skills
• Life Cycle Psychology
• Psychometry
• Communicative Skills
• Practice I
• Neuropsychology
• Advanced Psychopathology
• Health Psychology
• Therapist Skills

Fourth Grade

• Psychology of Personality and Intelligence
• Ethical Values
• Practice II

Internships

External internship rules

Internships are a key component of your training. Acquiring experience after what you have learned in your degree is the best way to enter the employment market. There are two types of internships: curricular—which are included in your study plan—and extracurricular—which you can do voluntarily.

To complete curricular internships in companies, you will need to have 50% of the credits approved and registered before starting your internship. These internships are monitored by the company and the internship coordinator, and interim and final reports are prepared for evaluation.

If you want to take your work experience to the next level before finishing your university education, you can pursue an extracurricular internship. You can do them in any academic year, but keep in mind that internships are a formative complement to your studies; therefore, the more knowledge you have acquired throughout your studies, the more you will benefit from the internship experience.

Basic competencies

• CG1: Ability to understand the functions, characteristics, and limitations of the different theoretical models of psychology in the field of health psychology.
• CG2: Ability to understand the basic principles of the different psychological processes in the field of health psychology.
• CG3: Ability to understand the processes and main stages of psychological development throughout the life cycle as they relate to normality and abnormality in the field of health psychology.
• CG4: Ability to understand the biological basis of human behavior and psychological functions.
• CG5: Ability to understand the psychosocial principles of the functioning of groups and organizations.
• CG6: Ability to understand the social and anthropological dimension of the human being, including the historical and sociocultural factors involved in human psychological configuration.
• CG7: Ability to understand different methods of evaluation, diagnosis, and psychological treatment in different applied fields of health psychology.
• CG8: Ability to understand different research designs and procedures for formulating and testing hypotheses and interpreting results, and being able to apply them to the field of health psychology.
• CG9: Ability to understand the different fields of application of psychology and having the expertise necessary to impact on and promote the quality of life of individuals, groups, communities, and organizations in the educational, clinical, health work, organization, and community contexts.

Cross-disciplinary competencies

• CT1: Autonomous learning: Ability to choose the strategies, tools, and schedule you consider most effective for autonomous learning and implementing what you have learned.
• CT2: Self-confidence: Ability to assess one’s results, performance, and capabilities with the inner conviction that we are capable of handling the challenges we are faced with.
• CT4: Ability to analyze and synthesize: students can break down complex situations into their constituent parts, and evaluate other alternatives and perspectives to find optimal solutions. Synthesis seeks to reduce complexity to better understand it and/or solve problems.
• CT5: Ability to apply knowledge to practice by using the knowledge acquired during studies in situations as similar as possible to the reality of the profession.
• CT8: Information management: Ability to search, select, analyze, and integrate information from diverse sources.
• CT10: Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit: Ability to undertake difficult or random actions with resolution. Ability to anticipate problems, propose improvements, and persevere in achieving them. Preference for assuming and carrying out activities.
• CT11: Planning and time management: Ability to set goals and choose the means to achieve those goals using time and resources effectively.
• CT12: Critical reasoning: Ability to analyze an idea, phenomenon, or situation from different perspectives and take an approach based on rigorous and argued objectivity rather than intuition.
• CT13: Problem-solving: Ability to find a solution to a confusing issue or a complicated situation without a pre-defined solution, which makes it more difficult to solve.
• CT14: Innovation and creativity: Ability to propose and develop new and original solutions that add value to problems posed, even in areas other than the problem itself.
• CT15: Responsibility: Ability to meet commitments with oneself and others when performing a task and working towards a set of objectives within the learning process. Existing capacity in every subject to recognize and accept the consequences of a freely performed act.
• CT16: Decision-making: Ability to make a choice between existing alternatives or ways to effectively solve different situations or problems.
• CT17: Teamwork: Ability to integrate and actively collaborate with other people, areas, and/or organizations to achieve common objectives.
• CT18: Use of information and communication technologies (ICT): Ability to effectively use information and communication technologies as a tool for searching, processing, and storing information, as well as for developing communication skills.

Specific competencies

• CE1: Ability to analyze the needs and demands of the function’s intended beneficiaries in different contexts.
• CE2: Ability to establish the goals of psychological action in different contexts, proposing and negotiating the goals with the intended beneficiaries and stakeholders.
• CE3: Ability to plan and conduct an interview.
• CE4: Ability to describe and measure variables (personality, intelligence, and other aptitudes, behaviors, etc.) and cognitive, emotional, psychobiological, and behavioral processes.
• CE5: Ability to identify differences, problems, and needs.
• CE6: Ability to make diagnoses according to the criteria of the profession.
• CE7: Ability to describe and measure interaction processes, group dynamics, and group and inter-group structures.
• CE8: Ability to identify group and inter-group problems and needs.
• CE9: Ability to describe and measure interaction processes, organizational dynamics, and organizational and inter-organizational structures.
• CE10: Ability to identify organizational and inter-organizational problems and needs.
• CE11: Ability to analyze the context in which individual behavior and group and organizational processes take place.
• CE12: Ability to select and manage tools, products, and services and to identify the stakeholders.
• CE13: Ability to design and adapt instruments, products, and services according to the requirements and restrictions.
• CE14: Ability to contrast and validate instruments, products, and services (whether prototypes or pilot tests).
• CE15: Ability to define objectives and draw up a plan for intervention by its purpose (prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, integration, monitoring, etc.).
• CE16: Ability to select the appropriate psychological intervention techniques to achieve objectives.
• CE17: Expertise in strategies and techniques to involve the intended beneficiaries in the intervention.
• CE18: Ability to apply strategies and methods of direct intervention to the intended beneficiaries: psychological advice, therapy, negotiation, mediation, etc.
• CE19: Ability to apply strategies and methods of direct intervention to different contexts: construction of healthy settings, etc.
• CE20: Ability to apply strategies and methods of indirect intervention through third parties: counseling, training of trainers, and other actors.
• CE21: Ability to plan the evaluation of programs and interventions.
• CE22: Ability to select and develop indicators and metrics to evaluate programs and interventions.
• CE23: Ability to measure and obtain relevant data for the evaluation of interventions.
• CE24: Ability to analyze and interpret the results of the evaluation.
• CE25: Ability to provide feedback to the intended beneficiaries appropriately and accurately.
• CE26: Ability to produce oral and written reports.
• CE27: Ability to understand and comply with the deontological obligations of psychology.
• CE28: Ability to develop the profession using the English and/or Spanish language, both for specialized and non-specialized audiences.

The health of our mind is essential no matter the discipline. As such, psychology applies to a huge range of fields including education, organisation and management, and sports—to name a few. So, what are the career opportunities in psychology? What work can psychologists do? Below, you can find the main career opportunities that you can aspire to by pursuing a Bachelor's in Psychology, which qualifies you to practise as a psychologist.

• Healthcare
• Education
• Organisation
• Law and forensics
• Social and community intervetion
• Sports
• Teaching and research (public and/or private institutions)