Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology
Limerick, Ireland
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
This course allows you to examine a fascinating variety of human behaviours 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 programme 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 BA is accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland, and will allow you to progress in a career in Psychology.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
Semester 1
- Psychology: Theory and Method 1
- Psychology and Everyday Life
- Practical Psychology 1
- 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
- Social Psychology 2
- Psychology of the Personality
- Biological Basis of Human Behaviour
- Emprical Psychology 1
- Classic Sociological Theory
Semester 4
Cooperative Education 1
Year 3
Semester 5
Off Campus/External Academic Placement 3
Semester 6
- Human Development and the life span 1
- Research Methods
- Emprical Psychology 2
- Cognition 1
- Contemporary Sociological Theory
Year 4
Semester 7
- Advanced Research Methods
- Final Year Project 1 (Psychology and Sociology)
- Qualitative Methods for Sociological Research
Semester 8
- Final Year Project 2 (Psychology and Sociology)
- Sociology of Globalisation
Program Outcome
Honours Bachelor Deegree
Employability skills from this degree
- Handling of data and statistics
- Solving problems
- Working in teams
- Analytical research
- Written and verbal communication, including report writing and presentations
- IT skills
- Structured PhD in Psychology
- MSc in Work and Organisational Psychology
- MSc in Psychological Science
- MSc in Occupational Therapy
- MSc in Speech and Language Therapy
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
- ABA Tutor
- Accounts Representative
- Assistant Facilitator
- Assistant Psychologist
- Business Analyst
- Customer Care Agent
- Employment Facilitator
- Family Activities Worker
- Head Office Receptionist
- Trainee Manager
- Learning Support
- Recruitment Consultant
- Rehabilitation Assistant
- Research Assistant
- Research Psychologist
- Researcher
- Speech and Language Therapy Assistant
- Teacher (International School)
- Youth Worker