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| Application Deadline: | 1st March annually | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 9,500 ≈ € 18,450 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Dublin / Ireland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Dublin Trinity College
The Higher Diploma course is designed to provide a pre-professional qualification in psychology; equivalent to a bachelor degree in psychology. The course is accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and allows students proceed to postgraduate education, including higher degrees by research, and to specialize in an area of professional psychology. It is a two year full-time course based on lectures, tutorials, laboratory classes and research projects.
The course aims to provide an understanding of the nature of psychology as a profession, the psychologist´s professional responsibilities, standards of performance and ethical issues; to enable students to acquire advanced knowledge in relevant areas within psychology, to extend skills in formulating research problems, gathering and analysing data, interpreting and communicating research findings; and to help students explore their own interests and capacities in the field and to prepare them for further training.
For professional work in psychology it is usually necessary to proceed to a higher degree by research or course work in the speciality of one´s choice. The School of Psychology at present offers postgraduate courses in Counselling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Supervision, Applied Psychology, Applied Behaviour Analysis and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees by research. For further information about these courses, please select the appropriate menu option on the left.
Contents
Students will cover the following areas of psychology, as required by the professional accreditation body, the Psychological Society of Ireland: Biological basis of behaviour; Cognitive psychology; Research design, quantitative & qualitative methods; Developmental and lifespan psychology; Social psychology; Personality and individual differences.
Students attend a range of foundation and advances modules during the two years of the course.
Foundation Modules include:
* Introduction to Psychology
* Cognition
* Fundamentals of Neuroscience and Behaviour
* Developmental Psychology
* Perception
* Social Psychology
* Psychological Disorder
A range of advanced modules is offered each year and over the two years of the course, students must take least one module from each required area (biological, cognitive, social, development, personality and individual differences). Advanced Modules for the academic year, 2009-2010 may include:
* Embodiment
* Culture & Health
* Psychology & the Public Sphere
* The Social Self
* Applied Issues in Developmental Psychology
* Models of Development & Mental Health
* Neuropsychiatry, Development & Ageing
* Cognitive Science of Memory
* Clinical Cases
* Behavioural Neuroscience
* Advanced Individual Differences
* Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology
* Thinking, Judgement & Decision Making
* Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
In addition, in both years 1 and 2, students are required to take modules in practicals, methodology and statistics and in academic skills tutorials. Students in Year 2 are required to carry out an empirical investigation of a psychological topic or question under the supervision of a member of the academic staff in the School.
The modules are offered subject to timetabling restrictions and staff availability. Additional modules may occasionally be provided for particular years of the course and credit for participation in these modules will be given in the assessment process. Details of such modules as become available and any requirements for attendance and participation are published in the course handbook.
Students are evaluatedby course work assessment throughout the year, by written examination papers at the end of each year of the course, and by the research project in the second year.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Candidates for admission to the Higher Diploma in Psychology must hold a primary degree, in any discipline with at least second-class honors at the time of application. A strictly limited number of students will be accepted, based on application form with references.
English language requirements:
* IELTS: Grade 6.5
* TOEFL: 88 iBT, 230-computer based, 570 paper based
* Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English: Grade C
* Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: Grade C
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 570 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 230 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 88 |
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