Teaching Psychology in Ireland Pamela Gallagher, Elizabeth McLoughlin, Dublin City University

1. Teaching Psychology in Ireland Pamela Gallagher, Elizabeth McLoughlin, Dublin City University Your university logo here Psychology in Ireland • 12 institutions in Ireland offer undergraduate psychology degrees that are accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI), the professional body for the profession of psychology in Ireland. Of these institutions, 9 are in the university sector, 1 in an Institute of Technology and 2 are private colleges (see www.psihq.ie). • School leavers apply to do a degree in psychology via the Central Applications Office (www.cao.ie) and entry into courses of choice is dependent on the number of points the students receive in their Leaving Certificate Examination, which is a state exam. • Students can apply to do psychology directly or through an Arts or Science degree. • The length of an undergraduate psychology degree varies across institutions from 3-4 years. • All degrees accredited by the PSI contain a minimum of 6 core areas: • Research design and methods • Cognitive psychology • Developmental and lifespan psychology • Biological bases of behaviour • Social psychology • Personality and individual differences • Undergraduate Tuition fees in universities and institutes of technology are funded by the Irish government. • Successful completion of an undergraduate degree in psychology approved by the PSI enables a student to become a graduate member of PSI. This is the first step in developing a career in psychology. Further education and training is subsequently required to work as a psychologist in such professional settings as clinical, counselling, organisational, health, educational, sport or academic settings. PC Mac Contact Details: Dr. Pamela Gallagher Dr. Elizabeth McLoughlin Faculty of Science and Health School of Nursing Dublin City University Dublin 9 Ireland http://www.dcu.ie : pamela.gallagher@dcu.ie : liz.mcloughlin@dcu.ie Psychology in Dublin City University • Four year full-time BSc (Hons) in Psychology commencing September 2010 • Innovative inter-collegiate and cross-faculty modules • In addition to the PSI core areas above, educational psychology, sports psychology, health psychology and organisational psychology will be core modules • Wide range of option modules • Work placement in semester 2 of year 3 • Independent research project in year 4 • Intake of 40 students per year • Programme designed to meet all PSI requirements and standards • DCU also offers a MSc in Organisational Psychology, MSc in Psycho-Oncology, MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy and a BA in Humanities (Distance Learning) that can incorporate up to 50% psychology. • www.europlat.org • EUROPLAT: European Network for Psychology Learning and TeachingFunded with support from the European Commission. Reference 155981-LLP-1-2009-1-UKERASMUS-ENWA