conversion courses in psych

spinandscribble

hi, im currently an arts student studying psychology and classics at NUIG. im holding a 2:1 average from last year at the mo but im on the edge of a 1:1 off by a percent or so.
i've been told the conversion course in NUIG is incredibily hard to get into. im not too confident about it so im wondering about applying elsewhere.

tbh i've read the info in the careers guidence office but im none the wiser as to which courses would be better then others. i'l probably apply to all of them but i was wondering did anyone know if any are to be favoured over another?

if it helps im interested in art therapy, working with children and (athough this might just be because the lecturer who taught this was such amazing craic) sexual studies.

p.pete

Quite a few Galway students went to Cardiff this year:
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/degreeprogrammes/postgraduate/postgraduatetaught/graduatediploma/index.html
I'm biased but Cardiff is an excellent university. I can try get one of them to give some feedback but they're going to be up to their necks with exams for the next month

Playboy

p.pete wrote: »

Quite a few Galway students went to Cardiff this year:
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/degreeprogrammes/postgraduate/postgraduatetaught/graduatediploma/index.html
I'm biased but Cardiff is an excellent university. I can try get one of them to give some feedback but they're going to be up to their necks with exams for the next month

I did it in the University of East London. It's not a great university but the psychology department is top notch and the course is of a high standard. I was in the same position as .. an arts graduate of NUIG. Lots of Irish here too doing the teacher training course

spinandscribble

would it be right that i should only consider courses where they have MAs im interested in taking after? my classmate said we should as they're more likely to take us on again lol.

Brooke01

p.pete wrote: »

Quite a few Galway students went to Cardiff this year:
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/degreeprogrammes/postgraduate/postgraduatetaught/graduatediploma/index.html
I'm biased but Cardiff is an excellent university. I can try get one of them to give some feedback but they're going to be up to their necks with exams for the next month

And look at the FEE's

Ava Grace

I'm a Galway Arts grad that did the conversion course in Cardiff and I have to say it is an excellent university. They have a massive psychology department and are really well regarded.
It's costly studying over in the U.K. but as far as I know Cardiff is supposed to be one of the cheapest cities to live in.
It's a really intensive year, we used to be moaning about the never ending cycle of having to start an assignment straight after handing one in, but on the up side it's a great city to let your hair down (especially on rugby weekends!)
Big research areas over there are developmental, health (fertility and stress etc) as well as occupational.
As far as the course goes, you are put into 2nd and 3rd year modules and there is no final year project, instead you do practicals that meet the BPS requirement. The undergrads are really focused, they have to get AAA in their A-levels I think to get in, so they have a very different work ethic to Galway Arts students
There was 6 of us from Ireland that did it last year and since then one is doing a masters, one is working in COPE, one is working in an ABA school and I think the rest of us lost our way! Make sure you really want to do psych before you invest any more time, money and effort into it, I've decided to opt for a different career path since, and whilst I have no regrets (it was a brilliant year) it was a bit of a waste of my time doing the conversion...