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MA Sports Psychology

  • 16-01-2008 6:30pm
    #1
    Pemba
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭


    Hey, I have been looking at applying for the MA in Sports Psychology in Waterford. Anyone have any inside info on the course? Quality of lecturers, popularity of course etc..? Thanking you!!;)


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  • #2
    Par72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Par72


    *bump

    Pemba, did you ever apply for this? Anyone else got any experience of this M.A?


  • #3
    kob29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 290 ✭✭kob29


    Yea I know someone who has done it. Mixed review, they usually take about 10-16 on it, runs 2 days per week but insanely condensed hours, like 8-9 hours a day. Lasts 3 semesters. Quality of lecturers is alright, only the course leader would have any significant experience of working in sport psychology though. Its also super expensive like €6000 in fees and it would take forever to make that back working part time as a sport psychologist in Ireland. I think a few grads have got sports development officer jobs but these are hardly ever advertised anymore.
    So basically if you intend getting a fulltime job in the area you wont have a snowballs chance in hell of making a living out of it let alone making back the fees but its a decent course with room for improvement apparently


  • #4
    Par72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Par72


    kob29 wrote: »
    Yea I know someone who has done it. Mixed review, they usually take about 10-16 on it, runs 2 days per week but insanely condensed hours, like 8-9 hours a day. Lasts 3 semesters. Quality of lecturers is alright, only the course leader would have any significant experience of working in sport psychology though. Its also super expensive like €6000 in fees and it would take forever to make that back working part time as a sport psychologist in Ireland. I think a few grads have got sports development officer jobs but these are hardly ever advertised anymore.
    So basically if you intend getting a fulltime job in the area you wont have a snowballs chance in hell of making a living out of it let alone making back the fees but its a decent course with room for improvement apparently

    Thanks for the feedback kob29. Doesn't much sound like it's worth doing then, at least not with a view to getting some sort of employment out of it.

    What did your friend who did it end up doing for a living?


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