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Doing Psychology through Arts

  • 24-08-2010 10:39pm
    #1
    DOHERTY30691
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭


    im doing arts this year in and my aim is to go onto do psychology after ,, i was told ill need to be almost or even top of my arts class to have any hope of doing this ,, does anyone know if i need to get over a certain % or to be in say the top 5 or even top of my class ,,,, also is it an advantage to be very good at english to get a good % ,, my english is good enough , C1 in leaving ,, would someone who got an A1 be likly to find psychology easier to answer then me to answer ,, and if anyone has any tips on how to make psychology easier besides , huge hours of study , reading upcoming topics in advance , putting something in real life context i would appreciate it


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  • #2
    Byron85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭Byron85


    I'm in the same boat and i'm going into 2nd years Arts.

    Basically, once you've done your 3 years in Arts and have gotten minimum of a 2.1in your degree, you can then apply to do a Higher Diploma in Psychology as a post grad. The course is 2 years long and it's a conversion course i.e. it converts yours Arts degree to a Psychology degree. Once that is done you can then apply to do a Masters in whatever branch of Psychology and specialise etc.

    The workload is nothing major in Psychology in first year Arts. One essay and two end of year exams.


  • #3
    December
    Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭December


    Byron85 wrote: »
    The workload is nothing major in Psychology in first year Arts. One essay and two end of year exams.

    They may have changed this as the calendar and module info say different. :/

    FIRST ARTS Students take 15 credits as follows:
    AP1110, AP1123, AP1149 (5 credits per module) and the assessment for each module is - Total Marks 100: End of Year Written Examination 50 marks; Continuous Assessment 50 marks (1 x 1,500 word essay).

    So... 3 x 1.5k Essays and 3 x 1.5hr Exams.

    If anyone knows which is correct it would be good to know, as I'm also going to be taking psychology. :)


  • #4
    lolgeela
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭lolgeela


    is there any chance a person might not get psychology ,just wondering because im thinkin of studying english and psychology and i hear they are really popular:)


  • #5
    Byron85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭Byron85


    December wrote: »
    They may have changed this as the calendar and module info say different. :/

    FIRST ARTS Students take 15 credits as follows:
    AP1110, AP1123, AP1149 (5 credits per module) and the assessment for each module is - Total Marks 100: End of Year Written Examination 50 marks; Continuous Assessment 50 marks (1 x 1,500 word essay).

    So... 3 x 1.5k Essays and 3 x 1.5hr Exams.

    If anyone knows which is correct it would be good to know, as I'm also going to be taking psychology. :)

    The above could be right as they have changed how the course is examined every year for the last few years.


  • #6
    Richard Cranium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 656 ✭✭✭Richard Cranium


    lolgeela wrote: »
    is there any chance a person might not get psychology ,just wondering because im thinkin of studying english and psychology and i hear they are really popular:)

    I'm open to correction, but as far as I know you're guaranteed your first two subject choices. You might not get your third and fourth though, depending on numbers and all the rest.


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  • #7
    captainspeckle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭captainspeckle


    Richard Cranium wrote: »
    I'm open to correction, but as far as I know you're guaranteed your first two subject choices. You might not get your third and fourth though, depending on numbers and all the rest.

    That's correct.


  • #8
    NicoleL88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭NicoleL88


    I did English and Psychology through Arts but ended up doing a single honours in English. Psychology is interesting but I found you have to have a really strong passion/interest in it to enjoy it. :)


  • #9
    pinkheels88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 435 ✭✭pinkheels88


    I did my BA in English and Psychology in UCC. Loved it! :) Don't let first year psychology put you off, I wasn't too keen on some of the stuff in first year but the second and third year modules were really interesting! Got to study forensic psychology and abnormal psychology in third year!


  • #10
    NicoleL88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭NicoleL88


    pinkheels88 wrote: »
    I did my BA in English and Psychology in UCC. Loved it! :) Don't let first year psychology put you off, I wasn't too keen on some of the stuff in first year but the second and third year modules were really interesting! Got to study forensic psychology and abnormal psychology in third year!

    I did those too! :D Abnormal was some craic with Sean Hammond!


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