Studying Psychology in Ireland

shanegorman

Hi there,

This is my first ever post and just want to ask about a course in Psychology.
First of all I'm in 6th year now having filled out my CAO with my first choice being Interntional Business I still not sure if this is what I want!

The future plan is a job in HR, however having talked to many they say psychology is very useful for this career. I do have a very keen interest in psychology and also love working with people so I am rethinking in changing my CAO in may.

If I do change it, it will be to do psychology in DCU, but am not sure what it is like to study it. Just wondering is there anyone on here that has or is studying psycholigy and can tell me what it is like. Is it a very tough course, is there huge amounts of theory can it get boring and is the workload massive? I do think if I have an interest I should enjoy it but just want to know more about it!

Ive also heard that there is maths involved. How much is required as I am average at the subject.

Anyways any information would be great in general on the course from anyone who has information or an insight into what a course in psychology is like!

Thanks in advance!

Tonyandthewhale

I'm in the third and final year of the BA psychology course in UCD so obviously I can't directly comment on what it's like to study psychology in DCU but I certainly enjoyed my degree.

Typically, studying psychology at the undergraduate level means you'll be studying things like social psychology, maybe a bit about ethics, brain and behaviour, child development, cognitive psychology, brief intro to the neuro-psychology side of thing and yes, you'll have to do stats.

From my experience, it's not a super-tough course if you're interested in what you're doing and I think the work-load could be worse. It is all theory though, don't expect to be doing placements in psychiatric hospitals or applied clinical or counselling training.

The maths side isn't too bad really although most people find it very dull, it's all statistics and you would want to be showing up for lectures and doing the work to keep up with it but it's not rocket science, I did pass maths in secondary school and I found it fine.

I'm not sure whether or not psychology is the best course to do if you want to do HR since I've never really looked into a career in HR myself(hopefully somebody else has more info on that), however I would reccommend a course in psychology to anyone who has an interest in it, it's a very interesting and rewarding field.

shanegorman

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

I'm in the third and final year of the BA psychology course in UCD so obviously I can't directly comment on what it's like to study psychology in DCU but I certainly enjoyed my degree.

Typically, studying psychology at the undergraduate level means you'll be studying things like social psychology, maybe a bit about ethics, brain and behaviour, child development, cognitive psychology, brief intro to the neuro-psychology side of thing and yes, you'll have to do stats.

From my experience, it's not a super-tough course if you're interested in what you're doing and I think the work-load could be worse. It is all theory though, don't expect to be doing placements in psychiatric hospitals or applied clinical or counselling training.

The maths side isn't too bad really although most people find it very dull, it's all statistics and you would want to be showing up for lectures and doing the work to keep up with it but it's not rocket science, I did pass maths in secondary school and I found it fine.

I'm not sure whether or not psychology is the best course to do if you want to do HR since I've never really looked into a career in HR myself(hopefully somebody else has more info on that), however I would reccommend a course in psychology to anyone who has an interest in it, it's a very interesting and rewarding field.

Hey thanks for your reply! Exactly what I was looking for! Very informative! Cheers