UNAM Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Course
Degree
Bachelor of Psychology
Introduction
The purpose of this programme is to:
- deliver a comprehensive education in psychological knowledge
- give special emphasis to a general basic psychological foundation
- enable graduates to deal with the demands of the different fields in psychology, such as clinical and industrial psychology
- equip graduates with the knowledge to enable them to assess the psychological needs of individuals, groups, communities and organisations
- enable graduates to provide appropriate psychological interventions or to refer these client systems to other
professionals - equip students with the knowledge and skills required for an internship in either industrial psychology or clinical psychology
- equip students with the fundamental knowledge and skills required for the professional accreditation examination of the Council for Social Work and Psychology
Curriculum Structure
The BPsych degree is a specialised professional qualification with a fixed prescribed curriculum from the second year level onwards, consisting of a total of 36 Courses (544 credits) at the various year levels, including the University Core Curriculum Courses at first year level and the first and second year level Courses of the Bachelor’s degree programme taken prior to admission to the programme, all of which a student must pass in order to graduate.
Admission Criteria
Students who intend to graduate with a BPsych degree are require
d to register for a Bachelor’s degree programme that allows them to study Psychology at the first and second year levels (e.g. the BA programme). This entails that such students follow the normal programme for said Bachelor’s degree up to the end of the second year level, by which time they should have passed all first and second year level Courses in Psychology plus the required Courses in the other subjects that make up said programme up to second year level.
Students who comply with the above requirements will undergo a selection process at the end of the second year of study.
Notes:
- A maximum of fourteen (14) candidates will be admitted to the BPsych programme per intake.
- The BPsych programme will only be offered if a
minimum of ten (10) admitted students have registered.
Modules
| Year 1, Semester 1 |
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| Introduction to Psychology |
| Year 1, Semester 2 |
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| Social Psychology |
| Year 2, Semester 1 |
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| Developmental Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence |
| Organisational/Personnel Psychology |
| Year 2, Semester 2 |
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| Research Methodology and Statistics |
Clinical Psychology
| Year 3, Semester 1 |
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| Group Dynamics |
| Psychological Testing |
| Interviewing and Counselling Skills |
| Psychopathology |
| Year 3, Semester 2 |
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| Interviewing and Counselling Skills |
| Health Psychology |
| Therapeutic Psychology |
| Personality Theories |
| Year 4, Semester 1 |
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| Community Psychology |
| Practicum |
| Positive Psychology |
| Advanced Research Methods and Statistics |
| Year 4, Semester 2 |
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| Community Psychology |
| Practicum |
| Psychology, Ethics and the Law |
| Developmental Psychology of Adulthood and Old Age |
Industrial Psychology
| Year 3, Semester 1 |
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| Group Dynamics |
| Psychological Testing |
| Interviewing and Counselling Skills |
| Psychopathology |
| Psychology of Work and Labour Relations |
| Year 3, Semester 2 |
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| Interviewing and Counselling Skills |
| Advanced Personnel Psychology |
| Personality Theories |
| Year 4, Semester 1 |
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| Advanced Organisational Psychology |
| Practicum |
| Positive Psychology |
| Advanced Research Methods and Statistics |
| Year 4, Semester 2 |
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| Strategic Human Resource Development |
| Practicum |
| Psychology, Ethics and the Law |
| Developmental Psychology of Adulthood and Old Age |
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