BSc in Psychology and Disruptive Technologies

This course enables you to study psychology and understand how disruptive technologies are fundamentally changing how we think, behave and live. You’ll delve into development and lifespan psychology, biological psychology and neuropsychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology and the psychology of individual difference, along with gaining a detailed understanding of the disruptive technologies that significantly reshaping our world. You’ll also gain practical skills in programming languages such as R and Python, data visualisation and storytelling. During the course, you’ll develop a diverse set of transferable skills, including high-level digital innovation, problem-solving skills, advanced interpretation of data and human behaviour, an awareness of how to address the challenges posed by disruptive technologies and an understanding of how to build trust in digital interactions. In third year, you’ll gain practical experience during your INTRA work placement, which could be in digital technology and learning, digital therapeutics, or other applied areas within psychology, education, health and wellbeing, industry and community sectors. Once you graduate, you could go on to train as a psychologist, undertake postgraduate studies or pursue a role as in data management or visualisation or as a behavioural scientist in fields such as telehealth and diagnostics, artificial intelligence and social robotics, mixed reality or human-technology interaction. You can also apply to train professionally as a psychologist after successfully completing this degree (pending Psychological Society of Ireland accreditation).

GCE: 2 GCE A Levels at Grade C + 4 GCE O Levels at Grade C, including Mathematics and English; or 2 GCE A Levels + 2 GCE AS Levels + 2 GCE O Levels at Grade C, including Mathematics and English; or 2 GCE A Levels + 1 GCE AS Level + 3 GCE O Levels at Grade C, including Mathematics and English. IB: Minimum score of 24, with at least 2 subjects at Grade 5 Higher Level and 4 subjects at Grade 4 Standard Level or above, including Mathematics and English. Additional requirement: GCE A Level D or GCE AS Level C or GCSE 6/B in Mathematics.