Ignatius Ajuru University of Education - IAUE
speciality:
Psychology
What is a Psychology Degree?
Psychology is the favourite science for students who want to get into the depths of human feelings. This is considered to be the science of mind and behaviour. More specifically, psychology wants to explore the way people think, act, and feel, by appealing to the emotional side of people.
Passion can lead students to choose this specialisation. It is not considered a difficult one, but it is not very easy to approach, as the theoretical elements of the discipline are combined with the practical ones.
After studying Psychology, students choose to specialise in a particular sub-field. Depending on their preference, they can choose between Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Comparative Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology and many others.
Benefits of a Psychology Degree
Psychology is a great opportunity to get to know each other better and to get to know others. Thus, students who are looking to understanding human behaviour, feelings and mind gain an inside vision of what these notions really mean and what determines people to make certain decisions and act under different circumstances.
The employment rate among Psychology graduates has grown in recent years. Salaries are satisfactory, and young people can focus either on psychological services in schools, hospitals, treatment centres, clinics, depending on the specialisation chosen. Furthermore, Psychology graduates can integrate a career in social media, marketing, and advertising, as they understand best the reasons why people choose to make decisions according to what they see in real life.
Psychology Degree Structure
In the four years of Bachelor studies, graduates acquire the necessary knowledge to practice Psychology, initially learning the underlying theoretical notions. These notions become an important starting point in their career, seeing later how practice blends very well with theory. It should be noted that on the labour market, students who hold a Bachelor’s degree are much more appreciated and have an advantage over those who follow simple courses.
A Master’s program usually lasts between 2 and 3 years, coming as a complement to the Bachelor’s courses. Master courses have a much more loaded curriculum and a great deal of information. A Doctoral program is dedicated to students who want to do research in Psychology in various institutes or to become teachers. This has a duration of between 5 and 7 years.
1 Student Reviews
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Psychological Counselling ...16 Jul, 2024
PrincewillNGGOOD BUT NOT EXCELLENTI studied educational psychology, guidance and counselling, indeed it’s a good program, I had good lecturers.
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My only issues were:
1. The program was more of the theoretical than practical. At some point there should have been a clinical trial of students in counselling aside the normal practicum in schools
2. The inclusion of elective “teachable” courses was just to irrelevant to me. This was a serious distraction to the main goal of the program.
3. The department should be separated and considered a very essential course just like medicine, law, nursing etc because it deals with the mental health of the people. A wrong assumption or diagnosis or counsel, kills while one is still alive.
4. I feel proper scrutiny should be done during the admission process so as to admit only those who will be ready for it.
5. Student counsellors during their practicum encounters lots of financial hedges because it’s capital intensive. Hence, student counsellors deserves to be put on wages just like those in the medical fields during their housemanship.Programme: Psychological Counselling and GuidanceDegree: Bachelor'sGraduation: 2022Delivery Type: On CampusCampus: Port Harcourt
