As a student on the BA Applied Psychology, you get a chance to engage with a wide breadth of topics. The degree follows a rich, varied and challenging curriculum, from history to neuroscience, culture to biology, from children to the elderly, from professional skills to statistical and laboratory skills. The scope of psychology can be seen in the variety of areas that staff in Applied Psychology in UCC research, which includes examining:
- how children learn and develop
- sensorimotor processes such as those involved in falling
- the interpersonal processes involved in caring which may lead to healthier, experientially richer ageing
- people’s engagement with social media and games and how technology could be designed to give people a chance for a richer life
- adolescent health and wellbeing and how it can be improved
Further Information:
Bachelor of Arts Applied Psychology-University College Cork CK120
