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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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As well as offering high-quality teaching, the School
of Psychology collaborates with a number of other
disciplines through the Children’s Research Centre,
Neuroscience Institute and the Aerospace Psychology
Research Group (all based on Trinity College’s campus).
Students are encouraged to become actively involved
in our ongoing research
, particularly in the third and
fourth years of College. See
www.psychology.tcd.ie
Psychology degree and
professional qualifications
The single honor degree and the TSM degree (where the
student majors in Psychology) both confer eligibility for graduate
membership of the Psychological Society of Ireland. TSM
students for whom Psychology is the minor subject (studied
for only three years) are not eligible for graduate membership
of the society.
Progression into the profession of psychology, however, requires
further training at postgraduate level. For example, clinical
and counselling psychology typically lasts for 3 years, health
psychology for 2 years and occupational psychology for 1 year.
Further information
www.psychology.tcd.ie
Tel: + 353 1 896 1886
Social studies (social work)
COURSE CODE:
PLACES 2011:
POINTS 2010:
DEGREE AWARDED:
TR084
45
465
B.S.S.
Garda Vetting:
Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting.
See page 27 for further details.
Course overview
This four-year programme is the only degree in Ireland that
takes students straight from school through to a social work
qualification. It also provides places for mature-student applicants,
students on the Trinity Access Programme and international
students. It aims to recruit a very diverse student body.
This degree offers you the advantage of achieving an honors
degree in social studies (B.S.S.) which is also recognised as a
professional social work qualification by the national social work
registration agency, CORU. It is an intensive programme which
aims to help you become a reflective and proactive social worker
who will make a significant contribution across a broad range of
statutory, voluntary and community services.
Is this the right course for you?
Social studies is the right course for you if you know you want
to work in one of the caring professions, think social work is the
one closest to your interests, and believe you have the personal
qualities and motivation necessary for this line of work. Potential
applicants are advised to find out what social workers do before
they apply.
Course content
This course introduces you to a wide range of social science
subjects in the Junior Freshman (first) year, and then increases
the number of social work subjects in the following three years.
Teaching methods are varied and interactive and draw on your
personal and practice experience.
The Freshman years
Junior Freshman (first year) subjects include introductions to
social work, psychology, social policy, sociology, economic
policy and political science. Optional courses in either French
or German are also available (see page 13). In first year, there
are approximately 12-14 hours in lectures, 3-4 hours in tutorial
classes and several hours in the library each week. If you have
had no relevant practice experience before starting the degree,
we ask you to do 30 hours (2-3 hours per week) volunteer work
during first year to build your confidence and help you to apply
what you are learning to a real-world situation.