| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
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Postgraduate Programmes in Psychology
Course Overview
Knowledge derived from neuroscience research in mental health, psychology, neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration is revolutionising how we think about and treat mental disorders. A thorough grounding in neuroscience is fast becoming an essential step for a career in academic and clinical psychology, psychiatry, and careers in neuroscience more broadly.
In response to that need this program is designed for students with backgrounds in psychology, medicine, pharmacology, and other biomedical and neuroscience related disciplines. It will equip students with a set of core skills in the field of clinical neuroscience including in-depth understanding of neuroanatomy, neuroimaging, and neuropsychiatry. Students will have opportunities to learn through practical hands-on experience.
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Program Outline
Course Outline
The course will be of a content and format consistent with highest standards for postgraduate courses, consisting of 90 ECTS credits obtained by completion of course modules. Teaching approaches will consist of didactic lectures, problem-based learning, seminars, workshops, journal clubs, practicals and completion of a research dissertation, as well as subject specific training in a range of areas relevant to clinical neuroscience. Students will also receive valuable training in current research methodologies, being facilitated to study in-depth those methodologies most interesting to them (e.g. systematic review methodologies, wet-bench methodologies, software methodologies, etc.).
Modules include:
Curriculum Information
Curriculum information relates to the current academic year (in most cases).
Course and module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Glossary of Terms
Credits
You must earn a defined number of credits (aka ECTS) to complete each year of your course. You do this by taking all of its required modules as well as the correct number of optional modules to obtain that year's total number of credits.
Module
An examinable portion of a subject or course, for which you attend lectures and/or tutorials and carry out assignments. E.g. Algebra and Calculus could be modules within the subject Mathematics. Each module has a unique module code eg. MA140.
Subject
Some courses allow you to choose subjects, where related modules are grouped together. Subjects have their own required number of credits, so you must take all that subject's required modules and may also need to obtain the remainder of the subject's total credits by choosing from its available optional modules.
Optional
A module you may choose to study.
Required
A module that you must study if you choose this course (or subject).
Required Core Subject
A subject you must study because it's integral to that course.
Semester
Most courses have 2 semesters (aka terms) per year, so a three-year course will have six semesters in total. For clarity, this page will refer to the first semester of year 2 as 'Semester 3'.
Year 1 (90 Credits)
OptionalSI209:
Neurophysiology- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
ST311:
Applied Statistics I- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
PS340:
Neuropsychology- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
AN326:
Neuroanatomy- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
BI5101:
Molecular biology for quantitative scientists- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
MA5106:
Medical Genomics 1- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
PM209:
Applied Concepts in Pharmacology- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
PM208:
Fundamental Concepts in Pharmacology- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
BI5107:
Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Required
PS6130:
Clinical and Experimental Cognitive Neuroscience- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Required
PS6132:
Dissertation- 30 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
RPL015:
Recognised Prior Learning- 15 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
RPL010:
Recognised Prior Learning- 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
RPL005:
Recognised Prior Learning- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
PS320:
Memory & Cognition- 5 Credits - Semester 2
Required
PS6157:
Research Methods in Neuroscience- 10 Credits - Semester 2
Required
AN5105:
Human Neuroimaging- 10 Credits - Semester 2
Required
PS6133:
Neuropsychiatry and Mental Health- 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional
AN4104:
Clinical Neuroimaging & Radiological Anatomy- 5 Credits - Semester 2
Optional
PS6131:
Research Methods in Neuroscience- 15 Credits - Semester 2
Why Choose This Course?
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this programme are likely to go on to professional training in clinical psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience-related posts in industry or to undertake further academic work at PhD level.
Transferable Skills Employers Value
On the successful completion of this programme students will have:
About University of Galway
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