Program Overview

The Psychology, BA program is offered by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Debrecen. The program aims to introduce students to the theoretical foundations and basic methods of psychology, providing an insight into the applied branches of psychology.

Academic Requirements

• High school certificate
• English language proficiency (TOEFL 513 / IELTS 5.5 / oral examination)
• Admission criteria: English Placement Test + Oral Entrance Exam + Online Multiple Choice Test

Program Details

• Duration: 6 semesters
• ECTS credits: 180
• Tuition fee: $6,000 USD/year
• Other fees: Application fee $150 USD, entrance procedure fee $350 USD

Curriculum

The program develops the skills of the students and provides them with techniques that can be used to measure, explore, and develop individuals, groups, or organizations through professional measures and intervention. Students will obtain an integrated knowledge of education, communication, socialization, learning, and human development.

Lecture, Seminar, and Practice

• Lecture, seminar: 60%
• Practice: 40%

Main Subjects

The main subjects typically include:

1. History of philosophy, Society, culture and Socialization, Theory and Practice of Communication, Computer science, Professional socialization, Basics of Biology, Statistics for Psychologists, Experimental Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology
2. Methodology, Statistics for psychologists, Experimental Psychology, Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Diagnostics in Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, Sport Psychology, Clinical Child Psychology, Work psychology, Psychology of School Teaching and Learning
3. Individual Research in Developmental Psychology, Individual Research in Personality Psychology, experimental social Psychology, Individual Research in Social Psychology, Psychophysiology of Cognitive Processes, Psycholinguistics, Experimental Affective Psychology, Helping Relations, Clinical and Health Psychology, Laboratory Practice in Work Psychology, Learning Disabilities, Thesis

Internship and Practice

No compulsory internship is included in the program.

Career Prospects

A human behavior analyst can contribute to completing tasks in any organization, field, or institute, where education, recruitment, selection, or health activities take place. Furthermore, a human behavior analyst can also work in any psychological laboratory and can complete and evaluate several standard experiments and aptitude tests used, for example in organizational psychology. It is important that a behavior analyst should work under the supervision of a qualified psychologist. Thus, for fulfilling the responsible work of a qualified psychologist, an MA qualification in psychology is needed. However, a human behavior analyst can effectively assist, among others, the work of a school psychologist, organization psychologist, or the work of scientific researcher.

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