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Visiting Students

‌We offer Visiting Students, registered to attend courses at the University of Galway, a range of modules covering a variety of subject areas within academic psychology, including areas of pure and applied psychology. Below you will find links to the current timetable(s) for Visiting Students, as well as a list of available modules and links to their respective online module descriptions.

Dr Michael Hogan
Visiting Students Coordinator, School of Psychology

*Note: The information here is for students enrolled on the general University of Galway Visiting Students programmes. Students attached to the Salzburg and Maastricht exchange programmes should consult Dr Jane Conway for additional information.

Module Descriptions and Timetable‌‌

Visiting Students Timetable S1 25-26

Visiting Students Modules S1 25-26

1BA BSC Psychology Sem 1 Timetable 25-26 - Visiting Students should attend either ODD or EVEN timetable slots for PS122 & PS1103

PS122 is a stand-alone 5ECTS Semester 1 module that is examined at Christmas. As such, visiting students attending University of Galway in Semester 1 only can take PS122.

PS1103 is a year-long module and thus visiting students need to be here for the full academic year to register for PS1103.

What is Psychology?

Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes, and includes individual and social, human and animal, normal and abnormal aspects. Most people find psychology intrinsically interesting. Even a little knowledge of psychology is useful in most career paths. Students might consider taking psychology if interested in: becoming a professional psychologist in an applied areas such as clinical psychology, the health services, education or industry; lecturing in psychology in a third-level college; carrying out psychological research in a university or other research centre; or improving their general education by studying an interesting and useful discipline with careers of a more general type in mind, for example, the media, information technology or management.

Examinations

Information on examinations will be posted on the University website in due course.

Please note that several modules include a compulsory end-of-term Written Examination. As such, you are required to be present in Galway to sit the examination whenever it is scheduled. If your modules include end-of-term Written Examinations, then please do not plan to travel away from Galway during the Examinations period as it will not be possible to reschedule examinations or to set alternative forms of assessment (students who are absent from an examination without an acceptable reason are given a score of zero for that examination).