Degree
Psychology
Listening is a technique. It is learned, supervised and assessed.
AUREA's Psychology degree is organised in three tracks — clinical, educational and organisational — on top of a two-year common core covering basic psychological processes, development, assessment and research methods.
The supervised placement starts in Term V and is what sets the programme apart: two hundred hours a year at partner centres, with weekly supervision one to one and in groups. Ethics is not a subject at the end; it is an assessment criterion in every placement.
800 h
of supervised placement
3
tracks
11
partner centres
01Graduate profile
By the time you graduate, you will be able to:
Assesses through interview, observation and standardised instruments.
Designs and delivers interventions in clinical, educational or organisational settings.
Conducts research with sound methodological design and data analysis.
Recognises the limits of their own competence and refers on when they should.
Applies the profession's code of ethics to concrete decisions.
02Study plan
39 modules · 179 credit units
Organised in 8 terms. Eight academic terms and a supervised placement.
Term I
Year one- Introduction to Psychology4 UV
- Biological Bases of Behaviour5 UV
- History and Systems of Psychology3 UV
- Professional Communication3 UV
- Descriptive Statistics4 UV
Term II
Year one- Basic Psychological Processes5 UV
- Developmental Psychology I5 UV
- Neuropsychology4 UV
- Research Methods4 UV
- Social Anthropology3 UV
Term III
Year two- Developmental Psychology II5 UV
- Personality5 UV
- Psychopathology I5 UV
- Inferential Statistics4 UV
- Social Psychology4 UV
Term IV
Year two- Psychopathology II5 UV
- Psychological Assessment I5 UV
- Interview Theory and Technique5 UV
- Educational Psychology4 UV
- Professional Ethics3 UV
Term V
Year three- Psychological Assessment II5 UV
- Psychotherapy I5 UV
- Organisational Psychology4 UV
- Supervised Placement I6 UV
- Case Seminar I3 UV
Term VI
Year three- Psychotherapy II5 UV
- Community Psychology4 UV
- Crisis Intervention4 UV
- Supervised Placement II6 UV
- Pathway Elective I4 UV
Term VII
Year four- Supervised Placement III8 UV
- Designing Intervention Programmes5 UV
- Pathway Elective II4 UV
- Case Seminar II3 UV
- Basic Psychopharmacology3 UV
Term VIII
Year four- Final Year Project10 UV
- Supervised Placement IV8 UV
- Pathway Elective III4 UV
- Professional Ethics and Law3 UV
03Admission
Requirements
- An upper secondary certificate, or proof of completion.
- A transcript covering all three baccalaureate years.
- ID card or birth certificate.
- Entrance test: reading comprehension and verbal reasoning.
- Interview with the programme faculty.
- A one-page personal statement.
04Afterwards
Where it leads
- Clinical psychology in practice or in an institution
- Educational psychology and guidance
- Organisational psychology and people management
- Community intervention and social programmes
- Research and postgraduate study
05Who teaches it
Staff on this programme
M.Sc. in Educational Psychology
Inés Carrillo
Head of Counselling and Student Wellbeing. Psycho-educational support through the move from upper secondary to higher education.
Educational Psychology · Interview Theory and Technique
M.Sc. in Education
Marcela Fuentes
Head of Upper Secondary. Formative assessment and research projects in upper secondary education.
Research Methods · Final Year Project
M.Sc. in Quantitative Methods
Sofía Brenes
Lecturer and researcher. Experimental design and data analysis where samples are small.
Probability and Statistics · Inferential Statistics
06Frequently asked questions
About Psychology
At the end of Term V, with your placement tutor alongside you. The three track electives are taken in the third and fourth years.
With difficulty. The placement takes two days a week during the host institution's hours, almost always mornings. The programme office will work with individual cases, but it is best planned from the second year.
No. Training in interviewing, assessment and case supervision requires being there, and the programme would rather not offer a version it could not sustain at the same quality.
Ready to apply to Psychology?
The application takes about fifteen minutes and can be saved halfway through. The first priority deadline closes on 30 November.
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