UNAM Bachelor of Arts in Industrial / Organizational Psychology (Double Major) Course

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1 UNAM Bachelor of Arts in Industrial / Organizational Psychology (Double Major) Course

1.1 Degree

1.2 Introduction

1.3 Modules

2 See Also

Degree

selectable subject under Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Introduction

The Department of Human Sciences offers Clinical Psychology and Industrial Psychology at undergraduate level. The BA Clinical Psychology could be completed with a double major consisting of the Clinical Psychology and one major subject. Clinical Psychology can only be taken as a second major in the BA double major programme. (i.e for students not pursuing a single major in psychology, psychology must be pursued as a minor subject during the 4th year. That is, for a student doing a double major, psychology must be a minor subject. (i.e. such students may not carry out research projects in psychology as they would not qualify into MA programs) Alternatively, Clinical Psychology could be completed as a single major in Clinical Psychology. Students who intend to do a single major at fourth–year level must apply to the Head of Psychology Section (in writing) before registration in their 4th year courses (i.e single major) in Clinical Psychology. The BA programme consists of a tota of 36 courses (544 credits).
The purpose of this subject is to:

deliver general education in psychological knowledge
emphasise a general basic psychological foundation
enable graduates to deal with demands in the field of either clinical or industrial psychology
expose students to a variety of psychology Courses to prepare them for further studies in either clinical or industrial psychology

Modules

Year 1, Semester 1
Introduction to Psychology

Year 1, Semester 2
Social Psychology

Year 2, Semester 1
Developmental Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence
Organisational/Personnel Psychology

Year 2, Semester 2
Research Methodology and Statistics

Year 3, Semester 1
Psychology of Work and Labour Relations
Psychopathology (core elective)
Career Psychology (core elective)

Year 3, Semester 2
Consumer Psychology
Personality Theories (core elective)

Year 4, Semester 1
Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
Advanced Organizational / Personnel Psychology
Positive Psychology (core elective)
Psychological Assessment (core elective)
Psychology Intervention and Human Resources Development (core elective)

Year 4, Semester 2
Development Psychology of Adulthood and Old Age (core elective)
Psychology, Ethics and the Law (core elective)

Year 3 and 4: in each year one of the “core elective” modules must be choosen