37.03.01 BA in PSYCHOLOGY

Specialisation: Psychology of Personality and Social Interaction

Study Mode: Full time
Duration: 4 academic years (240 ECTS)
Entry Criteria: Russian Certificate of Complete Secondary Education (or equivalent), with school-leaving Unified State Examination results in Biology, Foreign Language, and Russian

Are you interested in a career in Psychology? Do you want to make a difference in people's lives? If so, consider applying for the BA in Psychology programme offered by Moscow State Linguistic University.

Programme Overview

Our 4-year Bachelor programme is designed to help you obtain a strong foundation in psychology with a specific focus on counselling psychology. As people become more aware of the importance of mental health and psychological services, the demand for clinical and counselling psychologists is expected to grow. This qualification develops your skills in four main areas: research, clinical assessment & diagnosis, remedial education\therapy, and counselling. On completion of the programme, you will be able to provide a comprehensive variety of services, including rehabilitation counselling, family counselling, parenting counselling, employment counselling. The programme allows you to combine your major with two modern languages (English & FL2). At the end of your studies you will give a viva presentation of your graduation research paper (Bachelor’s Thesis).

What You Will Study

Teaching is provided through lectures, classes or seminars. It also includes counselling skills practice and research practicals. You will learn through tackling realistic problems. The following subjects are indicative of what you will study on this course.

Classes

• Psychological practicals
• Social psychology & interaction
• Psychodiagnostics and psychological assessment
• Introduction to counselling
• Family counselling
• Personnel assessment and selection
• Psychological training
• Personal growth training
• Conflict resolution
• Mathematical methods in psychological research
• Two modern languages

Lectures

• General psychology
• Educational psychology

· Work and organizational psychology

• Developmental psychology
• Social psychology
• Experimental psychology

· Personality psychology

• Introduction to clinical psychology
• Research methods in psychological research
• Vocational psychology
• Research methods in psychology

Careers

Upon graduation, you can either continue your studies to get a Master’s Degree or go out to work and apply the skills acquired in a wide range of occupational areas, including education or training, health and social work and in areas of industry including human resources management.