First Cycle Degree Course in Applied Psychological Sciences (L24)
Second Cycle Degree Course – 3 Years – Class L24
Degree Programme Director: Prof.ssa Simonetta D'Amico
Academic Didactic Council Director: Prof. Michele Ferrara
Learning objectives
Interventions delivered by professionals operating in the field of psychological disciplines are required in increasingly diversified sectors. It’s therefore necessary to organize different training paths that can offer students, starting from the basic preparation, the acquisition of competencies that are wide enough to allow the access to a wide range of operational sectors and, at the same time, specific enough to identify a particular scope. The purpose is, indeed, to offer a kind of education that is neither general, nor too specific. The graduates who attended the Course must achieve the following specific learning objectives: a) acquire a deep, systematic and up-to-date knowledge of psychological, psychobiological, cognitive, emotional and social processes and the adequate competencies about the clinical and experimental research methods in the neuropsychological field, as well as the basic notions on diagnosis and rehabilitation interventions methodologies, relevant to the cognitive and emotional disorders; b) acquire the knowledge of Psychology’s scientific methods and procedures, as well as adequate theoretical and operational competencies, essential to study the human behavior. Thanks to this kind of education, the graduates have the possibility to unify and integrate knowledge and competencies related to general and experimental psychology, dynamic psychology, cognitive sciences and neurobiological basis of behavior, developmental, clinical, social and occupational psychology. They will also be able to assess the behavioral, relational, and cognitive functions of human beings during their whole lifetime and develop competences about the diagnostic and rehabilitation interventions methods, relevant to the cognitive, emotional and relational disorders, also if connected to the most important neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. They will be able to collect and elaborate data related to cognitive, emotional, relational and behavioral processes in the various human, environmental and work situations. Furthermore, the Degree Course provides students with basic knowledge and abilities, which are essential to access higher levels of education and prepares them to autonomous professional activities as Junior Psychologists. For this purpose, the graduates in Applied Psychological Science are required to gain specific skills concerning the different methods of investigation of the psychic processes, and they will be able to realize interventions aimed at improving learning, communication and healthcare processes, also as integration of the medical-psychological teams, in the neurological field and in mental health rehabilitation services.
Admission requirements and professional status
Close enrollment - admission test
Professional opportunities: The academic and professional profile, in line with the expected learning objectives and outcomes, allows graduates in Applied Psychological Science to: - participate at empirical and experimental research activities aimed at developing and applying psychological techniques addressed to individuals and communities and planning psychological interventions; - realize preventive psychological interventions and training activities on risk and safety issues; - use the acquired knowledge and tools (conversation, psychometric tools, observation, etc.) in the individual context and within the family and/or group with the supervision of a Master’s graduate or of a Psychologist enrolled in the Section A of the Professional Practice Board, if provided for by the regulation; - carry out their own professional activity in private, public and third sector facilities, in the clinical, school and social context.
Programme units
Enrolment modalities
Timetable of the didactic activities
Study plan
Didactic regulation
Teaching staff and programme unit contents
Guide for students writing the graduation thesis