Psychology

Faculty of Psychology

Name
Psychology
Program code
1065
Qualification awarded
Bachelor of Psychology
Length of programme
Number of credits
240
level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework
6
Qualification level
First (Bachelor)
Discipline
Social and behavioral sciences
Speciality
KnowledgeField EN
Specific admission requirements
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements
Attestation is carried out in the form of public defense (demonstration) of qualification work and a comprehensive exam in psychology. Minimum required criteria: level of mastery of compulsory subjects - not less than 75 points; assessment for internship - no less than 75 points; assessment of qualification work and attestation exam - not less than 75 points.
Programme learning outcomes
LO1. To analyze and interpret mental phenomena, identify psychological problems and suggest ways to resolve them. LO2. To understand patterns and tendencies of the development and functioning of mental phenomena in the professional tasks’ context. LO3. To search information from different sources for solving professional tasks including using information and communication technologies. LO4. To elaborate one's professional position, to make independent conclusions based on the results of own research and analysis of publications. LO5. To select and use: valid and reliable psychological research and assessment methods (tests, questionnaires, projective techniques etc.); techniques of psychological help. LO6. To define the research purpose and the tasks, to have skills of collecting empirical data, to follow the research norms. LO7. To consider and critically evaluate the reliability of the results of the psychological research, make valid conclusions. LO8. To present results of own research orally / in writing for the professionals and nonprofessionals. LO9. To propose own solutions of psychological problems in a professional context, to argue own point of view. LO10. To formulate logically own position in comprehensive way, discuss, defend, modify statements according to cultural characteristics of the partner. LO11. To elaborate and implement the consultative plan according to the specificity of the request and individual characteristics of the client, to establish the effectiveness of own actions. LO12. To compile and implement a program of psychoprophylactic, educational activities and psychological help activities in the form of lectures, talks, round tables, games, trainings, etc., in accordance with the requirements of the customer. LO13. To interact, communicate, to be clear, tolerant to people with different cultural, age or gender-specific characteristics. LO14. To demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills in the process of solving professional problems. LO15. To demonstrate a responsible attitude towards professional self-improvement, learning and self-development. LO16. To know, understand and implement ethical principles of psychologist professional activity. LO17. To demonstrate socially responsible and conscious behavior, follow humanistic and democratic values in professional and social activities. LO18. To care about own and others' mental health and, if necessary, call about supervisory.
Form of study
External form
Examination regulations and grading scale
The student's success is assessed by calculating the scores of the semester grade (maximum score - 60 points) and exam scores (maximum score - 40 points). The maximum number of points that can be obtained by a student in the final assessment is 100 points. If a student scores less than the critical minimum in the semester assessment, he is given additional creative tasks, the number of which depends on the number of points, which is not enough to achieve the critical minimum - 36 points. The minimum threshold level of the examination mark at which the examination is considered passed may not be less than 24 points. Correspondence scale: Excellent - 90-100, Good - 75-89, Satisfactory - 60-74, Unsatisfactory - 0-59.
Оbligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable)
Within the framework of the EU Erasmus + program, based on bilateral agreements between Taras Shevchenko National University and higher education institutions of partner countries, students have the opportunity for a period of credit mobility (semester or year) based on the results of an open competition. Information about current competitions for scholarships is available on the website of the Faculty of Psychology: https://psy.knu.ua/ua/new s; Department of Academic Mobility: http://mobility.univ.kiev.ua/?lang=uk and Department of International Cooperation: http://international.knu.ua Students have the opportunity to participate in competitions announced by international grant programs Erasmus +, Fulbright, DAAD, MEVLANA, Horizon Europe, etc. to receive competitive scholarships for study / research during the semester / year.
Work placement
Students are sent for internships following the agreements of the faculty with employers and the student has the right to offer a self-selected base of practice. At the end of the internship, the organization provides a description of the intern, certified by the signatures of the head of the internship (psychologist) and the head of the institution (Base of internship), and the wet seal of the institution. The practice has a differentiated test. Points for internship (current assessment) - 60, for public defense of the internship report - 40.     
Work-based learning
Director of the course
Vitaliy Leonidovych Pankovets
Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Occupational profiles of graduates
The specialist is prepared for the following activities: research and development; advertising and market research; other professional, scientific, and technical activities; education; health care. The graduate can perform the work of a specialist in psychology.
Access to further studies
Opportunity to continue education at the second (master's) level of higher education. Acquisition of additional qualifications in the system of postgraduate education.

Subjects

As part of the curriculum, students study the following disciplines

Psychology of labor
Code: ОНД.32,
Internship
Code: ОНД.18,
Differential psychology
Code: ОНД.26,
General Psychology
Code: ОНД.10,
Career guidance and professional selection
Code: ДВС.3.09.01,
Psychology of traumatic situations
Code: ДВС.3.07.01,
Workshop on general psychology
Code: ОНД.11,
Data analysis in psychology
Code: ОНД.13,
History of psychology
Code: ОНД.14,
Ethnocultural psychology
Code: ОНД.16.,
Psychology of Aggression
Code: ДВС.3.05.01,
Psychology of advertising
Code: ДВС.3.11.02,
Neuropsychology
Code: ОНД.21,
Experimental Psychology
Code: ОНД.12,
Social psychology
Code: ОНД.15,
Psychology of Individualism and Collectivism
Code: ДВС.3.09.02,
Psychodiagnostics
Code: ОНД.27,
Pathopsychology
Code: ОНД.28,
Clinical psychology
Code: ОНД.30,
Forensic psychological examination
Code: ДВС.3.01.03,
Basic course of psychoanalysis
Code: ДВС.3.04.03,
Clinical neuropsychology
Code: ДВС.3.05.03,
Family psychology and family counseling
Code: ДВС.3.07.04,
Fundamentals of Dianalysis
Code: ДВС.3.08.03,
Psychopharmology
Code: ДВС.3.09.03,
Fundamentals of psychosomatics
Code: ДВС.3.10.03,
Psychotherapy basics
Code: ДВС.3.11.03,
Workshop on clinical psychology
Code: ДВС.3.12.03,
Test design techniques
Code: ДВС.3.15.03 ,
Introduction to specialty
Code: ОНД.20,
Psychology of conflict
Code: ДВС.3.03.01,
Workshop on personality psychology
Code: ОНД.24,
Psychology of Religion
Code: ДВС. 3.04.01,
Qualitative methods in psychology
Code: ДВС.3.14.01,
Zoopsychology
Code: ДВС.3.15.01,
Admission to university studies
Code: ОНД.01,
Educational practice
Code: ОНД.36,
Psychology of work in extreme conditions
Code: ДВС.3.11.01,
Cognitive ergonomics
Code: ДВС.3.01.01,
Personality Psychology
Code: ОНД.25,
Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics
Code: ДВС.3.10.01,
Ukrainian and foreign culture
Code: ОНД.03,
Foreign language - English
Code: ОНД.02,
Philosophy
Code: ОНД.06,
Fundamentals of ecology
Code: ОНД.04,
Scientific image of the world
Code: ОНД.05,
Social and Political Studies
Code: ОНД.07,
Selected Sections of Labor Law and Business Basics
Code: ОНД.08,
Educational psychology
Code: ОНД.31,
Anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system
Code: ОНД.09,
Ukrainian language (for professional purposes)
Code: ОНД.33,
Legal psychology
Code: ДВС.3.01.02,
Psychology of atypical development
Code: ДВС.3.01.04,
Environmental psychology
Code: ДВС.3.02.01,
Psychometrics of intelligence
Code: ДВС.3.02.03,
Psychology of success and soft skills
Code: ДВС.3.02.04,
Psychology of business communication
Code: ДВС.3.03.02,
Neuroculturology
Code: ДВС.3.03.03,
Fundamentals of acmeopsychology
Code: ДВС.3.03.04,
Psychology of mass media and information security
Code: ДВС.3.04.02,
Gerontopsychology
Code: ДВС.3.04.04,
Sociology
Code: ДВС.3.06.01,
Gender psychology
Code: ДВС.3.07.02,
Psychological assistance to persons with PTSD
Code: ДВС.3.07.03,
Psychology of interpersonal understanding
Code: ДВС.3.08.02,
Psychology of giftedness
Code: ДВС.3.08.04,
Psychology of socializing influence
Code: ДВС.3.09.04,
Psychology of intercultural communication
Code: ДВС.3.05.04,
Age-related psychocorrection
Code: ДВС.3.10.04,
Psychology of management
Code: ДВС.3.10.02,
Psychology of leisure and recreation
Code: ДВС.3.11.04,
Workshop on Applied Personality Psychology
Code: ДВС.3.12.01,
Workshop on social psychology
Code: ДВС.3.12.02,
Workshop on developmental psychology
Code: ДВС.3.12.04,
Psychology of the virtual environment
Code: ДВС.3.13.01,
Political psychology
Code: ДВС.3.13.02,
Psychology of speech in normal and pathological conditions
Code: ДВС.3.13.03,
Economic psychology
Code: ДВС.3.13.04,
Training of social and psychological competence
Code: ДВС.3.14.02,
Telephone counseling
Code: ДВС.3.14.03,
Basics of psychological training and coaching
Code: ДВС.3.14.04,
Technologies of political and psychological research
Code: ДВС.3.15.02,
Fundamentals of Positive Psychology
Code: ДВС.3.15.04,
Social Work
Code: ВБ.3.06.03,