General information
| Study programme title | Bachelor’s degree (BA) programme in Psychology (Single Honours) |
| Type of study programme | University |
| Form of study programme | Regular |
| Length | 3 years (6 semesters) |
| ECTS | 180 |
| Academic qualification | Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology(univ. bacc. psych.) |
| Title and qualification code in the C.Q.F. Register | – |
| Method of completing studies | Passing all the exams, including the Final Exam. |
| Possibilities of continuing education | After completing the undergraduate programme, students can continue their studies at the Graduate level. For students who choose to continue their education at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities in Rijeka, they can enrol on the M.A. in Psychology (Single Honours). |
| Employment possibilities | The competences that students acquire after completing their undergraduate studies are: • basic knowledge of psychological research methods, research design, statistical data analysis and measurement techniques, • knowledge about general psychology, the biological foundations of psychological processes, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, personality psychology and social psychology, • general information about applied areas of psychology. In addition to acquiring this basic knowledge, the following specific and general/generic skills are also acquired: • skills related to the humanities (e.g. critical thinking, essay writing) and the natural sciences (hypothesis testing, statistical procedures); • specific skills – drafting a research outline, methods and measurements, statistics – which are also applicable to professions outside of psychology, • general skills – communication skills, numerical skills, critical thinking skills, use of information technology – which are also necessary for professional psychological work. As a result, the B.A. in Psychology offers the basis for working in a variety of other professional fields (media, information technology, marketing, market research and public opinion research, etc.). |
| Enrolment conditions | Further details about enrolment can be found at: Postani student |
Course list
Year 1
| Semester I | Semester II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological Foundations of Behaviour and Experience | 5 ECTS | Biological Psychology | 8 ECTS |
| Ethics in Psychology | 2 ECTS | Sensations and Perception | 8 ECTS |
| Psychology Research Methodology | 5 ECTS | Psychology of Learning | 4 ECTS |
| Motivational Workshop | 1 ECTS | Statistics in Psychology | 6 ECTS |
| Using Computers in Psychology | 3 ECTS | Physical Education 2 | 1 ECTS |
| Introduction to Statistics in Psychology | 6 ECTS | Elective Courses | Min. 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Psychology | 2 ECTS | ||
| Physical Education 1 | 1 ECTS | ||
| Elective Courses | Min. 5 ECTS |
Year 2
| Semester III | Semester IV | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Practicum in Experimental Psychology 1 | 7 ECTS | Intelligence | 3 ECTS |
| Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence | 8 ECTS | Cognitive psychology | 6 ECTS |
| Psychology of Communication | 5 ECTS | Practicum in Experimental psychology 2 | 7 ECTS |
| Theories of Measurement | 3 ECTS | Psychology of Adulthood and Aging | 7 ECTS |
| Physical Education 3 | 1 ECTS | Physical Education 4 | 1 ECTS |
| Elective Courses | Min. 6 ECTS | Elective Courses | Min. 6 ECTS |
Year 3
| Semester V | Semester VI | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emotions | 6 ECTS | Evolutionary Psychology | 5 ECTS |
| History of Psychology | 3 ECTS | Motivation | 4 ECTS |
| Social Cognition | 4 ECTS | Psychological Directions and Systems | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Educational psychology | 4 ECTS | Social Attitudes | 4 ECTS |
| Introduction to Clinical psychology | 3 ECTS | Theories of Personality | 4 ECTS |
| Introduction to Work Psychology | 4 ECTS | An Introduction to the Psychology of Deviant experience and Behaviour | 3 ECTS |
| Elective Courses | min 6 ECTS | Participation in Research | 1 ECTS |
| Elective Courses | Min. 4 ECTS | ||
| Final Exam | 2 ECTS |
Elective courses
| Behaviour – A Door to the Mind? (Internal and communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Behaviour – A Door to the Mind? (Erasmus and YUFE) | 6 ECTS |
| Comparative Psychology and Animal Cognition (Internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Internet Research (Internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Science in Crisis? (Internal and communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Science in Crisis? (Erasmus and YUFE) | 6 ECTS |
| Brain and Cognition (Internal and communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Applied Research Design (internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Chapters in Biological Psychology (Internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Social Stereotypes, Prejudices and Discrimination (communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Psychology (communis) | 2 ECTS |
| Effective Learning Methods (communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Scientific Thought and the Scientific Method (communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Foundations in Personality Psychology (communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Personality Psychology (Erasmus and YUFE) | 6 ECTS |
| Academic Skills (internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Peer Support for Students with Disabilities 1 (Internal and communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Behavioural Genetics (Internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Chapters in Evolutionary Psychology (communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Nutrition Psychology (communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Psychology of Consciousness (Internal and communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Positive Psychology (communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Drugs and the Brain (internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Chapters in Statistics (Internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Psychology of Creativity (Internal and communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Sports Psychology (Internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Peer Support for Students with Disabilities 2 (Internal and communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Descriptive Statistics (communis) | 3 ECTS |
| Political Psychology (Internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Communication with the Hearing Impaired (Internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Chapters about Emotions (Internal) | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Chapters in Social Psychology, Self-conceptualisation, Self-regulation and Health (Internal) | 3 ECTS |
List of courses for students enrolled in the 2026/2027 academic year
| Year 1 | |||
| Semester I | Semester II | ||
| Biological Psychology 1 | 6 ECTS | Biological Psychology 2 | 6 ECTS |
| Ethics in Psychology | 2 ECTS | Psychological Research Methodology 2 | 3 ECTS |
| Psychological Research Methodology 1 | 5 ECTS | Perception and Attention | 4 ECTS |
| Motivational Workshop | 1 ECTS | History of Psychology | 4 ECTS |
| Sensations and Psychophysics | 3 ECTS | Statistics 2 | 5 ECTS |
| Statistics 1 | 5 ECTS | Physical Education 2 | 1 ECTS |
| Introduction to Psychology | 2 ECTS | Effective Learning Methods | 3 ECTS |
| Physical Education 1 | 1 ECTS | Behavior – a door to the mind? | 3 ECTS |
| Critical Thinking in Psychology | 3 ECTS | Psychology of Consciousness | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Personality Psychology | 3 ECTS | Introduction to R | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Psychology | 2 ECTS | Behavior – a door to the mind? | 6 ECTS |
| Introduction to Scientific Thought and the Scientific Method | 3 ECTS | ||
| Introduction to Personality Psychology | 6 ECTS | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Semester III | Semester IV | ||
| Practicum in Experimental Psychology 1 | 5 ECTS | Thinking and Language | 5 ECTS |
| Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence | 6 ECTS | Practicum in Experimental Psychology 2 | 5 ECTS |
| Psychology of Communication | 4 ECTS | Psychology of Adulthood and Ageing | 6 ECTS |
| Theories of Measurement | 4 ECTS | Psychometrics | 5 ECTS |
| Learning and Memory | 4 ECTS | Social Cognition | 4 ECTS |
| Comparative Psychology and Animal Cognition | 3 ECTS | Behavioural Genetics | 3 ECTS |
| Qualitative Research Methods | 3 ECTS | Internet Research | 3 ECTS |
| Human Sexuality | 3 ECTS | Effective Learning Methods | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Chapters in Biological Psychology | 3 ECTS | Selected Chapters in Social Psychology | 3 ECTS |
| Regulatory Systems of the Body and Behaviour | 3 ECTS | Selected Chapters in Statistics | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Chapters in Evolutionary Psychology | 3 ECTS | Behavior – a door to the mind? | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Personality Psychology | 3 ECTS | Psychology of Creativity | 3 ECTS |
| Positive Psychology | 3 ECTS | Psychology of Consciousness | 3 ECTS |
| Social Stereotypes, Prejudices and Discrimination | 3 ECTS | Introduction to R | 3 ECTS |
| Stress Management | 3 ECTS | Science in Crisis? | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Psychology | 2 ECTS | Descriptive Statistics | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Scientific Thought and the Scientific Method | 3 ECTS | Youth Mental Health | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Personality Psychology | 6 ECTS | Behavior – a door to the mind? | 6 ECTS |
| Science in Crisis? | 6 ECTS | ||
| In semester IV, students may replace 3 ECTS credits in the elective course category with activities outside the study programme. A list of activities through which additional competences may be acquired is prescribed and available from the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka. | 3 ECTS | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| Semester V | Semester VI | ||
| Emotions | 6 ECTS | Evolutionary Psychology | 5 ECTS |
| Intelligence | 4 ECTS | Motivation | 4 ECTS |
| Introduction to Clinical Psychology | 3 ECTS | Applied Research Design | 3 ECTS |
| Work Psychology 1 | 4 ECTS | Work Psychology 2 | 4 ECTS |
| Social Attitudes | 4 ECTS | Social Interaction | 4 ECTS |
| Introduction to School Psychology and Educational Psychology | 3 ECTS | Participation in Research | 1 ECTS |
| Comparative Psychology and Animal Cognition | 3 ECTS | Theories of Personality | 4 ECTS |
| Human Sexuality | 3 ECTS | Final Exam | 2 ECTS |
| Brain and Cognition | 3 ECTS | Behavioural Genetics | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Chapters in Biological Psychology | 3 ECTS | Communication with the Hearing Impaired | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Chapters in Social Cognition | 3 ECTS | Selected Chapters about Emotions | 3 ECTS |
| Political Psychology | 3 ECTS | Selected Chapters in Social Psychology | 3 ECTS |
| Psychology of Music | 3 ECTS | Fundamentals of Psychology in Social Welfare | 3 ECTS |
| Regulatory Systems of the Body and Behaviour | 3 ECTS | Behavior – a door to the mind? | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Chapters in Evolutionary Psychology | 3 ECTS | Self-Concept, Self-Regulation and Health | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Personality Psychology | 3 ECTS | Science in Crisis? | 3 ECTS |
| Positive Psychology | 3 ECTS | Descriptive Statistics | 3 ECTS |
| Social Stereotypes, Prejudices and Discrimination | 3 ECTS | Youth Mental Health | 3 ECTS |
| Stress Management | 3 ECTS | Behavior – a door to the mind? | 6 ECTS |
| Introduction to Psychology | 2 ECTS | Science in Crisis? | 6 ECTS |
| Introduction to Personality Psychology | 6 ECTS | ||
| In semester VI, students may replace 3 ECTS credits in the elective course category with activities outside the study programme. A list of activities through which additional competences may be acquired is prescribed and available from the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka. | 3 ECTS | ||
Learning outcomes
| List of Study Programme/Module Learning Outcomes: | |
| PDSI01 | Explain fundamental psychological processes and characteristics (perception, memory, thinking, language, learning, intelligence, motivation, emotions, personality and social behaviour), their neurobiological and evolutionary foundations, and their developmental mechanisms |
| PDSI02 | Critically evaluate scientific findings from different branches of psychology and related and complementary disciplines, taking account of their historical development. |
| PDSI03 | Describe and explain possibilities for applying basic theoretical knowledge and skills in psychology to professional psychological practice. |
| PDSI04 | Use scientific methodology and statistical reasoning to solve problems and evaluate conclusions in psychology and other fields |
| PDSI05 | Use appropriate statistical procedures in computer programs to draw sound conclusions and interpretations. |
| PDSI06 | Explain the development and challenges of psychological measurement |
| PDSI07 | Explain relevant characteristics of individuals, groups and organisations |
| PDSI08 | Describe and apply basic procedures for assessing the characteristics of individuals and groups |
| PDSI09 | Independently prepare and present the results of psychological research and professional work to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. |
| PDSI10 | Describe and explain the scope and content of psychologists’ work in clinical psychology, work and organisational psychology, and school and educational psychology. |
| PDSI11 | Assess ethical aspects and apply the principles of psychological ethics in different areas of psychological work (applied practice and research). |