Bachelor’s Programme Psychology

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The students of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Psychology gain basic knowledge about human experience and action as well as mental processes that are important for the interaction between people and their social, technological and natural environment.

Graduates will be able to apply this basic knowledge for designing and enhancing human living and working conditions. Another part of this Programme focuses on teaching students thorough skills in psychological diagnostics and psychological interventions in the fields of clinical, health, work and organisational psychology.

Please note: the language of instruction for this programme is German.

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Study Code
UC 033 640

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FAQ

Graduates are able to produce, evaluate, assess and implement scientific developments in the fields of psychology and to apply them in interdisciplinary contexts. They possess theoretical and methodological problem-solving skills as well as specialist skills in clinical, health-oriented, vocational and organisational psychological contexts.

The Bachelor's Programme Psychology serves as preparation for a master's degree programme and as vocational training. The programme conveys the fundamental knowledge required for the responsible and scientifically sound analysis of psychological problems and for the assessment of psychological activities.

The Bachelor's Programme in Psychology conveys the fundamentals of the discipline. Students acquire knowledge of the scientific description and explanation of human experience and activity as well as of psychological processes, such as perception, feeling, thought, memory, that are of central importance in the interaction between the individual and his or her social, technical and natural environment.

In addition to solid knowledge in basic research and methodology in psychology, students learn the fundamentals of the application of psychological knowledge to shape and improve people's living and working conditions. The focus of the practically-oriented programme lies in conveying solid fundamental knowledge of psychological diagnostics and of psychological intervention in clinical, health, occupational and organisational fields as well as in educational contexts.

For professional activities as a psychologist, a master's degree will likely be required (new law governing psychology as a profession).

The most common areas of activity for psychologists:

  • Health care (clinical psychology, psychotherapy, neuropsychology, rehabilitation psychology),
  • work, organisational and business psychology (company psychology, personnel management, employment market administration, business and personnel consultation, advertising),
  • educational psychology (school psychology, educational counselling facilities),
  • universities (research, teaching, student counselling)
  • and traffic psychology.

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Curriculum

The curriculum is the basis of a degree programme. A look at the curriculum for the Bachelor Psychology gives you a detailed overview of the structure, content, examination regulations and qualification profile of this Bachelor's degree.

The curriculum can clarify several important questions before you start your studies. For example, which criteria must be fulfilled for enrolment in the Bachelor Psychology, how long the programme lasts, which modules must be completed and much more.

The 2019W curriculum is currently valid for the Bachelor's programme Psychology.

Information on the Curriculum (2019W)

The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.

In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies,
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current Curriculum version.

Recommended Course Sequence

The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.

The standard duration of the study programme is 6 semesters or 180 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).

3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Psychology and its History
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Psychological Methods
1.5 ECTS-Credits: VU Introduction to Scientific Working
5.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Statistics I
2.0 ECTS-Credits: UE Computer-Aided Data Evaluation I
3.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Qualitative Methods
  5.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Social Psychology I (attendance of the lecture)
  5.0 ECTS-Credits: VO General Psychology I (attendance of the lecture)
  5.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Developmental Psychology I (attendance of the lecture)

4.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Statistics II
3.0 ECTS-Credits: UE Computer Aided Data Evaluation II
1.5 ECTS-Credits: UE Qualitative Methods
10.0 ECTS-Credits: PM General Psychology II (completion of the whole module)
10.0 ECTS-Credits: PM Developmental Psychology II (completion of the whole module)
10.0 ECTS-Credits: PM Social Psychology II (completion of the whole module)
2.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Psychological Gender Research

3.5 ECTS-Credits: VO General Psychology III
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Empirical-Experimental Seminar
10.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Biological Psychology I and II
5.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Psychology of Personality and Individual Differences I
5.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Psychology of Personality and Individual Differences II
4.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Diagnostics I
  5.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Clinical Psychology I (attendance of the course)
  5.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Work, Organisational and Economic Psychology I (attendance of the course)

3.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Diagnostics II
2.5 ECTS-Credits: UE Diagnostics
10.0 ECTS-Credits: PM Clinical Psychology II (completion of the whole module)
10.0 ECTS-Credits: PM Work, Organisational and Economic Psychology II (completion of the whole module)
2.5 ECTS-Credits: SE Seminars in advanced study of basic and/or appliend psychology

5.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Specific Topics of Basic Research
5.0 ECTS-Credits: PM Specific Topics of Applied and Clinical Psychology
2.5 ECTS-Credits: SE Advanced Course of Basic and Applied Psychology
12.0 ECTS-Credits: Internship
2.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Research Seminar I
2.5 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module
  2.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Psychopathology I (attendance of the course)

5.0 ECTS-Credits: PM Psychopathology II (completion of the whole module)
2.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Specific Topics of Basic Research
2.5 ECTS-Credits: SE Advanced Course of Basic and Applied Psychology
0.5 ECTS-Credits: UE Reflection of Practical Experience
13.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Research Seminar II with Bachelor’s Thesis
2.5 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module

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ECTS-Credit Points (workload)
Semester
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
.
Course Sequence
SemesterECTS-APTitel

Extension Programme

Within the scope of the Study Programme, a Extension Programme corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits may be passed. Admission to the Extension Programme requires the admission to or the having passed of one of the selected Study Programmes. Detailed information: https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/es-informatik/

Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading

Examination regulations

The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.

The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.

ABCDE
Austrian grading scheme Definition %-age
1EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance 38.6= 100%
2 GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors 29.8
3SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors 19.9
4SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum cirteria 11.7
5INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work

December 2021


Overall classification of the qualification

Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).

Information about the Programme

Contact and Information

Examination Office
Standort Innrain 52d

Associate Dean of Studies (Recognition of exams)
Mag. Dr. Christine Unterrainer
and 
OR Mag. Dietmar Kratzer (from 01.03.2024)

Dean of Studies (from 01.03.2024)
Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Michael Barth, Bakk. MSc

Start of Studies
phone: +43 512 507-56006
E-Mail:anerkennungen-psychologie@uibk.ac.at

Admission Procedures
phone: +43 512 507-96001
E-Mail:Aufnahmeverfahren-neu@uibk.ac.at


Information about the Programme (in German only)

Older curricula can be found in the archive Course Catalog

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