Bachelor of Science - Psychology and Disruptive Technologies (DC210)

This course is for those who are interested in working at the cutting edge of behavior change and technology and who want to gain the collaborative and transferable skills they’ll need to move forward in a society driven by digital and technological innovation. This course enables students to study psychology and understand how disruptive technologies are fundamentally changing how people think, behave and live. 

Students will delve into development and lifespan psychology, biological psychology and neuropsychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology and the psychology of individual difference, along with gaining a detailed understanding of the disruptive technologies that significantly reshaping our world. They’ll also gain practical skills in programming languages such as R and Python, data visualization and storytelling.

Helping shape and understand the future

During the course, students will develop a diverse set of transferable skills, including high-level digital innovation, problem-solving skills, advanced interpretation of data and human behavior, an awareness of how to address the challenges posed by disruptive technologies and an understanding of how to build trust in digital interactions.

In third year, students will gain practical experience during your INTRA work placement, which could be in digital technology and learning, digital therapeutics, or other applied areas within psychology,  education, health and wellbeing, industry and community sectors. Once they graduate, students could go on to train as a psychologist, undertake postgraduate studies or pursue a role as in data management or visualization or as a behavioral scientist in fields such as telehealth and diagnostics, artificial intelligence and social robotics, mixed reality or human-technology interaction.  

Students can also apply to train professionally as a psychologist after successfully completing this degree (pending Psychological Society of Ireland accreditation).