Psychology BA

Overview

Welcome to the undergraduate psychology programme for Institute of Psychology at University of Pécs

Psychology is challenging, exciting and useful, and is now one of the most popular University subjects in Europe.  As the study of behaviour, it has close links with the biological and social sciences as well as with the humanities such as philosophy and literature.

At University Pécs you may study psychology as a Single Honours degree.  This can lead to careers in, for example, clinical, counselling, educational, forensic, health or occupational psychology.  Many psychology graduates work in diverse occupations that do not carry the title ‘psychologist’ because the skills acquired while studying psychology transfer readily to various spheres in the world of work and provide an excellent general education.  The skills that you will learn while studying psychology, which may be of value to you in future careers, include information finding, oral and written communication, numeracy, computer literacy, time-management, problem solving, group working and the ability to carry out independent research.

Recent years have seen a massive growth of interest in behavioural issues in everyday life, ranging from stress, health, human-machine interaction and artificial intelligence, to social dynamics, personal development, mental illness, management techniques and the environment, to name but a few.  Although careers in many of these may require postgraduate training, you are presented with an enviable choice upon graduating.

Psychology is a discipline that incorporates a great many different approaches to the study of behaviour and your first year will acquaint you with many of these and also provide you with the research and study skills that you will need for more in-depth study in later years.  You will need to work hard during your first year in order to ensure success and acquire a solid grounding for later years’ study.  Students typically experience very few problems with their first year, however, problems do occasionally arise and we are here to help if this happens.  If you have problems with your studies, or that affect your ability to study, then please make sure that you let us know and we will do what we can to help.  Detailed information about who to contact when help is needed is provided on pages of this paper.
On behalf of University of Pécs we hope that you find the BSc (BA) Psychology program rewarding.

Undergraduate courses

At Pécs, we offer a Hungarian Psychological Society accredited BA Honours degree in Psychology. Our students develop skills in experimental science, communicating with others, statistical analysis, and research, ensuring that our psychology graduates are well equipped to pursue a range of careers.

As a discipline, psychology occupies an unusual position crossing traditional subject boundaries, and shares elements with the arts, sciences and social sciences. It also has strong links with the biological sciences and draws upon research methods and finding.

Psychology also draws upon theoretical bases from fields such as philosophy and social anthropology. As behavioural science is dependent on experimental design and methods, it also utilises statistics to test hypotheses. The study of psychology is therefore a multidisciplinary undertaking, and a student graduating with a degree in psychology will have acquired a wide range of skills.

You take a compulsory set of modules introducing you to the concept of individual differences, and the core areas of biological, perceptual, social, developmental and cognitive psychology.

You also take a statistics module to help you analyse and interpret data for experimental psychology, and the data you collect in the practical course.

You spent undertaking practical work and studying advanced methods. Alongside the development of these key skills, you study areas of psychology in greater detail, with topics such as language and thought, intelligence, motivation, emotion, perception, personality and social psychology .

You are also required to undertake an experimental projects on a topic of your choice.

Teaching is through a combination of lectures, practical classes and seminars. Practical classes enable you to experience phenomena for yourself and to ‘experiment’ on fellow students. This introduces you to some of the methodological problems of practical work in psychology and increases your expertise in the analysis and interpretation of data.

Our students come from very diverse backgrounds in terms of prior study and knowledge, so our degree is structured to enable everyone to fill in the gaps in their own expertise; modules in  1-year assume no prior knowledge of psychology but do assume a basic understanding of mathematics and biology. 

Assessment is based upon a mixture of examinations and continuous assessment, in the form of essays tests and report writing.  

In  year 2 and 3 you also submit an individual experimental projects on a subject of your choice. 

 

Fees and funding

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Application requirements

  • High school diploma (including transcript of records)
  • You do not have to submit an official English test result if one of the following criteria applies to you:
    • English is your native language
    • You have continued your undergraduate studies in English.
    • You have participated in a preparatory course organised by the UP or any other Hungarian institute
    • (You have to submit the official transcript of your preparatory studies.)
  • CV in English
  • Motivation letter in English (introduction, field of interest) (300-3500 characters)
  • Medical certificate, vaccination card (showing that you are immunized against HEP B) and HIV test)
  • One passport-size photograph
  • Copy of valid passport
  • Transfer receipt of the EUR 140 application fee 

Procedure

After uploading all the needed documentations an entrance interview will be conducted by one of the professors at Psychology Institute, where your language skills, your motivations, your attitudes and your professional background will be checked.

The final decision about your application will be done based on the evaluation of your documentations and the results of the interview.

After getting the acceptance letter and paying the tuition fee you can start to organize your travel to Hungary.   

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Study and Exam Aids

Prior the Final Exam

To the Registrar's Office

  • Fill and submit the online Final Exam Registration Form in Neptun: Technical help to fill the form
  • Upload your 3 (if you started before 2020: 4) Research Papers through your own Neptun surface: Technical help to upload your papers
  • Please, keep in mind, that there is no possibility for the late submission of portfolios!
     

To Anita Velősy in the Psychology Institute

Choose one of your Research Papers (an empirical study) for evaluation and presentation during the Final Exam process. The choosen paper can be improved before the final upload and submission based on the previous feedback of the consulent of the Research Practice.
Submit your choosen Research Paper to Anita Velősy (velosy.anita@pte.hu) in an electronic format before 5 April 2024!
Latest 1 week before the Final Exam you will get the evaluations of the choosen papers. One theoretical topic related to your paper to be presented will be determined by the evaluating teacher in advance. You can download the list of topics here: Final Exam Topics
 

The final exam is an oral exam of two parts
1. Presentation of a Research Paper

Presentation of the freely chosen Reserach Paper.
The paper needs to be presented in 15 minutes with Power Point (Prezi).
After the presentation the examination board may ask questions regarding either the theory or the research part of the presentation
 

2. Presentation of the given theoretical topic 

Presentation of the theoretical topic in 5 minutes separated from the presentation of the research paper, at the beginning or the end of the study presentation.
After the presentation the examination board may ask questions regarding the topic. The students need to show a deep understanding and knowledge in the area.
 

Evaluation of Final Exam Performance

You can downlod the evaluation guidelines here.

Theoretical Grade (Evaluation on a 1-5 scale)

  • Presentation of the theoretical topic and integration into the own researchth
  • Presentation of the theoretical background of the own study
  • Answers to the questions of the examination board regarding the theoretical topic and theoretcical background
     

Defense Grade (Evaluation on a 1-5 scale)

  • Presentation of the own study
  • Reflections to the questions regarding the study
     

Degree Grade

Mathematical average of the following grades:

  • Theoretical Final Exam Grade
  • Defense Grade on the Final Exam
  • Average of the the written evaluations of the choosen paper
  • Average of the Complex Exam Grades
  • Weighted average of all the grades during studies
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Institute of Psychology

H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság Str. 6.    +36-72/ 501-516    pszichologia.btk@pte.hu